IoT Basics: How the Internet of Things Can Revolutionize Your Business

ISBN-13: 9781484287859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2028 / 425 str.

Riya Guha Thakurta; Sneh Pandya

Opis

Get inspired to explore the depths of the IoT field. In today’s rapidly transforming world, the Internet of Things (IoT) plays an inevitable role in people’s lives. From smart buildings to enterprise grade automation, these fields have enormous amounts of opportunities for IoT solutions that can transform the industry. This book will provide a good mixture of fundamental understanding and hands-on experience. 

The beginning of the book helps readers of every level conceptualize the futuristic goals that IoT has to offer for adoption and growth in different industries. You'll start with the IoT basics and then advance to business applications with multiple IoT boards, platforms, software, and hardware. Each chapter focuses on one vertical (ie. healthcare, education, environmental), how it impacts people’s lives and how IoT can be used to build solutions specific to that vertical. 

With the solid base prepared, you'll then learn the importance, processes, and outcome of building IoT solutions for various industry verticals using the IoT. Chapters also feature a detailed walk through of applications, circuit boards and other tools. In the end, you'll have completed multiple modules through working on IoT prototypes that have a real-world impact through viable business model.

What You'll Learn

• Recognize the need for an IoT ecosystem
  
• Avoid potential pitfalls and breakdowns while working with IoT and smart systems
• Build scalable and efficient IoT solutions that work at a small, medium and large scale in the real-life
• Explore pool of opportunities and possibilities in the field of IoT
• Review business aspects, developing decision making senses and derive solution with an unbiased mindset
• Understand and be responsibly aware about the security concerns related to the domain of IoT

Who This Book Is For

Decision makers looking to implement the internet of things in their organization or team. Beginners interested in a career in IoT will also benefit from this book.

Spis treści

PART 1

Chapter 1: Introduction to IoT

Chapter Goal: Give the audience an onboarding experience to the world of IoT.

• Internet of People to Internet of Things

• The progress ladder of IoT

• IoT in today’s world

Chapter 2: Wireless devices and connectivity

Chapter Goal: To familiarize the audience with various concepts of connectivity between devices, how data transmissions are done, how different peripherals play an important role, and related concepts like networking, connectivity protocols, data limits, etc.

• Hardware devices and peripherals

• Connectivity and protocols

• Data acquisition

• Authentication and transmission

Chapter 3: Internet of Everything (IoE)

Chapter Goal: To provide an insider’s perspective to the audience, the potential of the Internet of Everything and how it can be helpful in various sectors and fulfill the gap without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

• Pillars of the Internet of Everything

• Interaction and communication among Devices/Things

• Ecosystem of IoE

• Key takeaways

Chapter 4: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

Chapter Goal: To provide readers, a better idea of industrial applications including manufacturing and energy using interconnected instruments and other devices networked together with computers.

• Interrelation of IoT with Industries

• IIoT Infrastructure

• Layers and mechanism

• Benefits of IIoT

Chapter 5: Web of Things (WoT)

Chapter Goal: To help the audience learn how the internet and the web architecture can be used to develop the refined correlation of IoT and hardware functions.

• Important hardware functions

• Connection between IoT and web

• The architecture

• Business acumen of WoT

Chapter 6: Development Platforms

Chapter Goal: Walkthrough the audience with a deeper understanding of various development platforms, helpful for components as well as software that runs on them.

• Proprietary and open source IDEs

• Binding platform elements

• Rapid development on low code platforms

• Alternatives

Chapter 7: The future of IoT

Chapter Goal: After making the audience understand various aspects related to IoT, we will help them with detailed insights from the industries.

• Trends in general

• Speculated trends

• The impact of IoT on our lives

PART 2

Chapter 8: Revolutionizing Healthcare with IoT

Chapter Goal: To help the audience familiarize with the current challenges and how IoT is revolutionizing the domain.

• The perspective

• Overcoming challenges

• Connect roadmap and learn

• Future scope

Chapter 9: Upgrading Security Systems

Chapter Goal: To achieve the high level security in various sectors comprising the solutions and create a significant impact in the security business.

• The perspective

• Overcoming challenges

• Connect roadmap and learn

• Future scope

Chapter 10: Empowering Educational Sectors

Chapter Goal: To discuss high impact and growth in terms of business as well as welfare.

• The perspective

• Overcoming challenges

• Connect roadmap and learn

• Future scope

Chapter 11: Smart Evolution of Agriculture

Chapter Goal: As evolution of agriculture is one of the most important aspects, driving change and laddering the growth of economy and smart development, In this point we will highlight the solutions to build and grow business in the agriculture sector.

• The perspective

• Overcoming challenges

• Connect roadmap and learn

• Future scope

Chapter 12: Robots and Enterprise Automation

Chapter Goal: From production line to automated systems, highly comprising robots and other means of automation, we will enlighten the audience with cost effective solutions for the enterprises.

• The perspective

• Overcoming challenges

• Connect roadmap and learn

• Future scope

Chapter 13: Enterprise best practices

Chapter Goal: Scalability, robustness, quality and efficiency are required in every business. We will cover the best practices for the readers.

• The perspective

• Overcoming challenges

• Connect roadmap and learn

• Future scope

Chapter 14: Summary

O autorze

Riya Guha Thakurta is a graduate student in Computer Information Systems at Boston University. Her undergraduate education includes Bachelors in Computer Science Application from Institute of Engineering and Management. She was formerly a Scrum Master in the realm of technology management, and her previous experiences with Johnson Controls include technology development across several business products and software verticals. Riya also leads WomenTechmakers Kolkata, a diversity, equality, and inclusion community that encourages women in technology. She is also an Intel Software Innovator for the Internet of Things. She is also a co-founder of the NinjaTalks podcast, which seeks to share experiences from the world's most prominent leaders, changemakers, and innovators in order to make knowledge accessible to all. Her diverse interests include technology and project management, sustainability, public speaking, and Research & Development.

Sneh Pandya is an emerging Product Management leader with specialization in strategic leadership. He advocates for product strategy, digital transformation, and sustainable innovation. His qualifications and certifications include a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering and further studies with majors in Strategy Management and Leadership from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Sneh is also a Developer Community Leader at Google Developers Group Baroda and has given public talks at several worldwide developer conferences. He is a co-founder of the NinjaTalks podcast, which brings together experiences from the world's leaders, changemakers, and innovators to make knowledge accessible to all. With his extensive experience in the field of technology including mobile and web software applications, DevOps, Cloud, infrastructure automation, and software architecture, he has articles published in various technology publications.

Blurb

Get inspired to explore the depths of the IoT field. In today’s rapidly transforming world, the Internet of Things (IoT) plays an inevitable role in people’s lives. From smart buildings to enterprise grade automation, these fields have enormous amounts of opportunities for IoT solutions that can transform the industry. This book will provide a good mixture of fundamental understanding and hands-on experience. 

The beginning of the book helps readers of every level conceptualize the futuristic goals that IoT has to offer for adoption and growth in different industries. You'll start with the IoT basics and then advance to business applications with multiple IoT boards, platforms, software, and hardware. Each chapter focuses on one vertical (ie. healthcare, education, environmental), how it impacts people’s lives and how IoT can be used to build solutions specific to that vertical. 

With the solid base prepared, you'll then learn the importance, processes, and outcome of building IoT solutions for various industry verticals using the IoT. Chapters also feature a detailed walk through of applications, circuit boards and other tools. In the end, you'll have completed multiple modules through working on IoT prototypes that have a real-world impact through viable business model.

You will:

• Recognize the need for an IoT ecosystem
  
• Avoid potential pitfalls and breakdowns while working with IoT and smart systems
• Build scalable and efficient IoT solutions that work at a small, medium and large scale in the real-life
• Explore pool of opportunities and possibilities in the field of IoT
• Review business aspects, developing decision making senses and derive solution with an unbiased mindset
• Understand and be responsibly aware about the security concerns related to the domain of IoT