{"id":3228,"date":"2019-03-01T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2019-03-01T08:09:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T08:09:01","slug":"how-is-iot-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/how-is-iot-going\/","title":{"rendered":"How is IoT Going?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vodafone have an informative new report, the Internet of Things (IoT) Barometer<\/a>. It’s a survey of 1,430 companies worldwide into their use of IoT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IoT adoption is increasing now that companies are buying more cost-effective, off the-shelf solutions rather than building their own from scratch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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74% of adopters believe that within five years, companies that haven\u2019t adopted IoT will have fallen behind their competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adoption is across all sectors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“95% of adopters are already seeing benefits. Over half
(52%) say that the returns have been significant and
79% say IoT is enabling positive outcomes that would be
impossible without it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The main gains have been:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • reduced operating costs (53%)<\/li>
  • improved collection of data (48%) <\/li>
  • increased revenue from existing streams (42%)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    There’s also an accompanying video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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