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On this week’s IoT For All podcast, Ryan speaks with Ron Konezny, CEO of Digi International, about why solutions are key to IoT growth and the IoT industry’s strategic shift towards solutions-oriented offerings.

Our conversation covers hardware-enabled recurring revenue models and the integration of wireless connectivity, platform software, and comprehensive services, the importance of reliability, security, scalability, ease of management, and company stability in IoT solutions, and the future of IoT, including cost-effective monitoring, AI advancements, and improving change management and trust in technology.

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Meet Ron Konezny

Ron Konezny is the CEO of Digi International. He has extensive experience in the wireless M2M industry, working with solutions comprised of hardware and cloud-based applications. He has extensive leadership experience in corporate strategy, manufacturing, operation, technology, finance, and business development. Prior to his time at Digi, Ron served as VP at Trimble Navigation Limited and was the founder of PeopleNet Inc. Ron is a 2009 winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® award in the Technology category.

Digi International is a leading global provider of mission-critical and business-critical machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity products and services. They help customers create next generation connected products and deploy and manage critical communications infrastructures in demanding environments.

Their embedded modules and off-the-shelf routers, gateways, and network products are designed for reliability, performance, and security. Their cloud-based software and professional services help customers put their connected products and assets to work across a broad range of mission-critical industry applications. Founded in 1985, they've helped customers connect over 100 million things.