Will The IoT Become The Internet Of Broken Things?

CIO - Apr 17 - Cisco Systems estimates that the number of devices connected to the Internet will reach 50B by 2020. How will vendors ensure that these devices are compatible? We'll more likely see mergers, acquisitions and partnership activity before we see the influence of cross-industry, technical standards. Maciej Kranz, VP of the corporate technology group at Cisco, points to security as a top concern as well. Not everything that can be connected, will be connected — sensors will appear in things when it makes sense commercially, socially and for the greater public good. Cisco is working with the industry to solve these challenges, having recently announced a joint architecture with Rockwell Automation to improve IoT security.