About this Book

Over the last few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become one of the most popular topics in the technology and business worlds. From blogs to executive reports to conferences, everyone seems to be asking the same question: “What is this IoT thing and how can I use it for my business and my life?”

Because the potential of the IoT is so massive, everyone is rushing to build a strategy or solution, which usually sounds like this: “Hey, let’s connect everything in our building, supply chain, factory, office, and so on, so we can track and analyze this huge amount of data!”

Sounds great, but the question everyone should be asking first is, “What exactly do we want to connect and, more importantly, why?” The real challenge ...

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