{"id":6593,"date":"2016-08-26T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2016-07-29T08:38:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T16:38:04","slug":"internet-of-things-iot-technology-entering-the-mainstream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/internet-of-things-iot-technology-entering-the-mainstream\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet of Things (IoT): Technology Entering the Mainstream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The concept\u00a0of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_of_things\">Internet of Things (IoT)<\/a> was first introduced in 1999. \u00a0It&#8217;s taken seventeen years, but analysts are now beginning to declare that the vision has been realized and that IoT has now become a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vodafone.com\/content\/index\/media\/vodafone-group-releases\/2016\/iot-mainstream.html#\">mainstream technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How are businesses using IoT? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurocomms.com\/features\/analysis\/11680-vodafone-says-iot-goes-mainstream-as-enterprises-view-it-as-key-as-mobility#\">Use cases include<\/a> fleet management and remote vehicle monitoring, building automation, security, automating supply chains, and creating new connected home and usage based-insurance (UBI) products.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0report that summarizes the state of IoT technology from Vodafone found that businesses that have invested in IoT are being rewarded.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>63 percent of businesses with IoT report seeing &#8220;significant&#8221; returns<\/li>\n<li>IoT adopters say that they can measure a 20 percent improvement in metrics like revenue, cost, downtime and utilization<\/li>\n<li>89 percent of businesses using IoT say they are increasing their IoT budgets this year<\/li>\n<li>IoT makes up nearly one-quarter of IT budgets for businesses using IoT<\/li>\n<li>76 percent of businesses say that the use of IoT is critical for their business success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/machinaresearch.com\/team\/matt-hatton\/\">Matt Hatton<\/a>, CEO of Machina Research,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomtv.com\/articles\/iot\/vodafone-says-76-of-companies-believe-iot-is-critical-to-future-success-13793\/\"> said that <\/a>&#8220;enterprises rolling out IoT initiatives within their organisations must set tight parameters around what they want to achieve and what success looks like. \u00a0Deploying IoT is complex and enterprises would benefit from having a third party not only to pull together the various elements of the proposition but also to act on their behalf in areas such as security, privacy and data management.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vodafone.com\/business\/m2m\/meet-the-team\">Erik Brenneis<\/a>, Vodafone\u2019s Director of IoT,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20160714005383\/en\/IoT-Mainstream-Vodafone-Research-Finds-76-Companies\">said that<\/a> &#8220;three-quarters of the 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