Microsoft recently announced IoT Signals, a new research report on the IoT landscape globally. Microsoft surveyed over 3,000 IoT decision-makers in enterprise organizations in order to give a view of the IoT ecosystem, with adoption rates, related technology trends, challenges, and benefits of IoT.
“IoT is transforming businesses in every industry and is powering breakthrough innovations,” said Sam George, head of Azure IoT. “Our research shows that unlocking IoT’s full potential requires the industry to address key challenges like the skills shortage, security concerns and solution complexity. Microsoft is leading the way on simplifying and securing IoT so that every business on the planet can benefit.”
IoT Signals key findings:
- 85% of respondents are in IoT adoption, and three-fourths of these have IoT projects in planning
- Among IoT adopters, 88% believe IoT is critical to business success
- IoT adopters believe they will see a 30% ROI, inclusive of cost savings and efficiencies, two years from now
- Nearly all IoT adopters — 97% — have security concerns when implementing IoT, but this is not hindering adoption
- 38% of IoT adopters cite complexity and technical challenges to using IoT as a barrier to furthering their IoT adoption
- Lack of talent and training present challenges for half of IoT adopters, and 47% say there are not enough available skilled workers
- Respondents believe critical technology drivers for IoT success in the next two years are AI, edge computing and 5G
- Nearly one-third of projects (30%) fail in the proof-of-concept stage, often because implementation is expensive or bottom-line benefits are unclear
Excellent report!
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