IoT now the ‘top driver’ of digital transformation
IoT is now the lead technology for digital transformation and the number one priority for 92 percent of organisations, according to the results of a global survey commissioned by satellite operator Inmarsat.
The study, which focussed on enterprise applications of IoT, also found machine learning (38 percent of respondents, robotics (35 per cent), and 3D printing (31 percent) to be key requirements for effectively delivering digital transformation for business.
The study identified agriculture as the leading sector for IoT deployment today, followed by transport, energy and mining.
The study asked respondents that were already using IoT for their anticipated future deployment by application. While the level of usage by application — smart monitoring of asset levels employee tracking through wearables, energy consumption monitoring, monitoring product usage, business process automation, smart security management and wide area controls such as vehicle/device management — ranged from 75 percent today (energy usage monitoring) to 12 percent (smart security management) deployments of all were expected to exceed 90 percent within two years. Read more…