disruption

The Internet of Things is ubiquitous, disrupting every aspect of how we live, work and play. With smart home, for example, a home owner can communicate with their IoT-connected thermostat as they leave the office, ensuring that they can come home to a cool house on a hot summer afternoon. Now, homeowners can optimise air

Legal & General, a UK-based home insurance provider, has partnered with home assistance provider, HomeServe to offer customers LeakBot – a smart connected water leak detector developed by HomeServe Labs.

In 2021, there will be more connected devices than there are people on this planet. As the tidal wave of IoT sweeps all corners of society, businesses are rushing to ride the hype with new deployments of smart technology.

MobileIron, which specialises in security for the digital enterprise, has formed an Internet of Things (IoT) division which will focus on building a comprehensive platform to secure IoT deployments from sensor applications to gateways to the resources they connect to.

New data from Juniper Research shows that revenues from smart home hardware and services will reach $83 billion this year, rising to $195 billion by 2021. This will be generated through entertainment, automation, healthcare and connected devices.

PwC and GE Digital have formed a strategic alliance to help organisations harness the power of the Industrial Internet – the integration of physical machinery with networked sensors and software – to lower costs, improve asset reliability, reduce risk and help drive profitable growth.