Opportunities and Implications of IoT Networking for the European Enterprise

This IDC Market Perspective will investigate some of the implications and opportunities that IoT brings to European enterprise networking. The opportunities of IoT networking for the European enterprise are wide ranging. They can potentially integrate OT and IT networks to modernize and streamline production and they can effectively instrument facilities and operations, helping to meet today's sustainability goals. The management and security implications make the network more critical than ever and more attention toward security and performance is required."For the modern European enterprise to stay focused on their core business, equipment vendors and service providers need to bring new solutions to the table, helping customers meet their business and regulatory goals without investing their precious resources building one-off systems," said Len Padilla, senior research director for Networking and Life-Cycle Services at IDC.