1.
“The need of Things”
Internet of Things for business and beyond
Rick Bouter

2.
What is in a name?

3.
Industrial drivers

4.
Not as new…
 1926 - World brain
 1999 - IoT
 2009 – marketing buzzwords
 Why now?
… as it seems
“A lack of information!”

5.
Bottomline…
Governmental
Research
Business

6.
“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.“

7.
‘Smart’ things?

8.
Collective intelligence
“Things are stupid”