AI & DATA ANALYTICS
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Building on existing infrastructures , not from scratch Tristan Foureur , CTO and co-founder of WeMaintain , that uses IoT-enabled sensors to collect data on how and when elevators , escalators and fire alarm systems are used , said that : “ IoT data management removes the inefficiency of manual approaches . These are becoming the go-to costeffective solution for problems spanning every sector . By next year , 50 billion enabled devices will be in use around the world .
“ The practical advantage of IoT systems is that the hardware offers a viable solution for legacy infrastructure ; rather than gutting and rebuilding entire structures , small sensors can be fitted onto existing equipment to monitor how they work . Because the devices are largely autonomous and can constantly collect data , they make traditional databases obsolete .
“ IoT data management is by far the most effective way of gathering information quickly and reliably for the cost involved . Compared to traditional approaches , IoT data management is precise , predictive and proportionate , collating data to inform decisions about how equipment is used and maintained .”
ELIANE LUGASSY FOUNDER , WITCO
The path to success is not without significant challenges in managing all the different kinds of data , with overlapping systems that may be collecting structured ( patterned ) data and unstructured data which includes everything else .
As Fourier explains : “ Those using IoT for data management will also have to connect potentially distinct systems together to make sense of complex data . IoT data management can be incredibly efficient but the process of joining up its parts requires skilled managers .
“ Because the technology fits the space and not the other way around , the scope of IoT is limitless but users must be clear in what they want to measure . To make this model attractive to businesses , providers will have to offer bespoke , segmented analysis based on need and clear communication with stakeholders . IoT grows around the systems we already have in place . In the future , we can expect diverse applications as IoT becomes the flexible template solution for modern problems .”
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