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The basic idea of IoT and the question of the meaningfulness of this technology. Is the fear or ignorance greater to embark on this step? 2018 will be the year of Internet of Things, if you want to be part of it, why not now?
IoT - Internet of ThingsGernot Wohlfahrt5 minutes
IoT, Internet of Things, has a big impact on topics like Industry 4.0, our homes, and even everyday things like T-shirts and shoes. But what is IoT and why do we hear it so often?
IoT - Internet of ThingsBenjamin Talin6 minutes
As discussed in the first part of this series of articles, many IoT initiatives fail because of the dilemma between short-term revenue expectations while it is strategically unclear how to realize these. But the probably most common and at the same time likely most dangerous reaction remains the "Agile IoT" reaction or as it should better be called "Moving Target" reaction.
IoT - Internet of ThingsNatalie Schnippering5 minutes
Self-ordering refrigerators, coffee machines that report weeks in advance that parts need to be replaced and tractors that harvest fields on their own - the possibilities in IoT are as versatile as the industries and fields of application in which we manufacture products. But how is it possible that these machines are suddenly able to trigger orders or report their status independently?
IoT - Internet of ThingsNatalie Schnippering8 minutes
5 years ago, 87% of the respondents in a survey by Acquity Group did not know what IoT is. Today >60% of the respondents say they own or plan to buy at least one "Connected Device". Also most know by now that IoT will continue to connect our world, bring us many advantages, make new business models possible, but has also caused multiple major security incidents already. But how many of us know what is technically behind it?
IoT - Internet of ThingsNatalie Schnippering6 minutes
Today, one could say the IoT has successfully proliferated and by now it is almost the exception if there is still an industrial company out there that is not concerned about the Internet of Things (IoT). According to a recent Gartner survey, 75% of industrial companies had already invested in IoT projects by the end of 2018. Before 2018, the figure was <25%. However if you ask around among the IoT managers of those companies, each of them has the feeling that they are "behind" and do not believe that they are making progress as fast as they should in order to remain competitive.
StrategyNatalie Schnippering12 minutes
