Cloud Computing: IoT-Time to Get on Board

Grazed from Datamation. Author: Jeffrey Kaplan.

The ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) may be the most confusing idea conjured up by the tech industry since the advent of the ‘cloud.’ But a recent survey clearly shows that the first round of IoT deployments are already generating meaningful business results, which will encourage others to get onboard the IoT train.

I’ve been talking about IoT in this publication since the beginning of 2014, warning IT executives and other professionals to get ready for their responsibilities to dramatically change. Rather than ‘just’ being responsible for managing hardware systems and business applications, IoT puts IT in the middle of the product/service development process. It also makes IT responsible for ensuring the timely delivery and maintenance of products and services. And, as a result, IT is now directly impacted by the success or failure of new products and services in the marketplace…

The good news is that a majority of IoT initiatives are reaping substantial returns on investment (ROI), according to the third annual Vodafone Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Barometer Report. Vodafone prefers to use the M2M terminology rather than IoT to describe today’s increasingly connected world because it’s primarily focused on the business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, while many view IoT as a B2C phenomenon…

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