Building the Internet of Things - Implement New Business Models, Disrupt Competitors, Transform Your

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 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 expe...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ix
 
PART 1 A Secure and Transformative IoT Now 1
 
Chapter 1 Beyond the Hype--All You Actually Need to Know About IoT for Business 3
 
Generation IoT Drives Business Survival in the 21st Century 7
 
A Revolutionary Economic Opportunity 12
 
IoT Background--A Brief History 14
 
IoT Today--Digitally Transforming the World 18
 
Why Now: Three Driving Trends 19
 
A "Perfect Storm" of Technology, the Economy, and Culture 23
 
Key Obstacles 25
 
Scope of the Book 26
 
How to Read This Book 28
 
Chapter 2 IoT Is About Change and Transformation 31
 
Change as the New Status Quo 32
 
People, Process, Data, Things 36
 
New Conceptual Paradigm 38
 
Operational Elements of IoT Success 39
 
Why Digital Adoption/Transformation? 43
 
Chapter 3 The Promise of IoT Is Real 47
 
IoT Creates Opportunities 51
 
The Growth of IoT 58
 
IoT Is Just the Beginning 61
 
Emerging IoT Ecosystem 64
 
Startups Join IoT Ranks 67
 
Collaborate at the Next Level 72
 
Chapter 4 Understanding the IoT Business Value Proposition 75
 
Delivering Payback and Business Value 78
 
Building an IoT Cost Justification 82
 
Components of IoT Payback 85
 
Helpful Hints 87
 
Data Data Everywhere 90
 
Chapter 5 Four Fast Paths to an Assured IoT Payback 95
 
Steps in Starting an IoT Project 99
 
Aspirational Payback 116
 
PART 2 Making IoT Work for Your Organization 121
 
Chapter 6 Generation IoT Goes to Work 123
 
More and Diff erent Workers 125
 
Finding Workers 128
 
New Positions and Old Positions with a New Twist 132
 
Interesting IoT Careers 137
 
IoT Visionaries--Yes, This Will Be a Career, Starting Now 142
 
Chapter 7 Bringing IoT Into Your Organization--Change Management 147
 
IoT Solutions 149
 
Change Management Required 152
 
Change as the New Status Quo 153
 
IT/OT Convergence and Other Workforce Issues 155
 
Changing Roles and Golden Opportunities 158
 
Learn and Share 159
 
The Co-Economy 161
 
Obstacles to Change 163
 
Exciting IoT Exercise 165
 
Get in Front of the Coming Change 166
 
Chapter 8 Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 169
 
PART 3 Glimpse Under the Hood of IoT Today and Tomorrow 179
 
Chapter 9 IoT Security Essentials 181
 
Physical Separation Provides No Defense 182
 
Security as One More Risk Management Challenge 184
 
Radical New Security Approach 187
 
Some Additional Considerations 191
 
Perspective from the Experts 193
 
Challenges of IoT Security 197
 
Privacy 198
 
Security as Your IoT Foundation 200
 
Chapter 10 Standards and Technology 203
 
The Case for Standards 204
 
Overabundance of Access Technologies 207
 
Common IoT Framework 207
 
Business-Relevant Standards Activities 210
 
New Technology Arrivals 213
 
Chapter 11 IoT State of the Union 221
 
New Economy 223
 
Winners and Losers 224
 
State of the IoT Union Today 227
 
Era of Innovation and Disruption 229
 
IoT and the Co-Economy 234
 
Unavoidable Fact of Life 237
 
Notes 240
 
Glossary 245
 
Acknowledgments 251
 
About the Author 253
 
Index 254

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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.

Bericht

"Maciej (Kranz), one of the pioneers of IoT, has masterfully captured best practices and combined them with practical guidelines to help readers begin their own IoT journeys . . . I recommend business and technical managers from every industry read this book to understand how to achieve faster innovation and higher productivity from a successful implementation of IoT."
--Keith Nosbusch, Chairman, Rockwell Automation
 
"Too often, experts view IoT and digitization as being about the young. The reality is that IoT will change the future for all of us. In Building the Internet of Things, Maciej Kranz highlights how 'Generation IoT' includes all of us, regardless of age, gender, location and background. Whether you are fresh out of college, or are one of the many established workers looking to re-skill, IoT brings opportunity for everyone. Building the Internet of Things provides a great primer on the ways IoT will change our lives, and industries, for the better."
--Vernon Turner, SVP, Enterprise Research and Research Fellow, Internet of Things - IDC
 
"It has been an honour working with and getting to know Maciej over the years. In Maciej's role at Cisco as the Vice President Corporate of the Strategic Innovation Group, he has pioneered and driven Cisco's IoT innovation efforts. His book cuts through the hype and offers practical advice to business decision makers on how to implement IoT today."
--Scott MacDonald and Whitney Rockley, Co-Founders of McRock Capital
 
"With all the hype surrounding IoT today, Maciej Kranz's, Building the Internet of Things provides organizations with invaluable practical advice and a blueprint on how to get started, and will help them to avoid some of the potential pitfalls as they progress further towards digital operations."
--Tim Jennings, Chief Research Officer, Ovum
 
In Building the Internet of Things, Maciej Kranz shares personal anecdotes, market case studies and practical guidance to help readers successfully create and fast-track their IoT strategies. His insights offer a route for organisations to develop an IoT journey planner that is right for their needs and goals.
--Bola Rotibi, Research Director and Founder of Creative Intellect Consulting and Lead Author of ADT Magazine's IoT Think Tank Column

Produktdetails

• Autoren: M Kranz, Maciej Kranz
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781119285663
• ISBN: 978-1-119-28566-3
• Seiten: 272
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Informatik, EDV > Internet; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Management; Internet of things, iot, internet der dinge, Business & management, IDD, Wirtschaft u. Management, Unternehmenstechnologie, Business Technology