If this survey’s results are anywhere near the mark, the current year will see a beehive of activity so far as the building of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions goes.
‘The Software for the Internet of Things Developer Survey’ released by app tools provider Embarcadero Technologies, for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), 2015 will be “a big year” for developing business solutions with integrated “Things”.
These would be industrial sensors, health monitors and smart buildings – which will connect with existing and new business solutions. The survey found the majority (84 percent) of software developers building IoT solutions in 2015 were targeting business markets, while 16 percent were exclusively targeting consumers.
The Embarcadero survey, conducted by Dimensional Research, also revealed that worldwide, 77 percent of development teams would have IoT solutions in active development in 2015. About 38 percent of IoT developers in EMEA, anticipating their solutions, would generate business impact by the end of 2015, compared to only 7 percent in 2014.
In EMEA:
- 63 percent of “Thing” data will move between devices and servers
- 68 percent of “Things” will communicate using multiple technologies
- 40 percent of “Things” will connect to cloud services
One of the other findings of ‘The Software for IoT Developer Survey’ was that 73 percent of developers thought differently about the user experience – including input and output – while developing IoT solutions versus traditional software. While worldwide more than half of “Things” (56 percent) were expected to use traditional input (e.g., keyboard, button press) in 2015, “Thing” solutions were moving closer to the vision of Things, which did away with traditional touch. In EMEA:
“These survey results confirm that IoT is crossing over from consumer gadgets to business productivity and customer engagement,” says Michael Swindell, Senior Vice President of Products at Embarcadero, in a written statement. “In the consumer space, individuals connect to IoT typically through a single personal mobile device, with the IoT experience encircling the user. However, with business solutions IoT includes users and encircles the business and enterprise assets. The IoT connected applications developers build for the enterprise are essential to connect the disparate parts of a distributed IoT business solution – from mobile devices, to wearables and sensors, to cloud and on-premises enterprise back-ends. Software developers will clearly play a pivotal role in driving IoT innovation and business adoption in 2015 and beyond.”
It was in December 2014 that Dimensional Research conducted this Online survey for Embarcadero Technologies on the topic of the IoT, which the survey defined as the network of “Things” that contained interconnection technology (i.e. WiFi/Internet, Bluetooth) to communicate with other devices, applications, middleware, and Online services. The goal of the survey was to understand trends with new types of “Things” (excluding laptops, smartphones and Tablets). Participants represented a wide range of geographies, company sizes, and vertical industries.
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