{"id":14789,"date":"2018-01-09T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/?p=14789"},"modified":"2024-07-16T19:19:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:49:57","slug":"top-10-iot-trends-circa-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/top-10-iot-trends-circa-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 IoT Trends to watch out for in 2018 and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internet of things or IoT will define our lives in the future not only in 2020 but beyond. It is not an exaggeration but a hard fact consolidated by a new report from Forrester Research that throws light on Top 10 IoT Trends that will shape human future. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the report titled <a href=\"https:\/\/go.forrester.com\/blogs\/predictions-2018-iot-will-move-from-experimentation-to-business-scale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cPredictions: 2018 IoT Moves From Experimentation To Business Scale\u201d<\/a>, the market research company has prophesied that Internet of Things will become the backbone of customer value in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova.jpeg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova.jpeg 1620w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova-630x420.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova-696x464.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cova-1068x712.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also predicted that Internet of Things infrastructure will shift to specialised IoT platforms, wherein security will remain a major concern. Moreover, it goes on to conclude that developers will have a significant impact on platforms and initiatives vis-a-vis Internet of Things.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Top 10 IoT Trends to watch out for in 2018<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>1) Marketers rise to the IoT opportunity<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is already established that intelligent and smart assistants such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/best-alexa-commands-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/google-ai-finds-new-solar-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google AI<\/a> are on a roll. The hype and growing adoption is already taking over the market. This trend will also entice marketers to a new way of interacting with customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"1626\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1.jpg 1626w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-633x420.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-696x462.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-1068x709.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1626px) 100vw, 1626px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The focus would be on building a more intimate brand experience for users. However, marketers would want to extend their mobile moment strategy to niche segments such as smart home speakers and wearables. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, <a href=\"https:\/\/go.forrester.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forrester<\/a> also predicts that in spite of impressive sales of over 12 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/best-hybrid-smartwatch-reviewed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">smartwatches <\/a>in the US alone by the end of 2018, wearables\u2019 usage will be confined to the niche user segment. This is perhaps the biggest takeaway from the Top 10 IoT Trends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>2) Voice-based services will be the priority for Enterprises<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"971\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2.jpg 971w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-704x420.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2-696x415.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the large-scale global enterprises will ramp up their efforts in rolling out and piloting voice-based services for customers.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it is expected that the quality, breadth and complexity of all voice-based services from the Fortune 500 companies will see a spike in 2018 with the doubling of available services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, here\u2019s another grim prediction: Financial services and other industries that seek authentication for anything beyond a simple task will suffer problems such as lags.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>3) Commercialisation of IoT data in Europe<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"1747\" height=\"1149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3.jpg 1747w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-639x420.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-696x458.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-1068x702.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1747px) 100vw, 1747px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 45% of decision makers of the data and analytics niche at US enterprises already say that they have commercialised their data. On the contrary, only 38% German and 35% of the aforesaid niche at French enterprises do so. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The European Commission<\/a> has recognised this lag and will soon issue new guidelines to spark the data economy as well as encourage the use of advanced technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>4) IaaS will lose industrial IoT platform builders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The past year or so has been an interesting one for all the major industrial IoT platforms of the world. Because, all of them have made changes to make at least some of their IoT-specific capabilities available through hyper-scale cloud providers such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/microsoft-launches-windows-10-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/in-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> IBM<\/a> and AWS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4.png\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"1380\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4.png 1380w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4-1024x468.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4-919x420.png 919w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4-150x69.png 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4-696x318.png 696w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4-1068x488.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1380px) 100vw, 1380px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This trend is further expected to accelerate as hyperscale clouds strengthen their own IoT capabilities, acquire more evidence for compliance with stern regulatory environments and extend their geographic reach. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It means that Infrastructure as a service will witness the exit of many industrial IoT platforms. Hence, one of the Top 10 IoT Trends paints a bleak future for IaaS although it remains to be seen how true it could pan out to be. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5) Use of localised IoT devices<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Untitled.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2619\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowadays, IoT-enabled business processes chiefly happen either in the cloud or in on-premises&#8217; data centres. But starting this year, a significant chunk of firms will deploy business processes that require local data analysis close to connected devices that enable these processes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These new-age edge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/best-chatbots-for-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IoT devices<\/a> will take advantage of the cloud for security, configuration, scalability, deployment\/management and act locally based on data they generate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>6) Developers will hasten IoT platform takeover<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1-840x420.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-1-1068x534.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the advent of IoT, more and more enterprises will start pushing processing and analysis of data to the edge of the network to reduce problems such as network latency and cut data ingestion costs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, IoT platforms will very soon cease to have services at the core of the network. Such an expense of supporting core and edge with an analytical model and consistent programming could increase the pressure on most IoT service providers except those who are extremely committed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This could also mean that we could see the exit of many IoT service providers from the market over the next 3 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>7) IoT will specialize in design<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/7.png\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/7.png 900w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/7-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/7-747x420.png 747w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/7-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/7-696x391.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting this year, product designers of varied hues will increasingly choose diverse IoT platforms that are built exactly for their needs. Remember, building IoT into cohesive products and experiences is a harrowing task that needs capabilities such as monitoring, control and remote product management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>8) Blockchain enters IoT arena<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This could very well be the hottest pick on our list of the Top 10 IoT Trends. Despite not being quite ready for large scale deployment at the moment, Blockchain-based IoT adoption will be on the upswing with a 5% rise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-11.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"3900\" height=\"2700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-11.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-11-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-11-607x420.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-11-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1-11-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3900px) 100vw, 3900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, questions over stability, reliability, and seamless integration of Blockchain with existing technology infrastructure exist, but the emergence of some promising pilot projects as well as the coming of age of Internet of Things and blockchain technologies\/products will see a rapid increase in blockchain adoption in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>9) Cloud will integrate with IoT devices<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/9.png\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"1000\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/9.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/9-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/9-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/9-847x420.png 847w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/9-150x74.png 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/9-696x345.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The onus for this to happen lies strictly on developers who will strive to increase device integration through<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-in\/overview\/what-is-cloud-computing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> public cloud<\/a> IoT platform services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factors such as global reach, fast deployment for prototyping, low adoption costs, minimal maintenance burden, and seamless integration and engagement with record systems will propel developers to accelerate IoT platform adoption from public cloud providers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>10) Expect more IoT-related cyber attacks <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/10.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/10.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/10-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/10-150x82.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the most unfortunate one on our list of the Top 10 IoT Trends, a sudden spate of damaging cyber attacks could ruin the party for Internet of Things in 2018. Although IoT security awareness is growing, factors such as cost, time-to-market requirements and customer experience still take precedence over security concerns related to IoT which will be at the centre of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/country-behind-wannacry-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notorious cyber attacks<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 IoT Trends\" width=\"1905\" height=\"985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22.jpg 1905w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22-1536x794.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22-812x420.jpg 812w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22-696x360.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/22-1068x552.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1905px) 100vw, 1905px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These attacks could range from malicious malware to even ransomware, god forbid. The focal point for such attacks could be endpoint devices and cloud services as hackers would aim to compromise systems for digging sensitive data. Be forewarned, it is indeed challenging to implement strong security controls right now. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, these were our Top 10 IoT Trends, did we miss out on anything? Let us know in the comments&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biztechpost.com\/7-android-phone-trends-circa-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 Amazing Android phone trends to watch out for in 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet of things or IoT will define our lives in the future not only in 2020 but beyond. It is not an exaggeration but a hard fact consolidated by a new report from Forrester Research that throws light on Top 10 IoT Trends that will shape human future. 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