What is IoT technology?
IoT is the English acronym for the Internet of Things, sometimes also called the Internet of Objects, and in the field of Innovation and Digital Transformation this indicates the technology that allows you to connect and communicate with any object without needing direct contact.
This technology makes it possible to better maximize the capacities for collecting and using data from the various objects that surround us for the benefit of increasingly effective and precise process automation and by combining the right to take advantage of AI (artificial intelligence) to build new business models and big-value services for consumers.
The IoT includes all hardware, software, data aggregation, and telecommunications systems solutions and services.
Thanks to Iot, it is possible to extend the benefits of the Internet, thus far limited to people, to all sorts of objects so that they interact with each other and with people in an automated and immediate way.
How Does the Internet of Things Work?
The IoT extends the ability to exchange, process and collect data to objects by exploiting progress in the fields of electronics and wireless communication. The interconnection allows you to transform normal objects into intelligent objects and at the same time create a virtual map of the real world on the net.
The Internet of Things finds useful application in any sector involving any type of object, creating a sort of virtual place where intelligent objects improve efficiency exchanging information. There are various technologies that are part of Iot, first among these being RFID technology. The RFID tags are among the first applications for communication and remote data transmission that are part of the IoT universe.
This technology has found a great use in the retail sector thanks to the giant advantages of reducing management and warehouse inventory processes.
Thanks to the possibility of connecting any type of object to the internet via an electronic device and software, the areas in which the internet can be applied to objects are practically infinite.
To become part of the IoT, an object just needs an IP address that allows the unique identification of the same address and the ability to transmit and receive data independently.
The main advantages of the integration of IoT technology:
01 - Through the analysis and management of big data generated by interconnected industrial machinery it is possible to verify and optimize the efficiency of the production cycle. In this way, you can act where there is a problem and streamline the production processes of each individual piece of machinery.
02 - In the field of logistics and transport, IoT can bring significant advantages, for example for inventory management through RFID technology, or even in terms of better organizing product transport.
03 - The main potentiality of IoT is being able to create a unique digital identity for each individual object. Thanks to this innovative characteristic, IoT finds extensive use in the fashion and luxury goods sectors as a system of anti-counterfeiting and a valid ally for a better buying experience.
F.A.Q.
What are the fundamental components of IoT?
- Cloud: composed of data center servers that store data securely
- Things: devices, or objects, which are interconnected to their network through either a cable or a wireless network
- Network: connects all the "things" of a network to the cloud.
What are the main IoT applications?
Among the major areas of interest for application, we can find:
- Retail and logistics
- Industry
- Home and home automation
- New digital forms of payment via objects
- Health and the biomedical world
- Marketing and Customer Experience
- Surveillance and safety
What is an IoT device?
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