| | JANUARY 20176CIOReviewIoT is revolutionizing every area of "connectivity" today, by enhancing quality, productivity, and efficiency. As sensors, beacons, and digital capabilities are drastically overhauling the way businesses manage customers, IoT will power up the future of operations in many industries like healthcare and marketing. Interestingly, for many enterprises, IoT would help minimize workforce, while improving their supply chain and efficiency. Across industries, the real power of IoT is in exploiting trends like Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate data insights for intelligent decision-making. This will help companies bring together disparate data points across an IoT environment and analyze it for real-time business outcome. By 2018, Gartner predicts that most of the companies around the world would exploit intelligent apps and utilize the full toolkit of big data and analytics to refine their offers and improve customer experience. This would mean smarter devices, consumer-facing IoT applications, and intelligent technologies like quad-core microprocessors in videojet industrial printers, and LoRa--a low-power, long-range wireless protocol.Going forward, IoT is believed to evolve into an "as a service" technology to help users navigate through its complex environment and modernize their business approach. Meanwhile, with huge proliferation, the security factor in IoT can emerge as a bigger challenge, with cybercriminals having sophisticated tools lingering around the corner. 2017 is believed to be the year where policy makers and governments will step in to mandate IoT security guidelines across industries. In fact, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently issued its Strategic Principles for Securing the IoT.With the emergence of more "things" in the IoT fold, companies are vigorously seeking for experts who can assist them in exploring the ecosystem to create new forms of value. With that in mind, we are presenting to you the 20 most promising IoT solution providers 2017. We hope this edition will be a valuable asset to your IoT strategies.Let us know your thoughts!Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialPowering up the FutureCopyright © 2017 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewJANUARY - 25 - 2017Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 JANUARY - 25 - 2017, Vol 06 SE 01 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com IoT SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT: 510-565-7564Aaron Pierce Chithra VijayakumarJem ElizabethKyle SummersSarah FernandezVivian MurraySebastian Jacobsebastian@cioreview.comVisualizersStephen ThomasManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeAjay K Das
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