The Internet of Things: How will this change our world as consumers? | GulfNews.com

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The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a new construct in an ICT world. Within our view of the third platform technologies like mobility, analytics, cloud and social and enabling technologies such as security and virtualization, the IoT is at the heart of it. It is increasingly clear that the future of IT will be driven by four pillars — mobile broadband, social business, big data/analytics, and cloud services. This will result in millions of applications available with billions of users. The pinnacle of this next technology platform is that we will move toward a future where there are “trillions of things” that could be connected to the Internet and thus drive consumer behavior and increasingly intelligent industry solutions that can operate either autonomously or non-autonomously. IoT will be critical to the success of the third Platform as these connected “things” will shape business processes and the increasingly connected consumer.
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  • “IDC [International Data Corporation] defines IoT as a network connecting (either wired or wireless) devices, or ‘things,’ that is characterized by autonomous provisioning, management, and monitoring…and is largely driven by intelligent systems that will be installed and collecting data — across both consumer and enterprise applications.”
  • “…municipalities are looking for ways to become more efficient, and IoT solutions provide several options to save money, improve productivity, and better serve their constituents.”
  • “…connectivity is becoming increasingly ubiquitous — whether using personal area networks, local area networks such as WiFi, or wide area networks such as cellular, in addition to fixed connectivity. This anyway, anytime ability to connect anything is helping make IoT a reality.”
  • “…individuals are developing a high affinity for full-time connectivity, which makes consumer IoT a compelling proposition.”