The first half of 2021 saw an array of major developments in the IoT market, from news about IoT devices and IoT platform updates to the launch of new edge computing products. Among the vendors making a splash in IoT were Microsoft, AWS, Cisco and Aruba, which each unveiled new or updated products in the edge and IoT space during the first half of the year. IoT security was another big focus, with three acquisitions of IoT security firms and a sizable funding round for IoT security rising star Armis. And speaking of IoT security, the hack of connected security cameras made by Verkada was among the other major IoT news items from the initial months of 2021. Finally, Intel announced a partnership with an up-and-coming chip designer that has implications for the company’s battle with Nvidia and Arm, as those two companies prepare to merge as soon as next March.