Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/prvxh9/global_the_inter) has announced the addition of the "Global - The Internet of Things (IoT)" report to their offering.

With the development of high-speed broadband infrastructure now well and truly underway in many countries it is important to look at what will be the real value of this new infrastructure. The infrastructure that is now being built offers a range of features such as ubiquitousness, affordability, low latency, high speed and high capacity. It will link millions of devices, such as sensors, that will enable us to manage our environment, traffic, infrastructures, and our society as a whole much more efficiently and effectively.

This Internet of Things', also referred to as M2M; is going to be a real game-changer. It will transform every single sector of society and the economy and it will be out of this environment that new businesses - and indeed new industries - will be born. Many ICT companies are increasing their presence in countries that either have or are developing high-speed infrastructure, Australia is a good example here. Their NBN is an ideal test-bed for such developments. A great deal of attention is being paid to cloud computing and the NBN can be viewed as one gigantic cloud. Qatar is aiming to use its NBN to become a regional centre for the Arab countries.

This report provides insights into the developments referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M. It also provides unique and valuable examples of smart city projects which provide an indication of the future potential of IoT developments.

Latest developments:

- Internet of Things;

- M2M;

- sensors network;

- Behavioural Attitudinal Geolocation;

- smart grids;

- information processing;

- Complex Event Planning (CEP);

- U-CEP, personal informatics;

- artificial intelligence;

- E-Science;

- NBN;

- Cloud Computing;

- smart cities;

- business opportunities;

- sector transformation.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Synopsis

2. Things'

3. From SCaDa to IoT

3.1 Machine-to-machine communications (M2M)

3.2 Connected devices

4. Sensors

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Micro-electronic-mechanical devices

4.3 Nanotechnology

4.4 Commercial IoT products

5. Change in services driven by sensing and monitoring information

6. Who will dominate the IoT market?

7. Building smart communities and smart countries

8. Stage one - infrastructure

8.1 Electricity companies and the Internet of Things

8.1.1 Smart metering will account for over 40% of installed M2M devices

8.1.2 IPv6 update

9. Stage two - trans-sector policies

10. Stage three - the business game-changer

11. Application examples

11.1 Behavioural Attitudinal Geolocation

11.2 Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

11.3 Cloud Computing - an essential element of the Internet of Things

11.4 Ubiquitous Complex Event Processing (U-CEP)

11.5 Cognitive computing

11.6 Wireless Networks

11.7 Smart grids

11.8 Pachube

11.9 Smartphones

11.10 e-entertainment

11.11 IPv6

11.12 Opportunistic computing

11.13 E-Science

11.13.1 Citizens E-Science

11.13.2 From video to virtual knowledge

12. Staggering IoT predictions

13. Related reports

Table 1 - Worldwide connected devices

Chart 1 -Worldwide market share of M2M connections - 2011; 2020

Exhibit 1 - Cows and the IoT

Exhibit 2 - Smart shopping

Exhibit 3 - Lifetime customer relationships

Exhibit 4 - Many Eyes - e-science web site example

Exhibit 5 - GigaPort and SURFnet

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