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oftware intelligence company,
Dynatrace, has announced the
findings of an independent global
survey of 800 CIOs, which reveals that
74% of IT leaders are concerned that
IoT performance problems could directly
impact business operations and significantly
damage revenues. This is mostly because
78% of CIOs said there is a risk that their
organisation will rollout IoT strategies
without having a plan or solution in place to
manage the performance of the complex
cloud ecosystems that underpin IoT rollouts.
In fact, 69% of CIOs predicted that IoT will
become a major performance management
burden as they struggle to overcome the
escalating complexity of their modern
enterprise cloud environments.
“Businesses across every industry are eagerly
exploring IoT’s potential to engage new
markets, drive new revenue and create
stronger competitive advantage,” said Dave
Anderson, Digital Performance Expert at
Dynatrace. “However, IoT ecosystems and
delivery chains are intricate and boundless,
which creates unprecedented frequency of
change, size and complexity in the cloud
environments on which they are built.
Enterprises are already struggling to master
cloud complexity and now IoT substantially
magnifies this challenge.”
“Platform-specific tools and do-it-yourself
solutions aren’t built for web-scale, highly
dynamic, complex cloud environments –
they leave you cobbling together a mix
of solutions which will never add up to
a sophisticated platform that gives you
a complete view of your environment
and automated way of making sense of
everything in real-time,” added Anderson.
“Organisations need a new approach that
works at scale and simplifies IoT cloud
complexity; a software intelligence platform
that uses AI and automation to provide full
operational insights into vast ecosystems of
IoT sensors, devices, gateways, applications
and underlying infrastructure. With answers
at their fingertips, rather than just more
data on glass, organisations will be poised
to enjoy the benefit from all that IoT
technologies have to offer.”
Chad Mercer, VP of Information Assurance
for Rajant Corporation, elaborated on the
issue of operating IoT within the workplace:
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Chad Mercer, VP of Information Assurance,
Rajant Corporation
“IoT is no longer just a concept – it is taking
us through the biggest Digital Transformation
any generation has ever seen. Companies
are battling it out to offer devices with the
most impact and researchers at HP predict
that there will be 1 trillion connected devices
by 2025. As IoT’s progress shows no signs
of slowing down, there are rising privacy and
security concerns. The inherent nature of
IoT devices – every single bit of data that’s
captured through the connected devices
is stored and utilised for future purposes –
means protocols and IoT security standards
must be in place.
“IoT visibility – or lack of – can create a
blind spot for organisations which could
be exploited for exfiltration of data which
often holds critical business information.
Enterprise IT managers need to be made
aware as and when new devices are added
to a network and where they are located to
avoid potential breaches in the future. Often,
devices are connected via Wi-Fi. While this
may be efficient for a short-term connection,
operators often experience a three to five
second disconnect as devices move between
access points. Long term, this slight break
in transmission can lead to essential data
being lost or interrupted – exposing it to
possible security incidents. Security needs to
be both usable and secure for enterprises. IT
managers will have to move towards utilising
strong high-speed data links which can be
both scaled up and flexible to deliver secure
data transmissions in the bandwidth and the
latency enterprises required to carry out day-
to-day operations.
“Security shouldn’t be a barrier to IoT
deployment. Companies need to familiarise
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