All of the chapters in this book have covered the technical building blocks for developers to build IoT applications, especially for industrial domains. In this final chapter, we will look at the potential directions in which the industry will get pulled by the various forces of business and technological evolution. The goal is to paint a picture of the near future and help the reader prepare in terms of technology to support the solution holistically.
In this chapter, you will learn about the following topics:
- Emerging use cases for the IIoT
- IoT industry standards and their evolution
- IoT security challenges and opportunities
- Blockchain for the IoT and security
- Machine learning and the IoT
- The IIoT landscape and market direction