“The need of Things”Internet of Things for business and beyond

Rick Bouter

What is in a name?

Industrie 4.0

Internet of Sensors and Actuators

Internet of Everything

Internet of Things & Services

Smarter Planet

Ambient Intelligence Machine 2 Machine

Social web of Things Industrial Internet

Web of the World

Industrial drivers

Not as new…

1926 - World brain 1999 - IoT 2009 – marketing buzzwords Why now?

… as it seems

“A lack of information!”

Bottomline…

Governmental

ResearchBusiness

“Internet of Things (IoT) refer to the collective noun for the general idea to connect the physical to the digital via embedded technology. To receive data from all kind of smart objects from the past, the current and the future to communicate and sense or interact with their internal state or the external environment to simplify and facilitate human life, improve business processes, reduce costs and risks and raise efficiency.“

‘Smart’ things?

Collective intelligence

“Things are stupid”