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What Phase of IoT Are We In?

I recently attended an IoT conference where Sameer Sharma, General Manager, IOT Solutions at Intel, described The Three Phases of the Internet of Things, in the following way:

 

  • Connected: The first phase is about connecting the unconnected. 85 percent of assets being utilized today are not connected, and therefore can’t be digitally monitored, maintained, or upgraded.

 

  • Smart: The second phase is about making devices and networks smarter – more intelligent.  This enables raw data to be transformed into events or actions that are meaningful, whether that’s predicting when a tool is about to fail, or optimizing the supply chain.

 

  • Autonomous: The third phase, perhaps the most interesting, is when work flows and processes become more software defined and autonomous.  This will allow the world to move at the speed of software.  An example is the way Tesla can change features in cars in the field with software updates.

 

As I heard him speak, I thought it was a useful way to understand the progression of IoT. But there seems to be some cross over between them.

 

So, what phase do you think we are primarily in right now?

 

Please vote or add a comment below.

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  • There as been lots of progress in IoT and it is already possible to connect just about anything to the internet, but as a fraction of what is possible to connect, we are in the infancy of getting connected. There is a vision phase and a sell-it-to-the-investor phase that comes before the buildout phase. So far the vision is not complete enough to attract more than a small fraction of what will eventually be invested. Once a critical mass of things are connected there will be an explosion of "big data" applications that feed off each other and do not need more buildout. The second phase above could be described as when most investment money has shifted from hardware buildout to software exploitation. The third phase above alludes to AI, which is likely to play a role, but it isn't clear to me yet that the biggest investment money will go there. I think it is possibly more likely to go to "the internet of people" as people get enhanced by technology.

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  • There as been lots of progress in IoT and it is already possible to connect just about anything to the internet, but as a fraction of what is possible to connect, we are in the infancy of getting connected. There is a vision phase and a sell-it-to-the-investor phase that comes before the buildout phase. So far the vision is not complete enough to attract more than a small fraction of what will eventually be invested. Once a critical mass of things are connected there will be an explosion of "big data" applications that feed off each other and do not need more buildout. The second phase above could be described as when most investment money has shifted from hardware buildout to software exploitation. The third phase above alludes to AI, which is likely to play a role, but it isn't clear to me yet that the biggest investment money will go there. I think it is possibly more likely to go to "the internet of people" as people get enhanced by technology.

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