FEATURE: IOT
implementation are presenting a huge challenge to the
wider development of the smart city.
Manufacturing
82% have suffered an IoT related security breach. The
industrial sector understands the need for systems, processes
and machines to remain interconnected. For this to happen
manufacturers must interconnect and automate services
where they can, but right now this could be done more
securely. Of those who have already suffered an IoT related
security breach, 50% were malware related and 40%
were due to human error. This is a gap that needs closing,
particularly as manufacturers look to connect devices such as
chemical sensors and picking systems to reduce operational
risk and maintain operating infrastructures.
Retail
76% have suffered an IoT related security breach. Over half,
(56%), of retailers who have implemented IoT in their stores
are allowing personal mobile devices to access the network in
order to enhance the customer experience. Getting in-store
promotional messages, based on location, is huge business
and IoT can enable that. But taking into account the 41% of
“2019 will be IoT’s
breakthrough year,
85% of businesses
plan to start using IoT
technologies by 2019.”
Jose Vasco, Regional Director, MEMA at Aruba HPE
www.intelligentcio.com
“There is one question
in the back of everyone’s
mind: when will the
Internet of Things really
hit the big time?”
retailers who have already suffered from an IoT related attack
because of malware issues, it is clear that they need to find
a middle ground between consumer benefits and protecting
their network from attack. Across all of these industries, it
is clear that companies need more information about the
devices connecting to their network. Network managers
require the ability to create policies and permissions around
each of them, so that if a device is compromised by malware
or human error, it can be identified and removed from the
wider network.
Collaborative workspaces
As businesses increasingly embrace IoT for mainstream
operations, Gartner estimates some 5.5 million new things
have connected to networks every day over the past year,
totaling an estimated 21 billion connected devices by 2020.
While that is a lot of things, it is only part of today’s enterprise
IoT story.
“Concurrently, we are seeing a significant shift away from
the old workplace paradigm, with its simplistic focus on
employee productivity, to a collaborative digital work model in
office buildings, on the manufacturing floor and in industrial
settings,” says Aruba HPE’s Vasco. The confluence of these
two trends is resulting in new ways to furnish workspaces,
manage employees and adopt a smart technology. For
automating buildings and processes, employers introduce
more fluid and flexible strategies for optimising experiences at
individual work spaces, across operations, within IT and at the
brand level. Given the oceans of data being generated by all
of the people, places and things now inhabiting such a wide
range of digital workplaces, it makes sense to move some
of the computing power required to process the data to the
network location we call the Intelligent Edge. At the Intelligent
Edge, some technologies connect and automate IoT-enabled
lighting, HVAC, water delivery, manufacturing processes,
industrial systems and various connected services to create
smart buildings, factories and more. Other investments ensure
the seamless and secure mobility that workers depend upon
to get their jobs done.
Regardless of your industry or type of enterprise, taking
these steps to adopting a modern architecture is critical to
harnessing the potential of IoT at scale. As with so many
disruptive opportunities, those who can take action stand to
benefit, while those who hesitate, risk getting left behind. n
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