Long Live the IoT Platform | Data Center Knowledge
The dream is always the same: A new technology emerges, and it promises a new era of human capabilities and economic opportunities.
And best of all, it’s going to be easy! Incompatible standards and integration problems will be a thing of the past. There will be just one throat to choke. But soon it becomes an impossible, distant dream.
We’re in the midst of that pivot right now in the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT will have a profound impact, particularly behind the scenes in manufacturing and other heavy industries where shaving 1 percent to 2 percent of costs can mean millions of dollars and tons of emissions.
But it’s not reality. Nearly 75 percent of IoT projects are failing, claims Cisco. Projects that need more than two years to achieve payoff may fall into the “danger zone,” says Gartner’s Nathan Nuttall.