Landfill or Goldmine? 42 Billion Devices and 80 Zettabytes of Data
Landfill or Goldmine? 42 Billion Devices and 80 Zettabytes of Data
By Gary Angel
|July 9, 2019
The Measurement Minute with Gary Angel
IDC recently forecasted that by 2025 – not too long from now – we’ll have 42 billion IoT devices in the field generating 80 Zettabytes (yeah – I had to look it up) of data. Well…big whoopee, right? But beyond the hype, a distinguishing feature of IoT devices is that their function is often to generate data. The Measurement Minute explains why that matters.