The US based Pew Research Center has published the results of study into attitudes to IoT saying most experts believe IoT will continue to expand successfully over the next few years, despite wide concern about cyber attacks, outages and privacy violations. In mid 2016 the Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center […]
The good oil on IoT, courtesy of IEEE
The IEEE has issued the latest in its Best Readings series of publications, with a focus on IoT. According to ITEE, Best Readings in Internet of Things “provides readers with the opportunity to address key innovations and challenges, such as security, fog computing, and complex event processing … [and] provides a wide analysis of the […]
Asia Pacific governments keen on IoT, says IDC
Asia Pacific governments keen on IoT, says IDC IDC has released results from its 2016 Global IoT Decision Maker Survey — conducted in July and August 2016 — saying they show governments in Asia Pacific “notably vested in IoT technologies because they enable a broad new range of citizen services,” and IDC suggest that IT […]
Manufacturers missing out on potential of connected things
Incorporation of IoT functionality into manufactured goods is becoming increasingly popular but, says Forrester, most manufacturers are failing to fully exploit the potential of the data they gather from their connected products. Forrester was commissioned by Xively, the IoT platform division of LogMeIn, to survey manufacturers on their priorities and objectives for IoT-enabled connected products. […]
“Voice of the IT industry” CompTIA talks up IoT for the IT channel
CompTIA, a global not for profit representing IT professionals and channel organisations, has published an Internet of Things Trends and Opportunities report and a set of IoT use studies saying: “Money-making opportunities associated with IoT are coming into focus for companies across the information technology channel.” Twenty three percent of channel companies surveyed said they […]
IoT budgets booming, says Vodafone
Organisations that have adopted the Internet of Things (IoT) are now spending 24 percent of their IT budget on IoT related projects, a figure comparable to the amount spent on each of cloud and hosting, analytics and mobility, according to the Vodafone IoT Barometer 2016. Interest in IoT is at an all-time high, Vodafone says. “Twenty eight […]
Telit publishes executive guide to IoT
UK based IoT company, Telit has published Internet of Things Executive Handbook 2016, claimed to “address the specific needs of decision makers who face the challenges of transformative change and the potential opportunities and requirements for action that IoT presents.” According to Telit, it “brings together articles by about 30 authors, including acknowledged industry leaders, […]
In the ‘Internet of everyone’ we will love Big Brother
The authors of a report The Internet of Everyone: Consumer Relationships in the Age of IoT, say universal surveillance will become acceptable and, even, welcome as we move towards an era of universal personal connectedness. The publisher of the report, Lux Research says it studied IoT and consumer response to diverse technologies, and concluded: “Contrary […]
ISOC examines IoT
The Internet Society (ISOC) has produced a useful study: The Internet of Things: An Overview, designed to “help the Internet Society community navigate the dialogue surrounding IoT in light of the competing predictions about its promises and perils.” ISOC says it cares about IoT because it represents a growing aspect of how people and institutions […]
Manufacturers expect big impact from IoT, but are ill prepared
A survey of manufacturing companies’ attitudes to IoT has thrown up an interesting disconnect between their perceptions of the importance and impact of IoT and their plans for implementation and exploitation. The survey was undertaken by French company Infor, which bills itself as a company that “builds beautiful business applications with last mile functionality and […]
