IoT to rule enterprise IT in 2018

According to Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, IoT solutions will deliver valuable insight to support digital transformation in almost every industry and market sector.

IT must work closely with the operations side of the business to focus on specific business needs and define the scope of an IoT project.

“Building IoT solutions that provide real value can be difficult without the right underlying architecture and a deep understanding of the business to properly simulate and digitalise operational entities and processes,” Hubert Yoshida, CTO, Hitachi, said in a statement.

According to Hitachi Vantara, enterprises started their digital transformation this year but the first problem that they ran into was the ability to access their data.

Next year will see a growth in analytics and AI across the board as companies see real returns on their investments.