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Adoption of IoT platforms will be the

Top IT trend in 2018

Smart object storage, analytics and AI, as well as the “Building IoT solutions that provide real value can be
extension of agile methodologies across the enterprise, difficult without the right underlying architecture and a
will all play key roles during the coming year in the Asia deep understanding of the business to properly
Pacific region. simulate and digitalize operational entities and
processes. This is where the choice of an IoT platform
These trends are jointly predicted by Hitachi Vantara’s and the choice of an experienced service provider is
Hubert Yoshida, chief technology officer, and Russell important,” according to Yoshida.
Skingsley, chief technology officer Asia Pacific. They
believe, the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) platforms “Enterprises should look for an IoT platform that offers
will dominate enterprise IT strategies in 2018, alongside an open, flexible architecture that simplifies integration
a number of other areas. with complimentary technologies and provides an
extensible “foundry” on which to build a variety of
Together, they have identified ten key trends for the Asia industry applications that companies need to design,
Pacific technology market in 2018 to consider: build, test, and deploy quickly and with minimal hassle,”
added Skingsley.
#1: IT will adopt IoT platforms to facilitate
the application of IoT solutions #2: Object storage gets smart

IoT solutions deliver valuable insight to support digital Enterprises started their digital transformation this year
transformation and are rapidly becoming a strategic but the first problem that they ran into was the ability to
imperative in almost every industry and market sector. IT access their data. Data is often locked in isolated
must work closely with the operations side of the islands that make it costly to extract and use. These
business to focus on specific business needs and define islands were built for purpose and not to be shared,
the scope of an IoT project. and many contain data that is duplicated, obsolete or
no longer used because of changes in business
process or ownership.
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