5 reasons why enterprise IoT is a tough market for startups

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CIO Enterprise Aug 03, 2016 5 reasons why enterprise IoT is a tough market for startups The internet of things (IoT) is one of the fastest growing segments of the enterprise IT marketplace. But unlike the markets for other hot emerging technologies, the enterprise IOT platform sector seems to be dominated by incumbents like GE, Amazon, Microsoft or IBM instead of startups. Let's examine the characteristics of the enterprise IOT market that make it a challenging space for early-stage startups. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • AI expanding in the enterprise (whether or not you know it) • Like AT&T, Verizon is going virtual for enterprises • Microsoft touts data harvesting tool as aid to enterprises upgrading to Windows 10 • Dropbox aims for enterprise with new team and IT admin features • Containers adoption remains in its infancy – but businesses should get ready for the next wave of virtualization eGuide: Level 3 Communications eGuide: Content Delivery Networks in the Cloud World In this eGuide, InfoWorld and Network World present some fixes needed to get the network ready for the IoT revolution, what to consider as organizations shift more business-critical applications to the cloud, how personalized online content is changing internet performance requirements, the importance of your website or online content being reachable and more. Read More ▶ AI expanding in the enterprise (whether or not you know it) Many organizations are already using technologies that rely on artificial intelligence, according to a recent study, and many more will adopt AI technologies within the next two years. Read More ▶ Like AT&T, Verizon is going virtual for enterprises On Thursday, Verizon announced enterprise services defined and activated through software, a move intended to help both the carrier and its customers save money and respond more quickly to changing needs. Read More ▶ Microsoft touts data harvesting tool as aid to enterprises upgrading to Windows 10 Microsoft will preview a new service today that lets enterprises mine data that Windows collects to accelerate adoption of Windows 10. Read More ▶ Dropbox aims for enterprise with new team and IT admin features Continuing its effort to better appeal to enterprise users, Dropbox today announced a series of new features aimed at making its cloud-based storage and collaboration platform easier for teams of workers to use and IT administrators to centrally control. Read More ▶ Containers adoption remains in its infancy – but businesses should get ready for the next wave of virtualization There has been a surge of interest in containers in recent years, particularly in the wake of Docker's popularity among developers. Many are now suggesting that the virtualization technology could eventually replace the hypervisors which have become near-ubiquitous in enterprise data centers. Read More ▶ White Paper: Dimension Data Enabling Transformation to a Digital Enterprise As enterprise organizations move to adopt digitization, leveraging technologies of the Third Platform, the impact on enterprise networks will be profound as they contend with balancing business and technology forces. More importantly enterprises have concerns with supporting and managing new architectural models and operating practices that new IT workloads require. Read More ▶ 8 noteworthy improvements in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update You have lots of good stuff to look forward to in the next major release of Windows 10. Here are the highlights. ▶ How to decide when to buy software and when to build it Every company may be a software company now, but that doesn't mean you have to build it all yourself. When can you buy the same standard apps your competitors use? Why should you invest in building your own? And when you do build, how little code can you get away with? We explain. ▶

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