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Seven Traits of Highly Successful IOT Implementers

Nov. 1, 2016
Here is why some companies succeed with IoT and others fail.

Imagine you had to do something that was completely new and didn’t get it right and that the consequences of making mistakes would be steep.

Such is the case with the Internet of Things. Some 60% of companies are planning on deploying IoT technology in the next five years to remain competitive. Few of them, however, have experience working with the technology.

Organizations planning IoT projects don’t need to reinvent the wheel. They can find inspiration in the organizations that have already successfully navigated their way through an IoT project.

How did they do it? A closer look reveals that companies that reap the benefits of IoT have much in common, both in attitude and approach.

“The organizations that achieve the most stunning results with IoT projects exhibit several key traits, such as being forward-looking and customer-centric,” observes Dan Shey, Managing Director and Vice President at ABI Research, who developed the list from his own analysis of IoT projects.

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About the Author

Karen Field | Group Content Director

Karen Field is Executive Director, Content for Penton’s new Internet of Things Initiative. She has 25+ years experience developing content for an audience of technical and business professionals and a reputation for challenging conventional thinking and taking a novel approach in the creation of world class editorial and conference programming.

Most recently she launched the Internet of Things Summit at the Embedded Systems Conference and has covered the emerging issues associated with the Internet of Things extensively for EE Times, EDN, and Embedded.com.

Karen has a mechanical engineering degree and a master’s of business degree from the University of Minnesota and Boston University.

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