Imagine how different the world will be when inanimate objects have a voice. That's what adding sensors and connectivity does to the physical world. Plants can tell us when they need water, robots can tell us when they need servicing, and our cars can talk to traffic lights to protect us and the pedestrians around us.  Giving objects a voice provides us with data that will have an enormous impact on our daily lives and will transform industries forever.

As the internet of things (IoT) market matures, early adopters have proven that IoT can help organizations be more efficient and sustainable and help create new business models and revenue streams. It is clear that the effect of IoT on digitizing operations technology (OT) will be just as significant as the transformation cloud had on IT.

There will be a tipping point when we'll realize that impact -when IoT becomes mainstream. For most of the world to participate, IoT and wireless connectivity must be simplified. Traditional wireless network management is complex. Connecting billions and trillions of devices with traditional tools will be untenable. Simplifying IoT and wireless technologies is the key to crossing the chasm into mainstream adoption.

To scale from millions to billions to trillions of connected devices, enterprises and Communications Service Providers (CSPs) will need new ways of deploying, connecting, and managing devices at a massive scale. Luckily for customers, Cisco can help them build a bridge.

We address network complexity with an innovation strategy built on a cloud platform approach -to simplify everything and build powerful unified experiences based on Cisco