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The IoT is expanding at a rapid rate and is expected to grow over the coming years at a pace which makes previous technology adoptions look insignificant. Predictions are that by 2020 there will be some +20 Billion connected devices worldwide. The IoT promises to connect everything from CCTV cameras, medical devices, smart home products to smart enabled vehicles and many more devices.

Information, and operations. In the past, these were seen as two distinct and discrete elements of organisations’ technology – IT, and OT.

The former deals with the processing, transmission and storage of data, while the latter is about physical processes and production – the devices and sensors in a factory, for example.

Last week we sponsored Smart Summit London. On our stand we discussed the future of Smart Cities and Industrial Internet with industry visionaries speaking at the event, customers implementing solutions and other IoT providers. Here are our 5 takeaway observations...

1. Companies value authentication

One of the unique aspects of Device Authority’s patented capabilities is the ability to provide secure valuable data analytics, which we call Counting Authenticated Devices. In a nutshell, our technology enables companies to continuously monitor large-scale networks of devices globally, and ensure:

Recently, Device Authority took another great step forward and was accepted into the Intel IoT Solutions Alliance.  This is going to be a very valuable organization for our company to be a part of. 

Intel ISA is a huge ecosystem of over 400 IoT hardware, software and system integration members that includes a number of companies that we are already working closely with.

As the world welcomes the new wave of IoT devices in through our WIFI-connected front doors and into our everyday lives, more and more companies are releasing ‘smart’ internet-enabled versions of historically analogue products that we would otherwise have to use without the aid of a mobile app.

What if an ambulance could process critical information about the patient before it arrives at the hospital, to allow for the patient to be examined before entering the hospital? What if the Equipment Manufacturer could accurately foresee the lifespan of life-saving equipment, dispatch an engineer, to proactively fix equipment before it fails?

The Internet of Things is becoming increasingly prevalent in everyday life through wearable devices; smart cars, insulin pumps and a range of other objects, ultimately changing the way companies do business. The economic impact of the Internet of Things will be measured in £trillions. The number of connected devices will be measured in billions. And the resultant benefits of a connected society are significant, disruptive and transformational.

A #smartcity uses digital technologies to enhance quality and performance of urban services, to reduce costs and resource consumption, and to ultimately deliver a better standard of life to its citizens.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly evolving and culminating into an intelligent, invisible network fabric that can be sensed, controlled and programmed. Undoubtedly, as we stridently embrace the IoT economy, information security threats against organisations of all sizes will become increasingly more common and sophisticated.