THE INTERNET OF EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING | FUN FACTS
Business and Governments will be the top users of the
IoT by 2020, according to BI Intelligence, with Consumer applications falling to a distant third (less than half of business use).
The chance of running out of IP addresses because of
IoT devices coming online is slim. There are currently five IP addresses assigned on average per inhabitant in the US. Steve Leibson from EDN Network puts IPv6 in perspective: We could assign 105 IP address to every atom on the surface of Earth and still not have an issue.
The Future Impact of the Internet of Things Fun Facts on the Phenomenon of Connectivity
According to Intel, ATMs were the first end useroriented elements to be connected online back in the 1970s.
Asia-Pacific is the largest market for the Industrial IoT, according
Gartner predicts that hardware and software advances will make IoT security a fast-evolving area through 2021, and the IoT security skills shortage today will only accelerate.
to TechNavio, valued at close to US$38 billion in 2015. APAC is expected to reach over US$54 billion in 2020, growing at a CAGR of more than 7 percent.
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