Internet of Things Applications

The Internet of Things (IoT) is heralded as one of the biggest technological advances of our age. The idea that literally billions of devices and sensors will be connected to the network and that we’ll be able to derive meaningful and valuable insights from the data those devices transmit is an exciting one. But the reality of building IoT applications is pretty complex – there are no standards, little consistency in terms of how things are done and few solid case studies to go by. There’s also a plethora of startups aimed at making IoT development easier. But in the race to capture mindshare, there is lots of movement in the startup space. Witness the case of IoT platform Octoblu which was acquired by Citrix only months after launching. See more at: forbes.com