The world is becoming more and more automated and the costs of human work is lower. Vending machines can be found everywhere and you can buy practically everything in them from soft drinks to cars. The second option is now available only in Japan, however, dynamic development of machines gives this solution a chance to succeed and it would not be possible without remote monitoring. Basic benefits of monitoring include: detecting shortages of products or notifying about failures. Monitoring of devices gives also new business opportunities. Machines can now be rented based on completely different rules. Precise monitoring of device allows end users to pay, for example, just for the number of working hours of a machine in a given month instead of flat-rate monthly subscription. Monitoring enables not only to service machines remotely, but also to verify it is used according to specification.