One of the world’s largest trade shows for IT and communications has joined hands with a new trade group to showcase the business of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT).
The CeBIT trade fair, held in Hanover, Germany, every March, has agreed to provide a showcase area where communicating machines will reveal how connecting such devices can bring profit.
A press release by the trade group, International M2M Council said CeBIT’s new IoT was being organised in cooperation with it. Proving the business case for IoT was the mission of the new London-based trade group, which already included AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, and Oracle.
The Internet of Things Showcase at CeBIT 2014 will include ‘Live’ demonstrations of in-home healthcare monitoring, fleet management systems, smart meters for gas utilities, embedded device components, and cellular networks dedicated to M2M use, the release said.
“IT departments are becoming more important for M2M deployments, and CeBIT is a fair that draws huge numbers from crucial vertical markets like the automotive, energy, and healthcare industries, as well as the public sector,” says Keith Kreisher, executive director for the IMC. The group also counts Digi International, Iridium, Kore Telematics, Orbcomm, Telecom Italia, Telit, and Wyless among its board member-companies.
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