EGM

Their core work

EGM is a French technology SME based in Sophia Antipolis that specializes in IoT platforms, sensor integration, and data management systems. They build the middleware and interoperability layers that connect sensors, cloud infrastructure, and decision-support applications — particularly for water monitoring, environmental sensing, and smart city deployments. Their core technical contribution across projects is enabling heterogeneous IoT devices and data streams to work together reliably at scale, with growing application in environmental and aquaculture domains.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

From 2014 to 2018, EGM was deeply embedded in the EU's IoT experimentation ecosystem — building and federating testbeds (FIT IoT-LAB, FIESTA), enabling semantic interoperability across IoT platforms, and running large-scale security experiments. From 2019 onward, they pivoted decisively toward applied domains: water quality monitoring (LOTUS, Fiware4Water, aqua3S), aquaculture intelligence (iFishIENCi, ASTRAL), and advanced biosensing (GRACED). The shift is from "how to make IoT work" to "what real-world problems IoT can solve," particularly in environmental and food-water systems.

EGM is moving from IoT infrastructure research toward applied environmental monitoring and biosensing — expect them in future water, agriculture, and ocean-observation consortia.

How they like to work

EGM operates almost exclusively as a consortium partner (20 of 21 projects), with just one coordination role (Wise-IoT). With 270 unique partners across 36 countries, they are a highly connected node in Europe's IoT research network — a "go-to" integration partner rather than a project leader. Their consistent participation across diverse consortia suggests they are reliable, technically flexible, and easy to work with, which is why they keep getting invited back.

EGM has collaborated with 270 distinct organizations across 36 countries, making them one of the most broadly networked IoT SMEs in H2020. Their reach spans from core EU countries to Sub-Saharan Africa (WAZIUP) and Atlantic-wide marine research (ASTRAL).

What sets them apart

EGM sits at the rare intersection of IoT platform expertise and environmental domain knowledge — they can both architect the sensor-to-cloud data pipeline and understand the water/aquaculture application context. Based in Sophia Antipolis, France's premier technology park, they combine deep roots in EU IoT experimentation infrastructure (FIT IoT-LAB lineage) with a practical pivot toward real-world environmental challenges. For consortium builders, they offer a battle-tested IoT integration partner who has already worked with 270 organizations and can bridge the gap between sensor hardware teams and end-user application developers.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Wise-IoT
  EGM's only coordinator role — a worldwide IoT semantic interoperability project that likely represents their core platform competence.
• LOTUS
  Exemplifies their applied pivot: low-cost water quality monitoring across distribution systems, irrigation, groundwater, and wastewater — real-world IoT impact.
• GRACED
  Their most recent and technically distinctive project — ultra-compact plasmo-photonic biosensor platforms for food chain monitoring, signaling a move into advanced sensing hardware.