IoT: Is it worth the Hype?
The paradigm shift in the technological foot has observed increased leverage of the enigmatic concept referred to as IoT or Internet of Things which is propelling the world towards magical transformation. But before we delve deeper into its intriguing territory it is essential to understand some basic notions about it.
What actually is IoT?
As a common onlooker envisage your mobiles, coffee makers, washing machines, headphones, lamps etc communicating with you, revealing their problems so that you can take effective automated measures to resolve those issues to increase their performance.
Connecting physical objects or even people for that matter over the internet to monitor their statistical parameters to gain an insight into their functional mechanism thereby enhancing their efficiency is what IoT or ‘Internet of Things’ all about.
Does the future belong to IoT?
As of now, it appears that IoT is here to stay.
Even though IoT has been the underlying technology in the research and defense field for many years now, it has gained pace in recent years by stealthily creeping up the consumer industry and transfiguring the conventional working of machines by instituting automated Machine 2 Machine communications.
Pledging to make our world infinitely easier, ‘Internet of Things’ is deftly eliminating the need for human involvement and netting in the conceptualization of automation into our everyday life.
Does IoT connote business growth?
Businesses thrive on competitive dispensation and their agility in adapting to modifications in the networking system. Harbingering on the threshold of revolutionary innovative changes, gigantic transitions are being foreseen in the world of business with IoT- driven technology.
In times to come, increasing bent towards IoT connectivity will allow businesses to become more efficient and tap into an array of unparalleled futuristic solutions embedded with an astute and holistic blend of technological and operational efficiency.
If statistics are to be believed then as per the analyst firm Gartner, the world will observe over 30 billion connected devices by the year 2020 in comparison to 2.5 billion devices in 2009 consisting of mobiles or PC’s with revenue generated by ‘Internet of Things’ suppliers to reach $309 billion per year by 2020.
As predicted by Sondergaard, IoT will open up new business avenues in the coming years with 80% of them in services and manufacturing (15 %), healthcare (15 %) and insurance (11 %) thriving on digitalization.
What’s left to be seen is how aptly the business world explores, revamps and incorporates the authenticity of digital modifications to reshape the Industries.
