What is this IoE Revolution all about?

To understand what the IoE revolution is it helps to understand the expanding role of the Internet in connecting people and things around the globe:

G1 (The Internet): The initial breakthrough connecting a small set of institutions and organizations.

G2 (World Wide Web): As individuals gained connectivity their PC’s began to allow connections to centralized sites and services, as well as early forms of collaboration such as email and forums.

G3 (Web 2.0): As web applications increased in ease of use and sophistication they started talking to each other and providing new models for social interaction.

G4 (The Cloud): Elastic scalability allowed a new breed of applications, especially social media, to flourish as well as drive down the cost of entry for new products; thus creating a massive proliferation of web apps.

G5 (IoE): The extension of the Internet to a wide range of devices, far beyond mobile, promises to be the next revolution.

While the Internet of Everything may not turn out to be the term that society latches onto for the next Internet revolution (it’s a term currently primarily championed by Cisco and gaining momentum) it’s clear that we are due for a next generation. It’s also clear that the next wave of innovation is focused on increasing connectivity beyond just people and information tools such as the PC and smartphones, but into the world of more classical machines and operations.