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MANAGEMENT: INTERNET OF THINGS<br />
AS IOT EXPANDS, ONE SIZE WON'T FIT ALL<br />
FROM MEDICAL WEARABLES THROUGH SEARCH-AND-RESCUE DRONES TO SMART CITIES, CHECHUNG<br />
LIN, DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL PRODUCT MARKETING AT WE<strong>ST</strong>ERN DIGITAL, DESCRIBES WAYS TO<br />
OPTIMISE THE EVER-GROWING VOLUMES OF IOT DATA USING PURPOSE-BUILT <strong>ST</strong>ORAGE<br />
Whilst the digital environment has<br />
been expanding rapidly for many<br />
years, the pandemic ushered in,<br />
by necessity, a degree of digital<br />
transformation that is unprecedented in<br />
both its scale and scope. With<br />
organisations throughout private and public<br />
sectors alike forced to roll out digital<br />
systems, there has been a sharp uptake in<br />
the adoption of connected technologies.<br />
As the Internet of Things (IoT) landscape<br />
experiences large-scale growth - from<br />
automated supply chains to help maintain<br />
social distancing, to more efficient and<br />
convenient smart cities and vehicles - the<br />
amount of data produced grows rapidly,<br />
as well. It is estimated that by 2025,<br />
connected IoT devices will generate<br />
73.1 zettabytes of data.<br />
Not only does this data need to<br />
be captured, it also needs to be<br />
stored, accessed and transformed<br />
into valuable insights. This process<br />
requires a comprehensive data<br />
architecture that can<br />
accommodate the demands of a<br />
large range of use applications<br />
throughout the data journey.<br />
WHAT IS THE IOT DATA<br />
JOURNEY?<br />
The vast majority of IoT data is<br />
stored in the cloud where highcapacity<br />
drives - now reaching 20TB -<br />
store massive amounts of data for big<br />
data and fast data workloads. These<br />
could include genomic research, batch<br />
analytics, predictive modelling, and supply<br />
chain optimisation.<br />
For some use cases, data then<br />
migrates to the edge,<br />
where it is often<br />
cached in<br />
distributed, edge<br />
servers for realtime<br />
applications<br />
such as autonomous vehicles, cloud<br />
gaming, manufacturing robotics, and<br />
4K/8K video streaming.<br />
Finally, we reach the endpoints, where<br />
data is generated by connected machines,<br />
smart devices, and wearables. The key aim<br />
here is to reduce network latencies and<br />
increase throughput between these layers<br />
(cloud-to-endpoints and endpoints-tocloud)<br />
for data-intensive use cases. A<br />
potential solution could be 5G, by using<br />
millimetre wave (mmWave) bands between<br />
20-100 GHz to create "data<br />
superhighways" for latency and bandwidthsensitive<br />
innovations.<br />
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR<br />
IOT DATA?<br />
Data infrastructure is critical in our digital<br />
world as data must be stored and analysed<br />
quickly, efficiently, and securely. Thus, data<br />
architectures need to go beyond simple<br />
data capture and storage to data<br />
transformation and creating business<br />
value, in a 'value creation' approach.<br />
Examples include:<br />
Autonomous vehicles - These vehicles<br />
are loaded with sensors, cameras,<br />
LIDAR, radar, and other devices<br />
generating so much data that it is<br />
estimated it will reach 2 terabytes per<br />
day. That data is used to inform realtime<br />
driving decisions using<br />
technologies such as 3D-mapping,<br />
advanced driver assistance systems<br />
(ADAS), over-the-air (OTA) updates, and<br />
vehicle-to-everything (V2X)<br />
communication. In addition, IoT data<br />
creates value in personalised<br />
infotainment and in-vehicle services that<br />
28 <strong>ST</strong>ORAGE <strong>May</strong>/<strong>Jun</strong>e <strong>2021</strong><br />
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www.storagemagazine.co.uk<br />
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