{"id":1074,"date":"2019-01-17T00:57:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kusuaks7\/?p=679"},"modified":"2023-07-21T13:48:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T13:48:41","slug":"internet-of-things-trends-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/iot\/internet-of-things-trends-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet of Things trends for 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Ready to learn Internet of Things? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/training\/courses\">Browse courses<\/a>\u00a0like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/training\/tracks\/internet-of-things-training-certification\">Internet of Things (IoT) Training<\/a> developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We examine some of the biggest trends we&#8217;re expecting in IoT, from security to edge computing and RPA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The state of the Internet of Things (IoT) market has not\u00a0quite seen the\u00a0explosion it did in 2017, rather it seems as though the hype has calmed as vendors prepare to bring a real impact in 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">As more and more vendors are striving to make viable IoT products and services which are easier to deploy, new developments like 5G and smart cities will bring with them added complexity to contend with.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it goes without saying that Gartner still holds onto its prediction that there will be over 20 billion IoT devices by 2020, but as we get closer to that date, consumers remain concerned about the performance and security of IoT deployments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Here, we examine some of the major trends shaping IoT today, and what to expect in 2019.<\/p>\n<h2>Adoption<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">The IoT market is very likely to continue its\u00a0upward trajectory\u00a0in the market, especially with the height of\u00a0focus from major vendors over the past year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">While 2018 demonstrated a year of increased IoT focus from vendors like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworlduk.com\/iot\/how-splunk-got-into-iot-3684785\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Splunk<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworlduk.com\/cloud-computing\/what-is-google-clouds-iot-core-3664658\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Cloud<\/a>,\u00a0we expect 2019 to bring more of the same.<\/p>\n<p>Analyst firm Forrester predicts that B2B applications of IoT will take off immensely in the next year, whilst B2C will continue to find its footing. It predicts that\u00a085 percent of firms will implement or plan to implement IoT solutions in 2019.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cB2B IoT will take a play from the mobile rollouts in 2000 that went beyond the buzz of what was possible, focusing on field assets, distributed management and remote control. In that same way, B2B IoT will focus on driving efficiencies, connecting the enterprise, expanding the edge and in some cases, providing personalised customer experiences,\u201d it said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.forrester.com\/blogs\/predictions-2019-iot-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Adoption is particularly expected to surge across the manufacturing, healthcare, retail and utilities industries.<\/p>\n<h2>Industrial IoT<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/industryarc.com\/Report\/7385\/industrial-internet-of-things-(IIoT)-market-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IndustryARC,<\/a>\u00a0the Industrial IoT (IIoT) market is expected to reach over $123 billion by 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">As the race to deliver becomes heated amongst vendors, more industrial and manufacturing firms are expected to adopt IoT in 2019 than ever before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cThe potential of IoT within industrial sectors will be high, but this new world still isn\u2019t properly understood. The big institutions have not seen the benefits as they already believe they have solutions which are sound,\u201d Jamie Bennett, VP of engineering IoT and devices at Canonical said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cIoT within connected cars, smart building and in farming will accelerate as the ROI is more clear-cut,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">A report from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/666864\/iot-spending-by-vertical-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statista<\/a>\u00a0shows that manufacturing, transportation, logistics and utilities industries are expected to spend $40 billion each on IoT platforms and services by 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Already, this year saw a number of logistics and delivery vendor\u2019s\u00a0start to reap the benefits of IoT, but as connectivity becomes of even greater importance we should expect to see even more connected solutions in 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">In fact, research from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ge.com\/digital\/sites\/default\/files\/download_assets\/GE-Digital-Industrial-Evolution-Index-Executive-Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GE Digital<\/a>\u00a0found that 22 percent of organisations believe an IIoT-ready industry platform is the most important technology to invest in.<\/p>\n<h2>Emerging IoT projects<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">During the early years of IoT, it was difficult to identify exactly what the technology would be used for other than the theory of \u2018connected things,\u2019 but that is no longer the case.<\/p>\n<p>2018 was a year of numerous emerging projects. According to research by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iot-analytics.com\/top-10-iot-segments-2018-real-iot-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IoT Analytics<\/a>, smart city topped the list of the most common IoT projects, with 45 percent of smart city projects in Europe alone. Connected devices and industrial applications followed closely behind.<\/p>\n<aside>In 2019, smart city applications and infrastructure projects are expected to see\u00a0exceptional growth.<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cAs we enter 2019 the number of connected devices will only increase as more organisations begin to realise the benefits of IoT technologies. Consequently, next year will see the birth of a smarter IoT \u2013 whereby fully connected businesses will begin to pull data for more predictive use,\u201d Martin Hodgson, head of UK and Ireland at Paessler told\u00a0<em>Computerworld UK.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Although the consumer market has been predicted to remain in the early stages, the smart home and connected devices markets should continue to grow to meet customer demand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">According to software firm Arm, 2019 is expected to see a growth in the availability of IoT smart home products as the expansion of consumer products will surpass the usual mainstream lighting, heating, cooling and other smart home devices areas, and instead deliver increased automation and efficiency to everyday tasks.<\/p>\n<h2>Security remains a concern<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Despite this, IoT security\u00a0will\u00a0remain a huge concern. The past year saw a rise\u00a0in IoT security appearing in headlines, all for the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p>From self-driving car accidents to connected devices and security glitches, the need for vendors and manufacturers to put security and data privacy at the core next year is paramount.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">As B2B takes hold of IoT, there is a large concern from consumers that vulnerabilities will\u00a0impact trust in the connected world. In fact, 92 percent of IoT developers believe security will continue to be an issue in the future, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/OnCloudOne\/iot-trends-and-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evans Data.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cSecurity must take precedence over innovation if confidence in IoT is to grow and severe security issues are to be avoided,\u201d Bennett at Canonical said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cIf we get this right though, adoption will continue at an exponential rate, greater consolidation will drive developers to edge computing, while connected applications will unlock multi-purpose robots, leading to far greater capability and functionality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Although the concern has reduced since the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/secure-by-design\/code-of-practice-for-consumer-iot-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IoT Code of Practice<\/a>\u00a0was released by the UK Government in October, this still stands as an initial guideline to IoT manufacturers and vendors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cNext year we hope to see binding agreements to strengthen this security initiative. However, the question of who is responsible for this standardisation across the IoT is yet to be answered,\u201d Bennett added.<\/p>\n<h2>Edge computing<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Edge computing\u00a0will prove\u00a0particularly impactful for IoT devices as data volumes and the need for low-latency applications grow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cWe\u2019re going towards edge computing, which is gaining momentum continuously as we realise that volumes are just too large to be pushed to the cloud,\u201d Markus Noga, head of machine learning at SAP told us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">As long as organisations demand\u00a0immediate action based on real-time data analysis, particularly in manufacturing and logistics, edge will continue to be a buzzword in the industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cIn 2019, 5G deployments and the increasing proliferation of the IoT will be the key drivers behind the edge gaining significant awareness and traction,\u201d Andrew Fray, managing director at Interxion said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cBusinesses will look to data centre providers to lead the charge when it comes to developing intelligent edge-focused systems. In terms of technological developments, a simplified, smarter version of the edge will emerge.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Robotic Process Automation<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">It goes without saying that the past year displayed a massive uptick in adoption rate\u00a0for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">The continuous growth in adoption of the technology is phenomenal, and it doesn\u2019t seem to be quieting down anytime soon. In fact, more and more vendors are\u00a0starting to embrace\u00a0RPA as part of their portfolios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">According to Chris Huff, CSO at RPA software vendor Kofax, 2019 will see large software companies acquiring RPA capabilities. This will follow in the footsteps of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworlduk.com\/iot\/sap-takes-on-ipa-digitise-enterprise-solutions-3689488\/\" rel=\"noopener\">SAP\u2019s acquisition of Contextor<\/a>\u00a0in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think RPA has a very important part to play as organisations are increasingly searching how to improve and modify their applications on a continuous basis, so everything that is repetitive and reoccurring in nature and is a sequence of simple steps, RPA is very well positioned to address,\u201d said Noga at SAP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cThe evolution that we\u2019re going to see is going to be towards more and more intelligence, going into the direction of a wider spread adoption in terms of the use of a number of bots in digital workspace is what I would are the two main trends,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">According to Blue Prism, as vendors make attempts to scale more desktop automation tools all design limitations will become more apparent. This is also backed by the increasing competition in the market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cFor RPA to deliver value, longevity and resilience \u2013 at scale, automations should be carefully planned, modelled and designed. Short-cuts to building a process will increasingly introduce risks, such as \u2018Grey IT\u2019 &#8211; which is potentially very damaging for an organisation,\u201d Pat Geary, chief evangelist at Blue Prism said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cTherefore, 2019 will be the year where more rigour is applied to RPA vendor selection. Higher numbers of organisations will adopt a more strategic approach when selecting RPA products and greater proof will be demanded that a RPA product is really designed for the enterprise,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cThroughout 2019, we\u2019ll see further evolutions with a shift from rule-based decision-making automation \u2013 to a more advanced intelligent automation. Importantly, these will increasingly deliver the thinking and analytical capability to make operations smarter and autonomous, to ensure that digital workers more closely replicate human decision making\u201d Geary added.<\/p>\n<h2>What to expect<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Overall, 2019 should be an interesting year for stakeholders in the IoT ecosystem. From the increase in connected devices, to a rise in intelligent automation &#8211; there will be several deployments\u00a0of note to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Security and privacy\u00a0will become of greater importance as systems and devices become increasingly powerful too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">Gartner predicts that IoT will continue to deliver new opportunities, with a number of new and improved technologies over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1rem;\">\u201cAs the IoT continues to expand, the need for a governance framework that ensures appropriate behaviour in the creation, storage, use and deletion of information related to IoT projects will become increasingly important,\u201d Nick Jones, research vice president at Gartner said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to learn Internet of Things? Browse courses\u00a0like\u00a0Internet of Things (IoT) Training developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab. We examine some of the biggest trends we&#8217;re expecting in IoT, from security to edge computing and RPA The state of the Internet of Things (IoT) market has not\u00a0quite seen the\u00a0explosion it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":441,"featured_media":3913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[93],"ppma_author":[2358],"class_list":["post-1074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iot","tag-internet-of-things"],"authors":[{"term_id":2358,"user_id":441,"is_guest":0,"slug":"hannah-williams","display_name":"Hannah Williams","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","user_url":"","last_name":"Williams","first_name":"Hannah","job_title":"","description":"Hannah Williams is a Staff Writer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworlduk.com\/\">Computerworld UK<\/a>. 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