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The latest report on IDC's Global IoT Decision Maker Survey — India Perspective, reveals the growing influence of Internet of Things (IoT) across India’s digital transformation.
“IoT technology has significant strategic impact on organisations. 60% of Indian enterprise Organisations will be leveraging IoT for competitive technology and pricing advantage,” said Ranganath Sadasiva, Director Enterprise Research, IDC India.
Desires for better productivity as well as reduction in operating costs top the list of reasons for interest in IoT. According to IDC organizations are realizing the business value that comes with IoT. Over the next 24 months, enterprises in India have aggressive plans to deploy an IoT solution due to heightened awareness.
As per Rishu Sharma, Associate Research Manager, Cloud and IoT - "Over half of the survey respondents consider IoT imperative to stay "digitally fit". Even, as businesses in India realise the benefits that IoT brings to their enterprises, the challenges around security and complexity related to changes in business processes cannot be ignored."
