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Cumulocity
German software company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cumulocity GmbH is a German software company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. It develops the Cumulocity software as a service, primarily for industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications.
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History
Cumulocity GmbH was founded in 2012 as a spin-off from Nokia Siemens Networks. In 2017, Software AG acquired the company.[1] In January 2025, the management team completed a management buyout to reacquire the company, backed by private equity firms Schroders Capital, Verso Capital, and Avedon.[2][3][4]
Products
Cumulocity is a software as a service (SaaS) industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform. It has developed products for device connectivity, data management, and application development on cloud, on-premises, edge, and hybrid environments.[5] It supports streaming analytics via the Apama engine.[6]
The platform supports connectivity with standard IIoT protocols, including MQTT, OMA LWM2M, LPWAN, OPC Unified Architecture, Modbus, and CAN bus.[7] Remote and bulk IoT device management functions include provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and software or firmware updates for device fleets.
For edge computing, Cumulocity contributes to the open-source project thin-edge.io[8] and provides its own product Cumulocity Edge.[9]
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Industry recognition
Cumulocity has been recognized by multiple organizations and rankings:
- From 2021 to 2025, Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms positioned Cumulocity in the Leader quadrant annually.[10][11]
- In Q3 2019, Forrester Research identified Cumulocity as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Industrial IoT Software Platforms.[7]
References
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