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Insights, tutorials, and news from the TagoIO team.
What the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Means for IoT
A complete guide to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for IoT: what it is, why it fits IoT so well, how the request lifecycle and security model work, who ships an MCP server today, and how to try it in ten minutes against your real device data.
Which IoT Platforms Have the Best Partner Programs for System Integrators?
What separates a real IoT partner program from a badge and a discount code: margin structure, deal registration, sandbox access that holds a production-shaped pilot, and the questions that expose the difference before you sign.
How to Use an AI Assistant to Query Live IoT Device Data
A step-by-step walkthrough for querying live IoT device data with an AI assistant: opening TagoAI where the question lives, asking with specifics, checking the basis of every number, and raising the permission only when you want it to act.
What to Include in an SLA When Reselling an IoT Platform
What a reseller SLA actually needs: the pass-through rule, a real uptime definition, durability separated from availability, support tiers you can hit, exit terms, and clause patterns you can hand to a lawyer.
Analytics Models for IoT: From Dashboards to Predictions You Can Act On
How analytics models turn IoT sensor data into forecasts, anomaly scores, and time-to-threshold estimates: the four-step pipeline, which model family answers which question, why a fitted model beats an LLM at scoring telemetry, and what the research says about the payoff.
From Location to Intelligence: Catching What Happens to Your Cargo
A tracker sealed in a steel container cannot hold a GPS fix. Temperature, light, and motion still can. How to reconstruct a shipment, forecast an ETA, and flag fraud from condition data.
How to Handle IoT Platform Downtime as a Managed Service Provider
How managed service providers handle IoT platform downtime: detection before customers notice, honest communication, buffering at the edge, and the post-incident routine that turns outages into renewals.
How to Evaluate Data Residency Options in an IoT Platform
How to evaluate data residency in an IoT platform: what residency does and does not mean, the five questions that expose weak answers, and how region choice decides which customers you can serve.
What a Good IoT Dashboard for Facility Management Actually Looks Like
What a good facility management IoT dashboard actually contains: the four views that matter, why layout follows the building, and why the best facility UIs now lead with forecasts and flagged anomalies instead of raw charts.
The Fastest Way to Add a New Device Type to an IoT Platform
The fastest path to adding a new device type to an IoT platform: check the connector library first, then decoder, template, and test, in under an hour for supported hardware and under a day for anything else.
How to Scale Your IoT System Integrator Business Beyond 10 Customers
Ten customers is where IoT system integrator growth stalls: founder-led delivery, custom everything, and manual monitoring stop scaling. The operating model that gets past it: templates, tiers, automation, and intelligence.
Open Source vs Managed IoT Platforms: What the Difference Really Costs
Open source IoT platforms trade license fees for operations: hosting, patching, scaling, and building the analytics layer yourself. What each model really includes, what each really costs, and how to choose honestly.
How to Scale from a 10-Device IoT Pilot to 1,000 Devices
Scaling from a 10-device IoT pilot to 1,000 devices breaks manual onboarding, eyeball monitoring, and hand-tuned dashboards. The four systems to replace them: provisioning, templates, automated intelligence, and fleet health.