FORGET IOT , EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IOE
sell rich information and create unique business relationships that previously would never have been possible . Much of In2IT Technologies ’ research into the IoE has uncovered new streams of value and new business opportunities for companies in every sector . Barapatre highlighted the importance of partnerships with leading players like Cisco , in realising the promise of the IoE .
The connected world Therefore , what is the current state of the IoE ? Botez points to the following statistics : there are already 13 billion connected ‘ things ’ in the world ( including humans ), technology is already powering 80 percent of business processes , and more data has been generated from these connections in the past year , than in the past 5,000 years . Up to 50 billion connected
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