6.4 Billion Connected ‘Things’ to be in use in 2016: Gartner

Gartner expects enterprise to bolster Internet of Things (Source: Gartner)

Gartner believes that enterprise will bolster the IoT revenue and it estimates 4 billion connected things to be in use in the consumer sector in 2016.

“Connected things for specialised use are currently the largest category, however, this is quickly changing with the increased use of generic devices. By 2020, cross-industry devices will dominate the number of connected things used in the enterprise,” said Tully.

Gartner has classified the connected things into two classes with the first class consisting of generic or cross-industry devices and second being devices found in particular insustries.