After years of hype, anticipation, and steady uptake, the Internet of Things (IoT) seems poised to cross over into mainstream business use. The number of businesses that use IoT technologies has increased from 13% in 2014 to about 25% today. The worldwide number of IoT-connected devices is projected to increase to 43 billion by 2023, … Read more
Internet of Things are devices that connect to the Internet. Some are sensors that collect telemetry data about their surroundings and relay it to a collecting device via a wired or wireless connection to the internet. Others not only monitor but also control the activity of the device they are attached to like an air … Read more
As the IoT ecosystem continues to grow, so does the importance of securing those IoT networks. According to Gartner, spending on IoT security solutions will reach $631 million by 2021. This is a significant leap from $91 million, which was spent in 2016, and this annual global spending statistic shows that IoT solutions are headed … Read more
In the paper, IoT Technologies and Applications in Tourism and Travel Industries, the authors write that the Internet of Things (IoT) play a crucial role in the way of understanding and managing this industry, including how offers and demands are linked. It makes the case for Smart Destinations as a natural evolution of Smart Cities. … Read more
We tend to be familiar with “Information Technology” and the efforts organisations put to secure the data, applications, and systems we refer to IT. Operational Technology is less understood and only with the adoption of IoT, and more importantly, the attacks on infrastructure critical systems have the issue of securing OT become a point of … Read more
