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Every day, our world is getting more instrumented and interconnected. Streams of data are continuously being generated by mobile devices, personal computers, networks, sensors, RFID tags, web services, social media and the like. IBM’s newest study reveals how new technologies support the development of the Internet of Things, and how the Internet of Things provides the foundational infrastructure for a smarter planet. Key trends that relate to the Internet of Things include Mobile, Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Smart Networks. The paper describes the latest developments in Mobile, Big Data (including cognitive systems capable to evaluate large amounts of both structured and unstructured data), Cloud Computing and Smarter networks (including software defined environments to cope with the ever increasing workloads in the networks).
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van den Dam, R. (2013). Internet of Things: The Foundational Infrastructure for a Smarter Planet. In: Balandin, S., Andreev, S., Koucheryavy, Y. (eds) Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networking. ruSMART NEW2AN 2013 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40316-3_1
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