THE IoT
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every aspect of our lives, whether that is at home, work, retail or healthcare. From almost a standing start a decade ago, the scale of the IoT’s growth has been unprecedented, and it is expected to continue that way for the foreseeable future. Estimates of howmany IoT devices are installed now, and howmany are predicted for the near future vary wildly, but all are extremely bullish. For example, Juniper Research estimates that there could be 83 billion IoT connections by 2024 and IDC Data has predicted that 152,200 IoT
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he advent of the IoT has given us greater visibility and control of almost
devices will be connected everyminute by 2025. Themarket is vibrant, although the implementation of the IoT has changed somewhat since its original conception. The whole premise of the IoT is to gather
data fromourselves, and the environment around us through the use of sensors. The data is processed and then it is stored to be analysed for long-termtrends or used to performactions based on those calculations. Amajority of the computation was originally accomplished in datacentres, as only they had the capabilities to cope with the demands of AI data processing. Thatmeant that the data
had to bemoved fromthe sensors, through a gateway to the Internet and onward to the datacentre. Any actionable data had to take the same route back. Formany applications, a small delay has a negligible effect on the overall experience of the user, but some systems, such as those in manufacturing, are very time sensitive. Immediate responses are also expected frompeople who are used to the instant feedback fromconsumer devices, such as mobile phones. For this type of application, processing has to be done nearer to where it is needed – on the edge of the network. This requirement for edge processing has
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