Future of Internet is all about Connecting Things

The continued use of smartphones, tablets, wearable technology and other appliances in the workplaces and homes is giving way to big datawhich is nothing but explosion of data from all such technological mediums. The data can be simple as well as complicated and is shared and stored in cloud. Initially the smart devices were launched for the end users but having seen their huge success and immense popularity, enterprises are quickly adapting to the changing patterns of the market. Also with the prevalence of the concept of BYOD (Bring your own devices) and BYOA ( Bring your own access), enterprises are making it their priority to streamline the legacy processes with the upcoming improvements over mobile technology.

Gone is the time when internet was used through desktops alone. Most of the workforce within and outside the company premises has access to internet and corporate data through their handheld devices. The increase in use of cloud services has made it viable for users to access data anywhere required that they have the authorization to do so. With the emergence of the smartphones, there has been incrementing competition between several platforms to provide industry best solutions to the end users. Various types of apps are being developed bymobile apps developersto work on handheld devices.

Also a close sync between the apps and sensors is being levied to connect the smartphones with other devices like TV, refrigerators, cars, home alert systems and other security systems, hence enabling Internet of Things. The increasing use of smart devices and round the clock internet connectivity has helped various sectors like analytics, logistics, healthcare, finances, e-banking etc to share data at the time of need. Many corporations and social networking sites are weaving exponential data everyday due to immense creation as well as sharing of data. With the ever rising growth of smart phones, the data will increase 44 folds till 2020 as per a recent report by IDC. Also CIBC, a Canadian Bank, states that data will increase to 50 times over the decade.

Several companies use social media as their marketing tools. This will also yield immense sharing and storage of data over the cloud. Mobile, social networking sites and Big data are the three buzzwords of every enterprise and the prime drivers of every business today. Consumers as well as the enterprises are making complete use of mobility solutions to finish their day to day tasks in no time. The work processes at workplaces are being automated.

Software as well the hardware is being integrated in workplaces as well the homes to connect the entire ecosystem with internet hence bringing every information to the web.Enterprise mobility solutions are being worked upon to yield greater output to the businesses as well as the consumers. The marketing strategies are being streamlined as per the latest norms. All in all, the consolidated implementation of devices and data will pave way for the Internet of Things, thus realizing the once envisioned dream by the great pioneers of Information Technology.