Formulating a 6 Step Strategy for IoT Implementation in the Organisation

The Internet of Things, or IoT for short, is changing the landscape how companies do business, interact with their customers and offering new opportunities to drive internal efficiencies to drive businesses across geographies.

Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have seen an evolution and this continues to change as more devices are connected with the internet offering heightened decision making which is often mediated by machines. The easy accessibility to technology, combined with a fall in the prices of communications technologies and sensors, and the increased adoption of how these technologies can be applied to verticals is driving a seamless IoT adoption.

Organisations are increasingly adopting to novice IoT application development by leveraging building blocks, and fostering strategic partners focused on the space. Here is a six-pointer IoT strategy for the modern enterprise-

For an enterprise to begin with IoT, it needs to understand how does this technology work and what difference it will make to the enterprise when implemented. The best way is to study, brainstorm use cases from other verticals to comprehend the early signs of the transformative impact of an IoT pilot. Unlike technology trends encompassing network and telecom connectivity, IoT use cases and strategies can vary across the industry. While zeroing upon identifying applications to access sensor data, it is critical to understand the enterprise goals and what the enterprise is trying to accomplish before taking the IoT plunge.

The second step is to formulate an IoT capability, by understanding that the prospective IoT capability will consume data from sensors and the current sensors under testing with may no longer be available when the IoT application goes live. Hence, it is a good practice to ensure that an enterprise IoT application accesses its sensor data through a secure IoT platform.

A recommended layer of abstraction improves the sustainability of the IoT applications by paving way for flexibility to incorporate pluggable configuration of new sensors.