The Internet changed our lives. Nowadays many of our functions, tasks, appointments, even business, depend heavily on this platform. It is clear that this technology has led us to progress, that we are already much better informed, that we can control what we want to see, we can even buy almost anything we want.
But the internet is not "only" that, this technology continues to advance and make available to the user different alternatives, such as cloud storage, a concept that every day gains more followers and that fought against doubts in security to now be an important reference.
Now the internet is taking a new step towards revolution: it is the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) that means allowing everyday objects to also be connected; and this is when our electronic security industry enters to participate, because this is a trend that must be referenced and pointed out, because that is where the different segments point.
Moving from having connected users to connected objects is an important step, especially because it offers the possibility of making products much more dynamic and will greatly improve their management. This is an attractive and functional added value.
Today many companies in our sector have already taken the step forward and have created applications for cell phones or tablets to manage computers from anywhere in the world. In the field of security, this will improve the identification of faults, integrate all technologies and make life easier for the user.
The invitation is not to be left behind in this trend, which, according to the consulting firm Gartner, the growth of the Internet of Things both for this 2017 and in the coming years is very interesting and, at the same time, surprising for the volume calculated by the consultancy. For 2017 alone, a growth of 31% is already expected compared to last year, which means that we will end the year with 8.4 billion devices connected to IoT, of which 63% will be destined directly to applications aimed at consumers.
And as far as the investment destined to the implementation of these devices is concerned, the consultancy estimates that it will be very close to 1.7 trillion dollars in 2017 alone.
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