IoT within businesses: is the revolution underway?

IoT in general refers to connected devices capable of transmitting and receiving information via a wireless network. This type of device is generally designed to operate completely autonomously and requires little or no human interaction. In everyday life, this type of device is found in the form of watches, cameras, glasses, switches, but the advent of everything digital within companies opens many doors for this booming technology.

How to define IoT in a few words

Beyond devices such as a television or a laptop, IoT today applies to a wide range of devices ranging from the photocopier to the refrigerator or your dryer. The Internet of Things is the definition of devices that connect to the Internet network via a wireless connection or via a proprietary protocol. Nowadays, it is possible to integrate the principle of IoT into any type of device, including in the most complex industries.

What are the main uses of IoT within companies?

Studies carried out by Orange IoT in very varied sectors of activity such as industry, agriculture, the hospital sector or even that of energy transition, show that the integration of IoT is able to improve drastically increase productivity but also make processes that were previously complicated to implement accessible. There are many ways to implement new IoT devices or even transform an existing installation into a connected object. In the field of agriculture, for example, there is now a whole range of sensors capable of monitoring in real time and remotely the various parameters that can influence crop yield. This monitoring layer can, for example, be interfaced with other devices and interact with them. It is easy to imagine an automatic process supporting automatic watering when the soil humidity falls below the defined threshold or even controlling the distribution of nutrients for industrial above-ground cultivation installations.

The scope of application of IoT within companies is wide and any type of industry can benefit from it.

How to improve IoT security?

By definition, any connected object presents a vector of security risks. Indeed, it is enough for a leak concerning a potential security breach to be disclosed on the internet for cybercriminals to use it to benefit their interests. This can include integrating the device into a network of “zombies”, then working alongside other devices in Ddos attacks, data theft or the use of malware. .

In this area, Orange IoT is innovating and currently exploring innovative solutions that were previously unexplored, such as the implementation of Blockchain within an IoT environment.

The blockchain implemented in this way would use a delocalized and independent proof exchange network. Each node of the Blockchain would thus have the role of validating the identity of the user, the use of the device and its security. In this way, it would become almost impossible to corrupt a security system implemented in this way.

For those curious and interested, you can learn more about the Internet of Things on the Iot Journey website, In particular, it is a question of discovering a whole range of devices intended for professionals and capable of transforming any type of device into an IoT terminal.