The tech world is abuzz with talk about a lot
of interesting developments and innovations. At the cost of banal repetition,
one should emphasize that the technologies that are set to bring in changes of
a hitherto unseen and unexperienced magnitude include Artificial Intelligence,
the Internet of Things, Machine Learning, deep learning, Big Data, blockchain
and so on.
Where does that place IoT in this scheme of
things? Again, to repeat the obvious, the Internet of
Things
is a prime technology that enables remote and seamless connectivity and
interaction between devices in an ecosystem. What this means is that devices
that have no relationship to each other apart from being connected via the
Internet become partners in communicating vital information to each other.
The purpose of this communication is to bring
about added efficiency between devices. Any device that is connected to the IoT
infrastructure and can communicate with another device in the same network is
an IoT device. Hence, the role of IoT devices to IoT is that of body and soul:
one cannot exist without the other.
The growth of IoT devices has been
phenomenal, to put it mildly. How else does one define a growth pattern that
has always looked northwards and will continue to? A look at this table shows
the ways in which the market for IoT devices has been exploding and is expected
to continue to do so:
Interesting facts and observations about IoT devices
When talking about a global technology such
as IoT, it is interesting to explore a few interesting facts about IoT devices.
Here are a few figures
about IoT devices, a look at which is sure to convince anyone about the extremely
high trajectory of growth we are looking at in this industry:
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In 2003, there was one IoT device for every 120 humans on this
planet. In 2008, the number of IoT devices was equal to that of the human
population; in 2018, there were six devices for every human
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A fivefold increase in the growth of IoT devices is expected in
the decade from 2015, from about 15 billion devices to an estimated 75 billion
in 2025
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This kind of growth has prompted General Electric to put the
figure of investments on
industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) at a whopping $60 trillion by about 2035
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Another study puts smart
cities as the area that will consume the highest share of IoT devices, followed
by industry and healthcare. This is amply expressed in this graph:
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Considering the huge amounts of electricity that is required to
run these devices, companies across the world are in the process of developing
“powerless” devices, i.e., IoT devices which don’t require electric power to
stay connected to each other
The time to make a career in IoT is now!
So, what does a career in IoT hold for an IT
professional? While the figures shown above are enough to fill a potential
career seeker with awe and excitement, a more interesting fact is that seven
out of eight people on this planet have not heard this term! This is one of the
hottest reasons for which to make a career in IoT. From now till the time IoT
devices replace traditional ones that we know and use today, an innumerable
number of IoT professionals would be soaked up by the IT industry.
There is no better time to make a start in
this wonderful area of technology. Enroll today for a course in IoT with Simpliv. Start taking concrete steps towards a most fulfilling
and rewarding career!
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