Automakers Drive Software-Defined Industrial Automation Adoption

IoT Analytics' 140-page Software-Defined Vehicle Adoption Report (published December 2025) finds 45% of automotive OEMs and suppliers view SDV as a top priority and over 80% are moving to zonal architectures. At SPS 2025 (November 2025) Siemens and OEMs highlighted early software-defined automation (SDA) patterns; the article distills seven lessons for manufacturers, including compute consolidation, edge platforms, OTA, and security.