Cloud Computing: Is the Internet of Things creating data hoarders?
February 8, 2015
Grazed from NetworkAsia. Author: Mark Bentkower.
A recent Gartner report predicts that the number of connected ‘things’ will reach 25 billion units by the year 2020. The Internet of Things (IoT) holds great potential for business leaders, offering the possibility of viewing, analyzing and leveraging statistical information about unstructured, big data in an instant. According to Gartner, IoT will be the next critical focus for data/analytics services.
In fact, it has already started to change the face of big data storageand analytics in 2014, and it is becoming a core investment strategy for organizations across all industries. In Asia Pacific, the IoT adoption is expected to grow to US$57.96 billion by 2020…
The IoT blends not only greater data volume, but also complexity and velocity to an already challenging data lifecycle. These new connected and embedded systems demand multiple service levels; and organizations will seek to process and analyze data in both real time and over the long term. The mountain of information these devices create is forcing companies to rethink how to securely capture, store and retrieve data to derive more value from it…
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