Eight trends in the Internet of Things in 2017
IHS predicts that the installed base of IoT devices worldwide will grow from 15.4 billion in 2015 to 30.7 billion in 2020. In 2025, this number will reach 75.4 billion. McKinsey estimates that the total size of the Internet of Things market will reach $900 million in 2015 and $3.7 billion in 2020, reaching a compound annual growth rate of 32.6%. What are the new trends in the Internet of Things in 2017, please see the analysis below:
New IoT chip
Many established chip manufacturers, including Intel, Qualcomm, etc., have produced a variety of different chips. In the past two years, Intel has stopped relying on high-energy PCs and data center chips to introduce low-energy modules such as Edison and Curie. There are also Atom chips for the drone and car networking markets.
Qualcomm expects its Snapdragon line for mobile chips to be extended to wearable Snapdragon wearable chips, aircraft Snapdragon chips for drone users and automotive Snapdragon chips for car networking. In 2015, Qualcomm acquired ISR chip maker CSR and plans to acquire automotive chip maker NXP Semiconductors.
It is foreseeable that in 2017, competition from Intel, Qualcomm and other chip makers will heat up, with a focus on new chips and big acquisitions.
Unified communication standard
In the past two years, Qualcomm and Intel have extended their territories to the IoT device to address the upgrade of communications platforms. Intel led a consortium company, the Open Internet Consortium. Qualcomm established the AllSeen Alliance. The two use their own standards, which makes IoT device manufacturers and consumers have a headache because they have to deal with two different standards. Currently, the two have established teams and created a new Open ConnecTIvity FoundaTI (OCF) to establish a unified standard for IoT communications. If the standard unification has to wait for a long time, it will have a negative impact on the fragmentation of the Internet of Things and the improvement of security. Therefore, in 2017, the introduction of unified communication standards is expected.
Development of the ecosystem
Technology companies, including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Amazon, want to connect their users to their devices.
The goal of Google Home and Bird's Nest is to automate home and make it a more convenient hub. Android Auto is trying to extend its ecosystem to the Internet of Vehicles. Apple's iOS device will be compatible with the smart home device HomeKit and will be extended to the CarPlay use of the car.
Amazon has completed the connection between its Echo/Alexa/Dash ecosystem and smart aids to automate the restocking of consumables. Ford's car networking is combined with the Alexa ecosystem. Samsung began selling its SmartThings home automation device. Recently, it is in the process of purchasing a car network and negotiating with Harman to achieve mobile internet. In 2017, these giants will intensify their competition around the ecology, which will benefit the growth and development of the ecosystem.
Artificial intelligence will enable the Internet of Things to achieve cross-edge and cloud distribution
The distributed architecture of IoT software across edge devices, routing and cloud services enables IoT solutions to drive the development of modern microservices. Artificial intelligence and machine learning cloud services can increase the use of mines.
Operators will provide dazzling wireless technology to support use cases in the Internet of Things
IoT devices with various characteristics, such as small burst traffic, dense connection sets, and narrow-band IoT over long distances to new wireless connectivity requirements (LoRaWAN, Sigfox, or 3GPP). For IoT decision makers, there will be more than 20 wireless connectivity options and protocols to evaluate.
Manufacturers focus on IoT certification
Major IoT manufacturers, including Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft, will invest heavily in low-cost or no-cost training and certification to maintain certification levels. At the same time, the industry will promote special certification. Currently, 10 industry manufacturers have teamed up with enterprise manufacturers to certify products with IoT capabilities, such as Rockwell Automation, which is doing this with Cisco.
The Internet of Things will simultaneously shrink and enrich mobile activities
More and more mobile activities are associated with connected devices, from home to smart homes, cars and virtual support. These connected devices will provide a rich data stream, including services and interactions between product owners and consumers. The new approach will accelerate consumer adoption of IoT products.
In 2017, there will be two types of smart home technology to achieve 10% popularity of the home, one is virtual support access (Amazon and Alexa's Echo business), and the other is smart camera system (Canary or Withings home system).
Manufacturer application will change
Various companies, including Internet providers (Comcast, Security Alarms), will use network repeaters to enable consumers to connect the entire home. In the long run, in 2019, IoT analysis tools and applications will shift from start-ups to enterprise applications and features. Product design, marketing, sales, and user support teams will use the IoT observations to improve the user experience, provide products and services, and change user engagement.
Security issues highlighted
In the past, computers often became targets of zombie malware that attacked businesses and websites. As computer security tools improved, these attacks began to shift to mobile devices. Once mobile security has increased, hackers' attention will shift to IoT devices.
Recent botnet attacks have caused problems on some of the world's major websites, and IoT devices are at risk, such as unsafe routers and IP camera bots DDoS being attacked. Security experts have repeatedly verified that attacks on computers in the past can be used for IoT devices.
With the intensification of competition in the Internet of Things market, enterprises have rushed to launch various connectivity products, seldom pay attention to network security issues, resulting in fragmentation of development, and it is difficult to protect devices. But it has been seen that some large companies have begun to develop new security solutions for the Internet of Things market, such as Cisco and Symantec.
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