Why Solutions Providers Need An IoT Strategy Now

By Puneet Pandit, Founder and CEO, Glassbeam

System integrators know that often the most vexing issue in managing a network is the considerable time spent on identifying the root cause of a network disruption by finding, organizing, and making sense of the glut of diagnostic log data they are receiving. Internet of Things (IoT) analytics effectively addresses this challenge and many others.

Organizations’ networks are becoming increasingly complex, driven by many well-known trends: BYOD (bring your own device), mobile workforces, ubiquity of streaming video, increased security needs, cloud computing, and many more. Because an increasing amount of an organization’s IP is embedded in its network, the need for 24/7/365 availability is more important than ever before.

Conflicting with increased demands for flexibility, high performance, availability, and more, are IT budgets that are largely stagnant.  A recent report from Spiceworks reveals that just 33 percent of those surveyed expect their IT budgets to increase this year.  Another 45 percent anticipate their budgets remaining stagnant and 12 percent expect their budgets to shrink. 

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