# What are the highest rated managed IoT services platforms for organizations transitioning from legacy systems?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Legacy system transitions carry inherent risk, and finding a managed service provider experienced with migration complexity can determine whether the project succeeds or stalls. Providers like tkxel, Windows 10 IoT Core Services, and NMG Technologies are mentioned by G2 reviewers in the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/managed-iot-services">Managed IoT Services</a> category for their experience guiding organizations through these transitions.</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/tkxel/reviews"><strong>tkxel</strong></a> has built specific expertise around replacing outdated legacy systems with modern cloud-based platforms. The discovery and planning phase, while more detailed than some clients initially expected, was credited with defining requirements clearly enough to reduce future migration risks.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/windows-10-iot-core-services/reviews"><strong>Windows 10 IoT Core Services</strong></a> serves as a migration path for organizations moving from Windows Embedded Systems. Reviewers note that while the transition documentation could be more extensive, the platform provides a stable, low-cost alternative with long-term OS support through Azure. The service offers device health assessment and update management tools that help organizations gradually phase out embedded systems without losing operational continuity.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/nmg-technologies/reviews"><strong>NMG Technologies</strong></a> has handled large-scale data warehouse migrations, including moving SQL Server environments to Google Cloud Platform. When personnel changes occurred, NMG cross-trained replacements ahead of time to maintain continuity without project disruption.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/beyond-key-systems/reviews"><strong>Beyond Key Systems</strong></a> rewrote an entire legacy payment collection system for an insurance company, adding real-time analytics, automated guidance for users about potential errors, and integration with document management. The reviewer noted the project finished ahead of schedule with room to add additional features, and their organization received an industry award partly as a result of the successful modernization effort.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Has anyone recently completed a legacy-to-IoT transition? What was the most unexpected challenge, and how did your provider handle it?</p>

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### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;The detailed discovery phase one provider gets flagged for, and the cross-training of replacements another does, both point at the same truth: legacy migrations fail at the handoffs, not the technology. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;A transition path that lets you phase out embedded systems gradually beats a clean rewrite for most organizations, because the risk isn&#39;t building the new thing, it&#39;s the window where both systems have to coexist. So the providers worth trusting here are the ones who treat the discovery and continuity work as the main event rather than overhead before the real project.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: about 2 months ago
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