Why CXOs must tie mission-critical business objectives to their IoT deployments – TechRepublic
Mimi Spier: We experience a lot of companies who are testing IOT. They want to understand how it works. They wanna see what data they can get out of their sensors, or some of their things, but what they’re not doing–and we call it Science Project Mode, they’re in Science Project Mode–but what they’re not doing is really taking a step back and determining, “Why am I doing IOT? What are the business objectives of my company that I need to meet that IOT technology can help me get there?”
TechRepublic’s Conner Forrest spoke with Mimi Spier, vice president of Internet of Things business at VMware, who explains how businesses can overcome one of the biggest challenges to operationalizing IoT. The following is an edited transcript of the interview.