by Angela Guess
Donal Power recently wrote in ReadWrite, “The growth of Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly increasing the amount of data generated, and industry experts warn that the current river of unstructured data will soon turn into a flood. Alarmingly, a recent study highlighted concerns that most proposed approaches could lead to data management overload ineffective for the coming torrent of data. Enterprise Tech cited a recent Gartner report that examined the impact IoT will have on enterprise infrastructure. The report warned that ‘due to a lack of information capabilities adapted for the IoT’ an estimated 25% of attempts to utilize IoT data will be abandoned before deployment ever occurs.”
Power goes on, “Gartner cautions that IoT specialists who are tasked with IoT strategies and managing data governance, ‘are not prepared for the information-related implications of the Internet of Things.’ ‘The IoT will challenge their capabilities, skills, processes and tools with complexity and scale, as well as new governance implications,’ said Gartner which predicted information management must become a core competency in the future. Gartner identified a key IoT requirement in the future will be data management capabilities. Specifically, it highlights the need for an ability to manage distributed data architectures that execute governance processes while simultaneously supporting analytics.”
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