P A R T I C I P A N T S:
• Geoff Arnold, Cisco
• Dr John Bates, Software AG
• Emil Berthelsen, Machina Research
• Jason Bloomberg, Intellyx
• Geoff Brown, M2Mi Corp
• Michael Denis, Aircraft Commerce
• Mac Devine, IBM
Q. Of the various alternative terms, ‘Internet of Things’, ‘Web of Things’, ‘Industrial Internet’, ‘Internet of Everything’…which is the one you believe most relevantly/usefully describes the trajectory of the intersection between ‘things’ and the future? Or do you have another term altogether that you prefer?
Jason Bloomberg:
Much like “Cloud,” “Internet of Things” covers many different markets and technologies that serve different purposes, lumped together under a single catchy marketing term – for better or worse. Having a single catchy term is great for people who have the chutzpah to run IoT conferences (not that I know any of those!) but soon confuses people when they are trying to understand the specifics. On the other hand, no one alternative term would solve this problem.
Read the entire article at http://www.aonetwork.com/blogs/The-State-the-IoT-Union-Industry-Opinions–Commentary.
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