Report: ‘Many pre-requisites are not yet in place for IoT to be widely deployed’
Editor’s note: A new report from research firm IDTechEx finds that the Internet of Things may not become as pervasive as media and industry hype indicate due to several challenges, ranging from cost to power requirements. Dr. Peter Harrop, the chair of IDTechExz, explore the issues. LONDON – IDTechEx has released a newly researched report, “Internet of Things 2017-2027”. Benchmarking what went before, it finds that the most prolific electronic device is the anti-theft tag known as electronic article surveillance (EAS). This is because it is disposable and big retailers and libraries in some countries feel that it deters thieves. Over ten billion...
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