Internet of Things Making Big Moves

Want to know the next big breakthrough in technology?  No it’s not cloned armies, AI robotics or even space tourism as many would have you believe.  Nowadays it is all about connectivity.  The whole reason the internet blew up the way it did is because of its ability to connect a vast amount of people through its networks.  Decades later and we are still seeing that integration is the way to go. 

I’m speaking about the Internet of things and its ability to affect countless fields.  We are talking software developer, hardware developers, home usage, office usage even major factory usage.  There is a movement going on which is trying to lead us down the path in which all our systems are interconnected.  All this talk is grabbing the attention of people with deep pockets.  In 2013 alone Internet of Things companies attracted more than one billion dollars in venture capital.  According to the New York-based venture capital firm that’s an increase of 11 percent from the previous year. 

           The big fish in the pond as usual is Google.  Google made quite the entrance into the IoT world by snatching up the company named Nest Labs.  Nest Labs, a Silicon Valley start up company was bought by Google for…. Hear this! 3.2 billion dollars.  Now if that doesn’t say dedication to the Internet of Things I don’t know what does.  The idea is for one day to be able to run everything from your wearable device.  Google envisions a world where one day you will be “driving”(more like riding) their autonomous cars, wearing their Google smart watches and their Smart glasses and managing your home entertainment and home energy systems.  Sounds like progress to me.  The assumption is that these new devices and networks will create new jobs and bring more ease to our daily lives. 

           Despite all the recent talks about IoT and the deals struck by major companies to acquire companies that are developing software and hardware for such a system to progress certain questions remain.  The economist points to the fact that estimates on the rise of internet connected devices vary widely.  Gartner firm estimates 26 billions will be online by 2020, while ABI research puts that number at 30 billion.  Industry leader Cisco estimates the number even higher, coming in at 50 billion devices.  Now you might be saying that the Internet of Things is overblown but the reality is this ideas time has come.  For the last few decades our infrastructures have been changing in order to accommodate such a change.   

           We still have some major hurdles to jump before perfecting this idea.  Challenges that need to be addressed are the effectiveness of communications between devices.  Security is also of a major concern.  With so much information whizzing by us through the use of Wifi a strong implementation of security needs to be set.  The billions of people that will be using these devices need to be ensured that sensitive information is not being hacked into. 

            
          Huge international companies are making great strides in this field along with local and national businesses.  Cyber Technology have become experts in their integration systems.  They have applied these skills to their Closed Circuit NY, Closed CircuitCT, Home Security Systems CT, Home Theater Systems CT, Home security systems NY, Home Theater Systems NY and New York Security Alarms services.  For more information on their products contact Cyber Technologies Inc. Today.