(NOTE: This story was originally posted to CRN.com Nov. 9.)

New Solutions In A Growing Market

The Internet of Things is still a fairly new market, but many solution providers are taking advantage of it.

For the channel, IoT solutions represent more than merely a one-time hardware sale – it gives solution providers a chance to customize solutions to help businesses become more efficient through the combination of sensors, networks, analytics software and data maintenance.

Solution providers excelling in the Internet of Things are honing in on their areas of vertical expertise – such as transportation, agriculture, or healthcare – and using IoT solutions to help customers solve particular problems. And this is leading to some of the technology industry's coolest IoT applications.

Here are 10 solution providers with some of the coolest IoT solutions out in the market today.