IOT Investment Strategies

Thanks to editor Christopher O’Dea  for the honorable mention in his IPE article on investment strategies in the Internet of Things (IoT).
The Technology Sector: The Internet of Things
By Christopher O’Dea, Contributing Editor, IPE Magazine
The technology mega trends of ‘Big Data’, robots and drones, sensors, wireless communications and machine intelligence all come together in the industrial theme that is the ‘Internet of Things’. Christopher O’Dea finds out what it is and whether we can invest in it

At a glance 

• Robots and other machines and appliances have been getting more sophisticated for years.
• But the combination of this hardware with advanced digital sensors, wireless communication and data-interpretation software has the potential to create a revolutionary new meta-technology – the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT).
• Because it is a meta-technology that depends on combinations of components, it is difficult to find ‘pure-play’ IoT investments.
• However, there are companies specialising in machine vision systems, robotics and networking solutions, and even an ETF for the broader robotics theme.

Read the full story here.