Long-standing honor recognizes company’s continued industrial AI and data innovation and focus on delivering quantifiable customer value
PHOENIX — March 31, 2026 — Cognite, the global leader in Industrial AI, has been honored by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, with recognition on the 2026 Internet of Things (IoT) 50 list in the Industrial IoT category. This year marks the fifth consecutive year Cognite has appeared on the list, which honors technology vendors that stand out for their strong IoT hardware, software, services, and partner ecosystems.
Honorees are chosen by a panel of CRN editors, with input from members of the solution provider community, based on the quality of their IoT offerings and consistency in delivering new opportunities for their partners. The list spotlights leading technology vendors in five IoT categories: hardware, security, software, industrial IoT, and connectivity.
Cognite earned its placement on CRN’s 2026 IoT 50 list as a leader in the Industrial IoT space for its ability to turn complex, fragmented industrial data into trusted, AI-driven intelligence that delivers real operational outcomes and significant business value for its customers and partners. Using Cognite, organizations can move beyond disconnected pilots to enterprise-wide deployment of an ecosystem of solutions that increase production, improve uptime, optimize maintenance, and enhance decision-making.
“Being recognized as a leader in Industrial IoT by CRN reflects the critical roles of both data and partner ecosystems in our AI-powered world,” said Geir Engdahl, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cognite. “Our ultimate measure has always been the value we provide our customers, and we’re on pace to deliver $100 billion in customer value by 2035. That focus drives the innovative solutions we’ve developed at Cognite, as well as the strong relationships and integrations we’ve built with our partners.”
“IoT is transforming the way businesses operate—delivering the real-time intelligence leaders need and driving meaningful growth across the channel,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN, The Channel Company. “We’re proud to recognize the vendors pushing IoT innovation forward and equipping partners with the tools to elevate their clients and strengthen the entire IT ecosystem.”
In addition to its inclusion in the CRN 2026 IoT 50 list, Cognite was also recently positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Industrial DataOps Platforms and Verdantix’s Green Quadrants for Industrial Data Management Solutions and Industrial AI Analytics Software. Together, the three inclusions represent strong independent validation of Cognite as an industry leader by highly objective and influential third parties.
The complete 2026 CRN IoT 50 list is available online at www.CRN.com/IoT50.
About Cognite
Cognite makes AI work for industry. Leading energy, manufacturing, and power & renewables enterprises choose Cognite to deliver secure, trustworthy, and real-time data to transform their asset-heavy operations to be safer, more sustainable, and profitable. Cognite provides a user-friendly, secure, and scalable industrial data & AI platform that makes it easy for all decision-makers, from the field to remote operations centers, to access and understand complex industrial data, collaborate in real-time, and build a better tomorrow. Visit us at www.cognite.com, and follow us on LinkedIn.