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How fast is the Internet of Things (IoT) growing? Another 31 percent this year, for a total of 8.4 billion connected devices worldwide, according to Gartner. By the end of this decade, the amount should top 20 billion. Those numbers mean businesses, colleges, government agencies and other organizations need to develop IoT strategies as soon…

The days when digital technology lived only on our desktops and in our data centers are gone. Now almost everything in our work environment is digital, from our vehicles to our air-conditioning systems. And we have powerful computers in our pockets at all times. IT leaders must understand — and respond to — this new…

In my role as CDW’s Internet of Things practice lead, I hear a lot of different definitions of IoT that complicate the discussion. At its core, IoT is the convergence of IT and operational technology, or OT. To simplify the concept of IoT, I draw an analogy between IoT and the human body. IT is…