{"id":9895,"date":"2020-03-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=9895"},"modified":"2020-01-22T09:16:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T17:16:34","slug":"iot-as-a-service-lowering-the-cost-barrier-of-iot-for-small-and-mid-sized-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/iot-as-a-service-lowering-the-cost-barrier-of-iot-for-small-and-mid-sized-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT as a Service: Lowering the Cost Barrier of IoT for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are already 20 billion IoT-connected devices, and 8 billion of those are devices used by enterprises, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/imagesrv\/books\/iot\/iotEbook_digital.pdf\">according to a report by Gartner<\/a>.  <a href=\"https:\/\/techhq.com\/2019\/05\/is-hardware-the-root-cause-of-most-iot-struggles\/\">The impact of the Internet of Things market<\/a> is potentially $11 trillion by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investment in IoT has come primarily from large businesses, but the technology is increasingly available via &#8216;as-a-service&#8217;, making it possible for businesses of all sizes to benefit.  The &#8216;as-a-service&#8217; model reduces the cost of ownership and capital expenditures and makes it easy for small businesses to investigate IoT with smaller up-font investments and less risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=PRF005064\">Frank Della Rosa<\/a>, research director at IDC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190731005163\/en\/Worldwide-Public-Cloud-Services-Revenue-Grows-183\">said that<\/a> &#8220;Software as a Service (SaaS) continues to be the most highly deployed cloud segment, representing a commanding 62.4% of the total cloud market revenues.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robmesirow\/\">Rob Mesirow<\/a>,  PwC\u2019s leader of Connected Solutions and IoT Practice, <a href=\"https:\/\/techhq.com\/2020\/01\/iots-breakout-year-will-be-driven-by-off-the-shelf-solutions\/\">said that 2020 is shaping up to be a breakout year for IoT<\/a>.  &#8220;Combined with cost reductions in chips and sensors, new economics is making it easier for companies to invest and win.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techhq.com\/2020\/01\/iots-breakout-year-will-be-driven-by-off-the-shelf-solutions\/\">TechHQ explained the benefits.<\/a> &#8220;IoT-a-a-Service offerings can equip organizations with similarly powerful IoT networks and software, hosted on someone else\u2019s data center, and ultimately run by experts under someone else\u2019s roof and payroll. 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