The Signal and the Noise: Unleashing the Power of IoT

Let’s read on to see the current and future impact of the Internet of Things and the ways in which companies must prepare on an infrastructure level for such a massive influx in data that connected devices will create

The Internet of Things (IoT) may still be more hype than reality, with a certain amount of inbuilt scepticism surrounding it but this is going to change, and companies need to be ready. Germany’s main telco, tech, and manufacturing companies have already formed the Internet of Things Alliance (IoTA) ahead of the upcoming IoT onslaught. The aim is to make sure that when devices do start speaking to each other, they’ll be speaking German. However, even with all this planning there’s a large stumbling block lurking on the horizon, which is a lack of a proper infrastructure to manage the vast diversified data, traffic, storage, and processing demands associated with the IoT behemoth.

As IoT expands, with everything from thermostats to cars increasingly being plugged into the Internet, so does the need for a solid infrastructure and requisite compute power to underpin it. Thus, leading to a revolution within data centres throughout the land. HOT BEDS FOR INNOVATION The fact that IoT controllers are getting ever smaller and affordable, makes it relatively easy to enable IoT connectivity on all kinds of devices. However, its not just fridges and table lamps that are moving online, IoT is being used on a mass scale too, empowering a wide variety of innovations.

For example, scientists are helping forward thinking wine growers in the Napa Valley to alter their long held irrigation techniques through the use of smart sensors embedded within the vines. From simply wirelessly transmitting readings from the sensors, they can analyse the findings to determine the plant’s level of hydration, www.dqindia.com 43