Monday, October 13, 2014

Start-Ups - Not 'Enterprise Elephants' - Lead the Internet of Things

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The Internet of Things (IoT) was a hot topic at last week’s Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2014 in Orlando, Fla. and the focus of new research released during the event.


Pete Basiliere, research vice president at Gartner, said the organization’s latest Maverick research shows innovators, tinkerers and entrepreneurs — otherwise known as “makers” — will drive the growth, use and acceptance of the Internet of Things, and not “enterprise elephants.”


In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2017, 50 percent of IoT solutions will be created by companies that are less than three years old.


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