Sensors, actuators, and other means of connecting things in the physical world to networks are proliferating at astounding rates. More than 12 billion devices around the world, including computers and smartphones, are connected to the Internet. And the number of devices connected to networks is expected to increase dramatically within the next decade, with estimates ranging from more than 50 billion devices to more than a trillion. This has the potential to transform
activities such as manufacturing, building infrastructure, providing health care, and managing supply chains by monitoring and optimizing activities and assets at a very granular level. Any activity that “touches” multiple things or people across the value chain is a candidate for reimagining with the help of networked sensors and actuators.
The proliferation of devices and applications is so rapid that this trend, which in 2010 we called the Internet of Things (IoT), we have expanded to call the Internet of All Things (Exhibit 2). According to one survey, some 15 percent of companies say they have implemented some kind of IoT solution and 67 percent say they plan to do so within five years.8 The rapid adoption of IoT is driven by a rapid decline in the cost of sensors and actuators (devices that act in the physical world) and an increasing ability to connect to these sensors, often wirelessly, as well as the ability to analyze the huge amount of data generated (see Trend
3: “Big data, advanced analytics”). This has led to a number of new uses— everything from monitoring the performance of truck drivers to tracking packages to measuring your daily activity.
Sensors, actuators, and other means of connecting things in the physical world to networks are proliferating at astounding rates. More than 12 billion devices around the world, including computers and smartphones, are connected to the Internet. And the number of devices connected to networks is expected to increase dramatically within the next decade, with estimates ranging from more than 50 billion devices to more than a trillion. This has the potential to transform
activities such as manufacturing, building infrastructure, providing health care, and managing supply chains by monitoring and optimizing activities and assets at a very granular level. Any activity that “touches” multiple things or people across the value chain is a candidate for reimagining with the help of networked sensors and actuators.
The proliferation of devices and applications is so rapid that this trend, which in 2010 we called the Internet of Things (IoT), we have expanded to call the Internet of All Things (Exhibit 2). According to one survey, some 15 percent of companies say they have implemented some kind of IoT solution and 67 percent say they plan to do so within five years.8 The rapid adoption of IoT is driven by a rapid decline in the cost of sensors and actuators (devices that act in the physical world) and an increasing ability to connect to these sensors, often wirelessly, as well as the ability to analyze the huge amount of data generated (see Trend
3: “Big data, advanced analytics”). This has led to a number of new uses— everything from monitoring the performance of truck drivers to tracking packages to measuring your daily activity.
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