published October 11, 2016
By 2020, 21 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be in use,
up from the 6.4 billion estimated to deployed worldwide this year, according to
Gartner Inc. The analyst firm expects enterprises will spend the most on IoT
versus other technologies, connecting such things as HVAC, building management
systems, lights, and devices to support transport logistics as well as networks
to send and receive data.
In part
one of this story, we explored how companies successfully begin their IoT
journeys - typically by starting small, proving the concept on one piece of key
equipment, for example. Still, some companies remain intimidated about deploying
and managing IoT technologies, while others embrace it and achieve high
operational efficiencies.
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Linda
Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has
over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for
many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing
about information technology for the past 16 years.
She has
covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, mobile security
issues such as data loss prevention, network management, secure mobile app
development, privacy, cloud computing, BI, big data, analytics, HR, CRM, ERP,
and enterprise IT.
Rosencrance
is the author of six true crime books for Kensington Publishing Corp.
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