Enterprises are forecast to spend over £1 trillion on internet of things networks, devices and the systems required to manage them. As long as they’re reliant on data centers and cloud technologies, that bill will only increase. These businesses require edge computing to process and analyze the vast streams of data they’ll generate as a result – particularly industrial enterprises, which will experience more IoT disruption than most...

Sifting through vast amounts of data is a mammoth task, especially in the industrial arena where legacy systems and long update cycles are commonplace. Changes are afoot, however. What some call the fourth industrial revolution, or industry 4.0, is deemed “the next phase in the digitization of the manufacturing sector” and coming up fast. Bain & company believes that the enterprise and industrial markets are poised to become the biggest areas for IoT to grow, with over £200 billion in anticipated revenues by 2020...