Are Enterprises Leveraging M2M Technology?

Are enterprises willing to go the IoE way? What would be the requirement for enterprises to adopt IoE?  Does t make sense for enterprises to bank on the new technology trend? The list goes on.

We spoke to IT heads to understand how they are planning to exploit the technology in coming days.

, says, “We are definitely looking  forward to adopt IoE. We have around 280 branches  and most of our assets are managed manually.  There is a lot of scope in our organization. We are  looking forward to automation in a big way. In the  future, we plan to embrace machine to machine  communication for our field work as well.”  

Comprehensive security framework
Effective use of the IoE can provide deep insights, combined with a comprehensive  security framework, effective security controls,  and a flexible security architecture, that can help  enterprises reduce risk and improve security.  Nalinikanth Gollagunta, Director, Business  Development, Cisco says, “Embedded intelligence in  the form of smart analytics shows the IT team  the state of every device on the company network. 

This can help understand vulnerabilities, the  risk they pose, and which devices and software  releases may be affected by known issues.”  Subhasish Saha, CTO, Apeejay Surrendra  Group, says, “We are looking at leveraging IoE for  our retail initiatives and essentially our Typhoo  business.

IoE would play an essential role in the  quality management for tea manufacturing. For  Apeejay Tea Group, which has 17 estates spread  over 50000 acres inAssam, we face a problem:  we are not able to deliver proactive weather  information to our estates. This is one area where  we want to bring in automation.” 

M2M benefits healthcare industry
Out of three modes of communication, machine  to machine (M2M), machine to person  and person to person, M2M is really starting to  catch up. Globally, in the healthcare industry,  M2M communication is already in use. Also,  M2M communication will play a huge part in  industries which are highly concerned about  safety and security.

Another area where IoE  will have a huge impact is collaboration. IoE  will change traditional collaboration methods.  From Apeejay’s perspective, IoE might play  a crucial role inOxfordbookstores from a  retail perspective, and might change customer  engagement in a big way.   

IoT can automate product tracking
Saha adds, “We are already in the era of vehicle  level tracking. In the coming days, we will enter  the age of product level tracking where the  supply chain would get automated. For any new  technology, doing a trial is must. We are looking  at IoE in the coming days and will start testing it  under different business aspects.”  

To maximise value from the IoE, firms should  focus on the IoE-driven capabilities that will  benefit their industries most: 

Manufacturing firms: Real-time,  multidimensional data analysis; integrated  video collaboration; remote tracking of  physical assets 

Energy firms: Integration of sensor data;  ability to locate experts; predictive analytics 

Retailers: Predictive analytics and data  visualisation; BYOD and interacting with  customers using rich media; mobile payments and  remote customer monitoring.

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