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What is ‘IoT’?   

      The Internet is no more than a network of computers. Some of these computers belong to web hosts who own servers that provide the hosting infrastructure that houses websites. Some of these computers sit in the homes of billions of Internet users who use their PCs to visit their favorite websites, enjoy the occasional video, and chat with friends on Facebook. 

What current examples are there of IoT in operation?

 In 2014 Google bought Nest, a Palo Alto, California-based producer of a ‘Learning Thermostat’, a camera and a smoke alarm, each of which can communicate with each other and beyond their limited network. 

So how does this apply to web hosting?
           Essentially, cloud computing is going to be the thread that pulls IoT together.
To be able to view your front room while you are on holiday in Bermuda you will need the Internet. If your company is involved in the cloud as an area of business, you are very well positioned to benefit from IoT as it progresses, particularly those involved in cloud storage. 

So how big is this going to be?

           Any connection between devices that you could possibly imagine is likely to become a reality within the next 5-10 years. The current concept of Smart Homes will carry to the workplace and then the world in general, and the cloud is going to medium that pulls all this together. 

For web hosts involved in the cloud, you are on the threshold of something genuinely amazing. Cease the day!