Simplifying IoT at Scale: How Miggy Delivers Plug-and-Play Monitoring with Datacake and KPN
While IoT continues to expand across industries, it often brings complexity with it. Miggy was created to change that, focusing on making IoT easy to use and ready to deploy.
Operating in a fragmented industry where sensors, networks, and platforms rarely speak the same language, Miggy focuses on turning complexity into practicality for businesses. Their secret? Delivering plug-and-play IoT solutions that "just work," powered by reliable hardware and the Datacake platform.
About Miggy
Miggy was founded in 2017 with a clear goal: to bridge the gap between what businesses needed and what the IoT market offered. At the time, there was a growing demand for complete solutions that combined affordable sensors, easy connectivity, and clear data dashboards. Miggy stepped in to deliver exactly that, practical, ready-to-use IoT systems. Today, the company works closely with system integrators, mobile networks, and distribution partners across the B2B market.
The team behind Miggy brings strong experience in telecom and technology. Remco Sablerolle (Managing Director) and Mike van der Ark (Commercial Director) each have over 20 years of experience in the industry, having held key positions at companies like Alcatel, KPN, and Samsung. Their combined technical and commercial expertise drives Miggy’s mission to deliver simple, effective IoT solutions that meet real-world needs.
How Miggy is Simplifying IoT for Schools, Museums, and Even Beavers with a Little Help from Datacake
While Miggy’s work spans multiple sectors, three standout use cases showcase just how versatile and impactful their approach has been:
Use Case 1: Climate Monitoring in 17 Schools
Indoor air quality matters, especially in classrooms. Schools understand the importance of healthy environments but lack the time and tools to manage CO₂, temperature, and humidity in real time.
Miggy addressed this challenge in Voorburg, the Netherlands, by deploying Milesight AM103 sensors and setting up custom dashboards using Datacake templates. This allowed school boards to visualize live CO₂ levels and other environmental data across 17 schools, making it easier to take action and create better learning conditions.
Use Case 2: Climate Control for Art in Museums
With over 20 museum clients, Miggy helps preserve art through precision climate monitoring. In one case, a London-based museum would only lend out artwork if the receiving Dutch museum could prove stable climate conditions.That’s where Datacake comes in.
Miggy deploys sensors that monitor temperature, humidity, and mold risk, creating real-time reports that meet the strict requirements for art loan compliance.
Sensors are even placed inside display cases or near high-value artworks to ensure optimal preservation.
Use Case 3: Beaver Tracking in Prague with IoT
Yes, beavers. A University in the eastern part of Europe needed a way to track beaver movements in their natural habitat. Traditional fleet management systems were too complex and offered features they didn’t need. What they were looking for was a simple, zone-based tracking solution. Miggy found exactly that in Datacake.
By using Digital Matter GPS trackers and Datacake’s built-in zones feature, they were able to monitor the animals effectively, without the clutter of fleet platforms. What began with a few test devices has now scaled up to over 50 trackers, all monitored through the Datacake dashboard. It was the perfect fit for this unique and sensitive use case.
Why Miggy Chose Datacake?
After testing several platforms, Miggy found that Datacake hit the sweet spot: ease of use, fast setup, flexibility, and powerful visualizations. Unlike some platforms that can be overly complex or rigid, Datacake offers the perfect balance of power and simplicity, scalable enough for large deployments, yet intuitive and fast to use, which made it ideal for Miggy’s hands-on approach.
Favorite Features:
● Quick widget setup● Custom dashboards for each client● Alerting features via Rule Engine● Cloud-based, no servers, no headaches● White label capabilities for branded solutions● Public dashboards for transparent data access
Powered by Collaboration
Miggy’s success is built on strong partnerships. As an official KPN Vendor partner in the Netherlands, Miggy provides IoT solutions through KPN’s indirect channel. This collaboration gives KPN Business Partners access to Miggy’s services and makes use of KPN’s reliable LoRaWAN and mobile network infrastructure.
KPN: A National LoRaWAN Backbone for Seamless Scaling
One of the key enablers behind Miggy’s success (and a major differentiator for the Dutch IoT ecosystem) is KPN, the leading mobile and network operator in the Netherlands.
KPN has deployed LoRaWAN gateways on nearly every one of its cell towers, creating a dense, country-wide LoRaWAN network that extends even into neighboring regions. This means that any LoRaWAN device purchased in the Netherlands can connect instantly, no gateway setup required.
For Miggy, this eliminates one of the biggest barriers to IoT deployment: network infrastructure. Whether you're a system integrator rolling out dozens of devices or an end customer installing a single sensor, the connectivity layer is already in place and enterprise-grade.
With Datacake and KPN, users benefit from
● Immediate out-of-the-box connectivity across the Netherlands ● No need to manage or maintain their own gateways ● Reliable, carrier-grade uptime and coverage ● Faster rollout of pilots, proofs of concept, and production systems
In short, KPN’s LoRaWAN infrastructure is a launchpad for scalable, low-maintenance IoT. And it’s a big reason why Miggy (and others) can deliver plug-and-play solutions at scale.
Milesight: Reliable Devices for Scalable Deployments
A powerful IoT platform and a nationwide network are only as effective as the sensors they connect, and that’s where Milesight comes in.As one of the most trusted manufacturers in the LoRaWAN ecosystem, Milesight delivers high-quality, purpose-built devices for everything from indoor air quality monitoring to outdoor environmental sensing. Their products are robust, reliable, and designed for real-world deployment at scale.
For Miggy and its customers, Milesight sensors work seamlessly out of the box with both KPN’s LoRaWAN network and the Datacake platform, eliminating integration headaches and enabling rapid rollouts.
From schools to museums to infrastructure, Milesight devices help turn IoT plans into production systems, fast. In short, Milesight provides the sensor reliability that large-scale LoRaWAN applications depend on.
The Takeaway
From schoolchildren to scientists, and yes, even beavers, Miggy is proving that IoT doesn’t need to be complicated. With Datacake as a core partner, they’re scaling powerful solutions without losing the personal touch.
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