Internet of Things moves into mainstream: new study

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to ramp up in everyday business, with more than three quarters (76 percent) of businesses saying IoT will drive future success, according to a new global study released on July 14.

The mobile operator Vodafone annual IoT Barometer Report, based on 1,096 global interviews with business decision-makers, found that 28 percent of organizations already use IoT and 89 percent of them have increased their use of IoT in the past year because they are seeing the future success and "significant" return on investment of IoT.