In 2021 there will be more than 46.000 connected IoT devices

This growth that is expected to occur in the next five years will bring great challenges, both to suppliers and end users, as revealed in the latest Juniper study. It is a technology that still has to evolve and adapt to Big Data 2.0, in addition to facing important security breaches.

In 2021 there will be more than 46.000 millions of IoT devices (Internet of Things) connected. This increase of 200%, which will be produced starting this year, is driven, largely, by reducing unit hardware costs. These are some of the conclusions revealed in the latest report by Juniper Research. ‘The Internet of Things: Consumer, Industrial & Public Services 2016-2021’.

In addition, It also shows that industrial and public services will be the ones that will grow the most in this period, with an average higher than 24% annual.

However, Consulting firm warns that vendors and end users face enormous challenges when considering large-scale IoT deployment.

According to the author of the study, Steffen Sorrell, It is an emerging platform where “analytics and database systems have not yet been designed.”, for the most part, to be able to handle the Big Data era 2.0 what IoT brings”. To respond to these challenges, Juniper identifies the key areas for the evolution of this technology to occur optimally, such as spatio-temporal analysis and intelligent systems capable of operating on less powerful machines such as routers..

Juniper points out that if the attitude of some service providers is not changed, Clients who are not familiar with this technology will find it difficult to implement an IoT project. Initiatives like Exosite's IoT Alliance (a large network of partners) y Rubicon Labs (setting prices based on the value of the data in question) They will be fundamental in the evolution of the market.

In addition, This study also shows how the landscape of security threats is increasing.. The attacks botnet DDoS (distributed denial of service attacks) They have acquired a bad reputation this year, although in the medium term, theft of personal data, company data and damage to physical assets will be the main targets for hackers in IoT.

Businesses and industry are investing heavily in IoT security, but the consumer market outlook is very weak. According to this study, regulatory collaboration would be necessary, businesses and media to improve the global threat landscape.