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In the near future, you may hear about the appointment of a Chief Internet of Things (IoT) Officer. Before you roll your eyes and chortle at the thought of another chief-of-something, consider the problem.
First, companies are beginning to make and implement smart, connected, data-producing products. That can be anything—automobiles, assembly line robots, washing machines and even coffee makers. This data can be used in predictive analytics to avoid product failures, as well as to schedule maintenance around when a product actually needs it. These products, mechanical and electronic, will likely get ongoing software updates.
Second, connected products are now part of a broader system. Or as Michael Porter, a Harvard economist, pointed out at this week's ThingWorx conference, you aren't just selling a tractor, you are selling a tractor that is becoming part of a smart farm, a system. Things have to be able to work together.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Sunday May 10 2015, @02:13AM
I still don't see the point in this IOT. What is the point? Apparently believed to be important enough for another bs-level-of-management. If or when this becomes a thing I'm turning the flat into a faraday cage. I really don't my appliances to talk to each other or get spoken to by strange machines; all of a sudden they will be mining bitcoin for someone and being the hub of some appliance-spam-botnet.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday May 10 2015, @03:11AM
(Score: 2, Insightful) by anubi on Sunday May 10 2015, @04:12AM
Think trade-union. Piss off one of 'em and the whole lot goes on strike!
You just brought in a scab! We will fix you!
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:04AM
I was thinking more of an employer. You want a pay raise? That's above your station! YOU'RE FIRED, GET OUT OF HERE! You're clearly lazy and incompetent.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday May 10 2015, @05:08AM
something something $50 billion market something something smart toaster connected lightbulb something something learning thermostat
or something
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(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Sunday May 10 2015, @07:11AM
So people with far too much disposable income will spend a nice chunk of it replacing all of their perfectly functional but non-IoT-enabled (IoT-less?) electronics, of course. They can't let themselves lag behind their friends/coworkers in acquiring latest-and-greatest high-end tech items, after all...
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday May 10 2015, @11:52AM
My MIL has a smart TV, unintentionally. She shops by size and price and to a lesser extent appearance and the smart one was on the shelf...
The problem with marketing checkbox features is the made-for-tv-commercial gadget problem. Hey look, for only $19.95 its the pocket fishing pole / rototiller / bottle opener! So its a TV, with the worst imaginable software on it. Slow buggy out of date and incompatible and impossible to update before she opened the box. So other than not working, its great. Also like 99.9% of the customers she doesn't care. Does it power on? Does it display what comes in the HDMI port? That's 100% perfect for her.
We can safely assume IoT quality will be even worse, if that can be imagined. If the UI and overall experience of smart TVs is a million times better and more product quality critical than IoT will be, if whats already a parody is far better than the best imaginable case... I would bet the data center side isn't going to be very difficult when 99.999% of product sold never phones home to the mothership or only works a few times.
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday May 10 2015, @06:59PM
My MIL has a smart TV
Did you accidentally a letter?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday May 10 2015, @07:12PM
mother in law. Important not to be confused with MILF
(Score: 2) by istartedi on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:29PM
The point of IoT is to ram IoT down consumer's throats whether they want it or not. It's for the benefit of corporations and a tight cadre of oligarchs who run them. It's the next rev of car alarms, crappy appliances that break after a year, blister packaging that can't be opened without a pair of tin snips, etc.
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