Internet of Things

Does your Company, Program or Command understand IoT? The Internet of Things, bringing together of multiple forms of data, structured and unstuctured is the only way to ensure key decisions are made with consistency, intelligently and on time.

"Underlying all of the IoT system architecture are connectivity, manageability, security and interoperability of systems and data. To understand these elements, ask yourself the following questions:

• Is the security model robust and adaptable to support myriad use cases and usage models across different infrastructures?
• What’s the policy on shared data?
• How manageable are the edge endpoints?
• Does data move seamlessly and securely through the systems?
• How does data exchange or fusion happen across domains, rather than under specific standards within one domain? Is this a cross-agency or critical infrastructure that requires common IoT frameworks?
• Can the data collected be viewed and interacted with across many platforms, including phones, gateways, tablets, machine dashboards and control centers?
• How will the system integrate with new and existing technology at the agency?

Looking ahead, agencies’ requests for IoT proofs of concepts will continue to grow as government managers test the technology to see if computing at the edge lives up to the hype. And IoT does hold great potential, paving the way not only for cost savings and productivity, but also future innovation. Those are advantages agencies can’t afford to ignore. (GCN)

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