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Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things (mckinsey.com)
2 points by bertm on July 7, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Currently, most IoT data are not used. For example, on an oil rig that has 30,000 sensors, only 1 percent of the data are examined. That’s because this information is used mostly to detect and control anomalies—not for optimization and prediction, which provide the greatest value.

There must be a wealth of data in the other 99%, but you'd have to filter out a bit of noise, preferably closer to the sensor than to some central server so you don't clog the internet with unimportant traffic.





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