The Top 10 Trends in M2M and the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2014

M2M (Machine to Machine) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have moved a long way since 2013. While some trends are evolutionary in nature, such as continued consolidation and “upstream” value chain partnerships, others will have a far more seismic impact, such as the realization of the third industrial revolution, driven by big data analytics and the fundamental blurring of boundaries between consumer IoT developments and platforms and M2M, which will see new partnerships emerge as well as disruptive new business models.

1 Executive Summary
2 Big Data and Analytics become Intrinsic to M2M: Hadoop and NoSQL
3 The Third Industrial Revolution: Optimization, Machine Learning and China!
4 Security at the Endpoint and in the Datacentre
5 Java, Java Everywhere!
6 Differentiating IoT and M2M: Disruptive OTT Business Models Emerge
7 Partnerships Continue to Head Upstream, Cloud, SI & IT Services Vendors Benefit.
8 Open Standards in IoT Challenge Closed Platforms
9 Wearable Technology in IoT
10 New Partnership Value Chains Emerge in IoT
11 High Bandwidth Connections Will Lead for the First Time in 2014
12 Conclusions
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