Top 5 Pre-requisites to IoT Adoption

摘要

Internet of Things is an emerging technology that will open a lot of new business opportunities for a lot of different industries. Given the feverish pace at which development is happening around it, the IT organizations must start understanding the complexities that they should expect to gear up for. Here we identify the key ones that will emerge out of IoT deployment. IPv6 Migration: Companies are just not migrating to IPv6, even though the technology has been around for over a decade. With the IoT gradually taking shape, organizations may not have a choice but to migrate, because there will be billions of unique devices connecting to the Internet. And with the current IPv4 fast depleting its arsenal of IP addresses, it will be completely out of gas with IoT coming in. If your network is not ready, then it's time to start thinking of upgrading to IPv6. Do it while IoT devices are building up in the consumer space like connected coffee makers, toothbrushes, sleeping beds, etc.