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Internet of ThingsFacilitated discussion

Jamie Caffrey

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The Internet of Things (IoT)

• It’s estimated that there are 9 billion devices connected to the internet today, and there will be between 20 - 50 billion devices will be connected by 2020 (Cisco, Ericsson)

• 4 billion terabytes of data will be generated this year alone (SAP, Harris Interactive)

• The shipment of PCs, tablets and mobile phones should total 2.4 billion units this year (Gartner)

• The business impact of connected devices could be worth $4.5 Trillion (GSMA)

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Automation and Control - South Bend, Indiana, USA

• A town with a population of 130,000 with 600 miles of sewers handling 48 million gallons of waste water.

• Being regularly fined $600k per year by the EPA for over 30 ‘Combined Sewer Overflows’

• Installed 117 sensors from emnet.net, receiving flow data every 5 minutes.

• Implemented predictive flow analytics from IBM and Notre Dame University.

• Resulted in only 1 or 2 CSOs per year now.

• Avoided over $100M in infrastructure investments by utilising existing sewer system more effectively.

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The IoT is not just an M2M offering….

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Even people are sensors… Sometimes without knowing it….

• Blue Tooth Beacons – for measuring road speed and

congestion) – bitcarrier.net

• Anonymous mobile phone signal data – for measuring shopper’s behaviour in

shopping centres– pathintelligence.com