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All Hail the Next Big Job: the Chief IoT Officer

posted by CoolHand on Saturday May 09 2015, @11:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the weekend-special-dept dept.

AnonTechie writes:

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.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2919702/it-careers/all-hail-the-next-big-job-the-chief-iot-officer.html

 
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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday May 10 2015, @11:52AM

    by VLM (445) on Sunday May 10 2015, @11:52AM (#181064)

    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 Slow buggy out of date and incompatible and impossible to update before she opened the box.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.

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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday May 10 2015, @06:59PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday May 10 2015, @06:59PM (#181134) Homepage

    My MIL has a smart TV

    Did you accidentally a letter?

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    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday May 10 2015, @07:12PM

      by VLM (445) on Sunday May 10 2015, @07:12PM (#181136)

      mother in law. Important not to be confused with MILF