What to expect from IoT in 2019?

As the Internet of Things is nowadays a part of every branch, it is essential to plan and develop individual IoT solutions, which fit to every customer’s need. But how will these technology changes and adaptions impact the daily work and development of new IoT technologies? Will these developments caused by digitalization and innovation have an impact on current IoT technologies and will these new technologies replace traditional IT and also have an influence on other business departments?

All these questions are arising if you are concerned with the topic of IoT technologies and sooner or later you have to adapt to new IoT trends. First, it’s obvious that popularity and function of IoT will increase across industries over time. This growth goes hand in hand with a higher connectivity of devices. Furthermore, smart home systems and other devices will become more common. As a consequence security uncertainties will be arising and producers will need to start caring about ensuring consumers’ data and privacy. Besides, we will get more and more in contact with IoT in our daily life. In particular the retail industry benefits from an increase of IoT technologies, including automated checkout, smart shelves and robot employees. Moreover, because of the growth in IoT there will also be an increase in edge computing. Data-related challenges such as bandwidth, network speed etc. will be solved by edge computing. After all it will open up new opportunities for your business, also for the case of health care. The Internet of Medical Things Industry provides vast improvements in healthcare as this branch has implemented connected devices. For example, nowadays smart cars can track your patient’s condition in every time and can react to any change.

Internet of Things will be one of the key pillars for every branch in the next decade. If you don’t realize the importance and the benefits of it you will lose the game of digitalization within minutes.