Network Communications News (NCN) May 2017 | Page 10

TALKING POINT
How to avoid being lost
in the IoT explosion
Jordan O’Connor, technical lead, EMEA at SOTI, said that 57 per cent
of all global businesses have adopted IoT practices and 72 per cent of
those believe their company is more profitable since embracing IoT.
I
oT is having a profound effect
on business. With this large
scalability, however, comes
the potential for catastrophe.
More connected devices bring
new business challenges around
scale, interoperability, security
and the management of devices
and endpoints. Businesses need
to think strategically about IoT
adoption and not become caught
up in the next wave of innovation.
10 | May 2017
Any size organisation can
benefit by connecting IoT to
business processes – but, if a
strategy is not in place, companies
will find themselves throwing
endless resources into connecting
everything to the Internet, rather
than just those devices that are
critical to their business. As a result,
businesses may find themselves
tangled in the web of connected
devices and lost in the IoT explosion.
To avoid the flying shrapnel,
there are five golden rules to follow
to ensure businesses reap all the
benefits of IoT; without becoming
misplaced. The rules follow a
ripple effect; that if followed
chronologically, will ensure a solid
foundation for the IoT estate that
companies will be able to gradually
develop their IoT structure towards.
This will ensure IoT is
working solely to improve the