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Fog computing - Intelligence at the edge of the network The increasing investment in smart city applications will drive intelligence to the edge of the network . Compute , storage and networking capabilities will move to the most remote devices , allowing data from sensors to be converted into intelligent commands . This will improve urban services such as traffic management , smart lighting , security , and parking .
As an example , surveillance video may pick up first responder traffic on the roads and adapt traffic signals to give them priority . Drivers of mass transportation may get alerted to maintenance faults and receive alerts to stop at the next station . Sensors inbuilt into utility networks may switch from multiple renewable energy source options to drive the best yield at the lowest cost .
Data deluge drives deep learning and artificial intelligence The vast volumes of data being generated by sensors lead to statistical patterns that can be mapped to normal business or consumer behaviour . This
INADEQUATE SECURITY WILL BE A CRITICAL BARRIER TO LARGE- SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF IOT SYSTEMS AND BROAD CUSTOMER ADOPTION OF IOT APPLICATIONS . SIMPLY EXTENDING EXISTING IT SECURITY ARCHITECTURES TO THE IOT WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT
opens up the frontiers for deep learning and predictive analytics driving insights into business or consumer response . Other use cases are when a network is intelligent enough to defend itself , which is especially useful for securing the IoT .
Moreover , the current incidence frequency of cyber threats has grown to such a level that it is beyond human intervention and more automated forms of response and remediation are required . Artificial Intelligence helps analyse and automatically investigate suspicious web traffic . With artificial intelligence , we can discover attacks before they can begin to steal sensitive data . Then next twelve months promise to open up new possibilities of technology applications driving never seen before use cases and significant improvement to human life as we know it today .
The advent of alternate realities The blending of dimensions is something that we ’ ll continue to see more of in 2017 as purely online retailers are now launching physical presences ( Amazon book stores and Amazon Go ), and Pokémon Go bought augmented reality to the attention of the masses . Virtual reality technology has reached the point that it is now accessible to the average consumer , as with devices like smartphones and tablets . New open software driven platforms are enabling businesses to innovate in how they might use the technology – whether in the online , physical or virtual spaces . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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