Analytics at the edge – Why IoT can’t end up the same as Big Data
The promise of IoT appears to have become its Achilles Heel. Vast armies of sensors transmitting invaluable data in real time that can be rapidly analysed and then used to optimise performance sounds compelling – but the vast armies create vast quantities of data that cannot be transmitted to a central repository in real time, cannot be rapidly analysed and the results cannot then be used in any intelligent or timely fashion. The sheer scale of IoT is overwhelming – and, as IoT is being deployed right now, it could easily become the next ‘Big Data’ fiasco, a win for no one but the IT industry.