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Informationen zum Autor MACIEJ KRANZ is vice president of the Corporate Strategic Innovation Group at Cisco Systems. He leads the team focused on incubating new businesses, accelerating internal innovation, and driving co-innovation with customers, partners and startups through a global network of Cisco Innovation Centers. Prior to this role, he was general manager of Cisco's Connected Industries Group, where he drove IoT business for key industrial markets. Klappentext Connect your organization to the Internet of Things with solid strategy and a proven implementation planBuilding Internet of Things provides front-line business decision makers with a practical handbook for capitalizing on this latest transformation. Focusing on the business implications of Internet of Things (IoT), this book describes the sheer impact, spread, and opportunities arising every day, and how business leaders can implement IoT today to realize tangible business advantages. The discussion delves into IoT from a business, strategy and organizational standpoint, and includes use-cases that illustrate the ripple effect that this latest disruption brings; you'll learn how to fashion a viable IoT plan that works with your organization's strategy and direction, and how to implement that strategy successfully by integrating IoT into your organization tomorrow.For business managers, the biggest question surrounding the Internet of Things is what to do with it. This book examines the way IoT is being used today--and will be used in the future--to help you craft a robust plan for your organization.* Grasp the depth and breadth of the Internet of Things* Create a secure IoT recipe that aligns with your company's strategy* Capitalize on advances while avoiding disruption from others* Leverage the technical, organizational, and social impact of IoTIn the past five years, the Internet of Things has become the new frontier of technology that has everyone talking. It seems that almost every week a major vendor announces a new IoT strategy or division; is your company missing the boat? Learn where IoT fits into your organization, and how to turn disruption into profit with the expert guidance in Building the Internet of Things. Zusammenfassung Connect your organization to the Internet of Things with solid strategy and a proven implementation plan Building Internet of Things provides front-line business decision makers with a practical handbook for capitalizing on this latest transformation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword ixPART 1 A Secure and Transformative IoT Now 1Chapter 1 Beyond the Hype--All You Actually Need to Know About IoT for Business 3Generation IoT Drives Business Survival in the 21st Century 7A Revolutionary Economic Opportunity 12IoT Background--A Brief History 14IoT Today--Digitally Transforming the World 18Why Now: Three Driving Trends 19A "Perfect Storm" of Technology, the Economy, and Culture 23Key Obstacles 25Scope of the Book 26How to Read This Book 28Chapter 2 IoT Is About Change and Transformation 31Change as the New Status Quo 32People, Process, Data, Things 36New Conceptual Paradigm 38Operational Elements of IoT Success 39Why Digital Adoption/Transformation? 43Chapter 3 The Promise of IoT Is Real 47IoT Creates Opportunities 51The Growth of IoT 58IoT Is Just the Beginning 61Emerging IoT Ecosystem 64Startups Join IoT Ranks 67Collaborate at the Next Level 72Chapter 4 Understanding the IoT Business Value Proposition 75Delivering Payback and Business Value 78Building an IoT Cost Justification 82Components of IoT Payback 85Helpful Hints 87Data Data Everywhere 90Chapter 5 Four Fast Paths to an Assured IoT Payback 95Steps in Starting an IoT Project 99Aspirational Payback 116PART 2 Making IoT Work for Your Organization 121Chapter 6 Generation IoT Goes to Work 123More and Diff erent Workers 125Finding Workers 128Ne...
