Forrester IoT Market Trends

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Working with device data in IoT projects can be surprisingly expensive. Connecting devices directly to the cloud is one way to go, but more and more use cases are incorporating edge computing to great benefit. An edge device is internet-enabled but can process its data locally.

Today’s IoT topology is a hodge-podge of standards, communication mechanisms, software, and hardware. Look at a typical home IoT environment that requires a unique hub for every IoT device. This results in complexity and interoperability challenges for widespread adoption and support. Sensors will continue to reduce in size, power, and cost but will remain constrained as to how many features one can bind into a small compute device. Communication standards at the Edge range from WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Zwave, Thread, ANT, and the list is growing. What is needed are smarter Edge devices that provide the services of communication routing, security, aggregation, and resiliency.

Hybrid work, digital transformation, and new IoT-driven business models require innovative security plans to connect and protect users and devices. Join Jeff Olson, Aruba’s director of SD-WAN product and technical marketing, Matt Kollander, senior product manager,