{"id":3833,"date":"2019-07-24T11:36:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T11:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T11:36:11","slug":"iot-priority-and-asset-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/iot-priority-and-asset-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT Priority and Asset Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gartner has a new report <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hype Cycle for the Internet of Things (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/documents\/3947474\/hype-cycle-for-the-internet-of-things-2019\" target=\"_blank\">Hype Cycle for the Internet of Things 2019<\/a>, in which they say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe Priority Matrix shows that many IoT technologies are 5 years from mainstream adoption. However only one innovation profile will reach maturity in 2 years, indoor location for assets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gartnerassettracking.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gartnerassettracking.jpeg 745w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gartnerassettracking-281x300.jpeg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So why is <em>&#8216;indoor location for assets&#8217;<\/em> more likely to achieve mainstream adoption sooner than other technologies? It&#8217;s because there are <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"clear benefits (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/AssetTrackingForManufacturers\" target=\"_blank\">clear benefits<\/a> for most companies and off-the-shelf software such as our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"BeaconRTLS\u2122 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconrtls.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">BeaconRTLS\u2122<\/a> is already available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work with companies shows they are nevertheless cautious. Companies are taking time to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"understand the competing asset tracking technologies (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/logistics-and-manufacturing-pallet-tracking-with-beacons\/\" target=\"_blank\">understand the competing asset tracking technologies<\/a> and are performing, sometimes lengthy, trials to determine how new systems will integrate with existing systems. They are considering the implications of SAAS vs on-premise solutions, the availability of second-sourced beacon hardware and the compromises of accuracy vs system complexity and cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gartner has a new report Hype Cycle for the Internet of Things 2019, in which they say: \u201cThe Priority Matrix shows that many IoT technologies are 5 years from mainstream adoption. However only one innovation profile will reach maturity in 2 years, indoor location for assets. So why is &#8216;indoor location for assets&#8217; more likely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/iot-priority-and-asset-tracking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IoT Priority and Asset Tracking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,1,244,9,130],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3833"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3842,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions\/3842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}