IoT, the Internet of Things, is the network of computing devices embedded in
everyday objects that enables them to send and receive data. These devices are
extremely diverse, depending on the use cases. For example, Amazon’s Echo
device takes as input a human voice command “Alexa, play Hawaiian music,”
sends it to Amazon Cloud, brings back Hawaiian music and plays it from the
device. An industrial IoT device might be a GE engine that has 2,000 sensors in
it sending maintenance data to the back end.
Besides IoT, we are seeing a number of technological sea changes in cloud
computing, high-speed Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication
networks and artificial intelligence (AI). All these cutting-edge technologies
are converging — a major trend that enterprises need to understand when they
create IoT strategies.
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