Video: Enterprise IoT projects: Key factors for successful deployments
How can companies best take advantage of the internet of things[1] (IoT)?
That's likely to become an increasingly common question as more enterprises deploy an array of sensors and connect a variety of products -- in hopes of gathering huge volumes of useful data.
Read also: What is the IoT? Everything you need to know [2]
Consulting firm Deloitte[3] recently presented five "vectors of progress" that will help drive the adoption of IoT and maybe assist organizations in more successfully leveraging related technologies. Each vector addresses an important challenge of IoT adoption, and the firm notes that the progress vectors are not all applicable to every industry or application of IoT.
Businesses are seeing IoT projects[4] stall out or fail outright despite increased investments on these initiatives, the firm said in a recent report. But improvements in areas including information security, data management, and performance could help them to better manage their IoT investments.
The first vector cited by Deloitte is security. New device hardware is helping to overcome the technical challenges of securing IoT, the report said, while machine learning (ML) is helping to secure the networks that connect devices.
Earlier generations of IoT devices in many cases lacked the needed computing and battery power to run traditional security applications and protocols, and this left them open to attacks. Microprocessor manufacturers have begun introducing low-power hardware[5] products that embed security features directly into IoT devices.
The security[6] of IoT networks has also been a challenge because existing security tools were ill-suited for recognizing threats in networks of IoT