Primers

The Periodic Table of IoT

CB Insights, an analyst firm specialised in tracking technology companies, investors and acquisitions has pulled together a rather novel way of representing the IoT ecosystem. It presents companies, VCs, private equity firms and acquirers in a conveniently colour-coded “Periodic Table of IoT”. As in the periodic table from our days in chemistry class, the characteristics of the ‘elements’ vary as we traverse the table, in this case from the technology firms in individual verticals such as wearables, connected home and … Read more…

Goldman Sachs on IoT

Perhaps an unlikely source for a top-level intro to the Internet of Things, but Goldman Sachs provide a fairly serviceable “IOT 101”, describing it, in a not very understated way as the next Mega Trend. The report does however, correctly pull together all the key technology advances that have allowed this ecosystem to come to being, as well as provide an overview of all the key verticals. Of more direct interest to the general Goldman Sachs readership are the main … Read more…

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