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Morten Illum, VP of EMEA at Aruba
open dialogue around IoT to
ensure cohesion on IoT adoption.
Conflicting priorities could mean
disruption in its success within
the organisation”.
The use of IoT across European
and Middle Eastern regions is
currently in a state of flux, with
countries showing vastly different
levels of understanding, adoption
and preparedness for IoT.
Spain leads European IoT adoption
with 69 per cent of respondents
claiming to have already deployed
the technology, while the figure for
Saudi Arabia is 53 per cent and for
the UAE 48 per cent. figure is 83 per cent for UAE.
Norway and Saudi Arabia have the
highest levels of fear regarding
the security of IoT — 72 per cent
believe it is appropriately secured,
versus 28 per cent who feel this is
not the case.
A total of 96 per cent of
respondents in Saudia Arabia
believe IoT is secure, while this All countries report widespread
positive outcomes from IoT.
It’s clear that there are
conflicting views within
departments on IoT, but
with IoT adoption moving at
an unprecedented rate and
the business reporting clear
business value from IoT, it is
essential that there is an open
dialogue around IoT to ensure
cohesion on IoT adoption.
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The UAE (90 per cent) and
Saudi Arabia (72 per cent)
saw most executives report an
increase in the efficiency of their
organisation’s IT following the
introduction of IoT.
Illum concludes: “EMEA has a
huge opportunity with IoT. With
executives across the region
already reporting significant
business benefits such as enhanced
customer experiences and better
innovation, those who are able
to successfully align and connect
internal structures to implement
IoT are well positioned to gain a
competitive advantage”. ¡
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