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Valued at one trillion dollars, the global Internet of Things (IoT) market continues to garner keen interest from innovators, receiving a record $1.4 billion in venture capital in 2016. But barriers to its adoption in the enterprise seem to keep the sector in the hype zone,

New findings from Juniper Research have revealed that more than 1 in 10 American households will own a housekeeping robot by 2020, with global unit shipments reaching 48 million in 2020, up from 15.7 million this year.

The BLN (Business Leaders Network), organisers of events on technology and entrepreneurship, announce the dates for the next Internet of Things Forum in Cambridge on 15-16 March 2017. The event has been voted in the top three IoT events worldwide, and has sold out every year.

Smart machines will enter mainstream adoption by 2021, with 30% adoption by large companies, according to Gartner, Inc.