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THE GENIUS OF THINGS: DRIVING REAL VALUE FROM THE OF THINGS 2 THE GENIUS OF THINGS THE INDUSTRY NOISE SURROUNDING THE OF THINGS CAN, AT TIMES, BE DEAFENING. SO LOUD IN FACT THAT IT’S IN DANGER OF DISTRACTING US FROM ITS REAL ESSES IN TODAY’S BUSINESS WORLD. BUT, TO DO SO IS TO IGNORE THE REAL AND ENDURING BENEFITS SPANNING THE ENTIRE WORLD OF BUSINESS. In reality, the quieter impact of the of Things on the corporate environment points to a future that’s less about sensors, connectivity or consumers and more anising meaning by building much-needed intuitive associations in disparate and plex data. Ultimately, we’ll see the evolution of a ‘digital cortex’ with such an unparalleled understanding of plex physical world that it will predict es for plex system – from markets and behaviours to processes and prices. 3 DR DENNIS CURRY, KONICA MINOLTA INC. In any discussion of the of Things it’s easy to be swept away by numbers – a trillion sensors in everyday objects by 2020, 25 billion connected devices, a total market worth $ trillion. And even these forecasts are too conservative for many. These mind-blowing numbers (often released by businesses investing in the technology) have fuelled a media frenzy. Yet, as the of Things crests peaks the summit of technology hype, it’s time to ask where the hype ends and the real value begins. Certainly, there’s no doubt that the of Things will e a reality. We’ll soon see a world where ubiquitous connectivity and machine intelligence make sense of vast plex data about our environment. Major players like Microsoft, IBM and Cisco – as well as almost every telco – are now mitted to this vision of the future. Their rapid investment will make it a self-fulfilling prophecy that will e to pass. The of Things (IOT) is an integrated fabric of devices, data, connections, processes, and people.” Big Data & Analytics Group, IBM. The fact that I was probably the first person to say ‘ of Things’ doesn’t gi