Benefit From the Internet of Things Right Now by Accessing Dark Data

Even as companies become aware of the powerful benefits Internet-of-Things (IoT) data can bring to their organization, the investment costs of deploying new sensors in the field keep IoT initiatives as distant goals for many firms. At the same time, firms are swimming in substantial amounts of “dark data” that are created by operational technology, transactional systems, and other “things” already deployed by the company. An estimated 90% of this data is currently dark, because most of these “things” were not designed to record data in ways that facilitate aggregation with information from other sources. Using relatively low-cost strategies, companies can begin accessing and exploiting this data gold mine today.