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Over the last few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has caught the imagination. The number of IoT connections is expected to rapidly grow, with some commentators forecasting 100 billion connected devices by 2025. This chapter outlines the far-reaching scope of the IoT, in terms of the areas where it has been adopted and potential revenues that it may generate. But at the same, the emergence and adoption of the IoT has generated a number of challenges. This chapter identifies a number of such challenges, some of which emanate from the underlying technologies associated with the IoT while others originate from the large amount of data that it promises to generate. The chapter concludes by outlining the structure of the remainder of the book, providing outlines of each of the subsequent chapters.
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Cunningham, J.A., Whalley, J. (2020). Internet of Things: Promises and Complexities. In: Cunningham, J., Whalley, J. (eds) The Internet of Things Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47364-8_1
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