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Managing IoT Data Requires 'Systems Of Systems' To Break Silos

• https://www.technocracy.news, BY: CHRIS TEALE

All too often, city leaders are guilty of thinking of IoT initiatives — like smart lighting and smart parking — as isolated strategies. Instead, Rob Silverberg, Dell EMC's chief technology officer for digital communities, said cities should use a "system of systems" in their IoT and data collection strategy and think about how, for example, smart parking fits into a wider goal of having smart transportation.

"What [cities are] starting to realize is that they're implementing silos," Silverberg told Smart Cities Dive in an interview after the panel discussion. "As they start to look at it more strategically, some of the cities have decided to establish more of a platform approach."

It promises to be a difficult task for cities to manage the sheer amount of data they will be collecting through connected devices of all kinds. According to an estimate given during the panel, there could be as many as 200 billion connected devices worldwide by 2031, and it will be imperative for governments to be able to manage all the data gathered and use it in ways that will make its residents' lives better. 


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