How IT Will Be Redefined By IoT – A Guest Commentary in Datamation


Posted on March 20th, by thinkstrategies in Uncategorized. Comments Off on How IT Will Be Redefined By IoT – A Guest Commentary in Datamation

How IT Will Be Redefined By IoT – A Guest Commentary in Datamation

The idea of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) has gained a lot of attention over the past year, but it’s impact on the IT function has not been fully recognized. Although every technology shift of the past has reshaped the IT function, none has fundamentally redefined the role of IT like the IoT will do over the coming years.

What sets IoT apart from the IT function of the past is that hardware and software is now being embedded into a company’s products and services to give the lines of business (LoBs) unprecedented insight into how their products and services are being used by customers so they can better serve current customers and develop new products/services to win new customers.

Click here to read THINKstrategies’ perspectives regarding the IT implications of this phenomenon in Datamation.







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