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The Internet of Things (IoT) was originally a theoretical concept for increasing the potential of automating systems by creating computer data representing the location and status of objects in the physical world. The concept has evolved to include real-time monitoring of people and things to allow for dynamic interaction intended to improve efficiency, productivity, and quality of life. According to Gartner Group, the Internet of things is the network of physical objects that contains embedded technology to communicate, sense or interact with the objects’ internal state or the external environment (Fig. 6.1).
SAP business analytics depend on meaningful input. In the past almost exclusively human users have been providing this input. Starting with RFID and laser scanners at the point of sales this has changed dramatically. Today a broad range of smart sensors and products are communicating through the “fog” with the SAP backend system in the cloud.
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Missbach, M. et al. (2016). SAP and the Internet of Things. In: SAP on the Cloud. Management for Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47418-1_6
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