If a new product or service is to find a market, it can no longer be developed in a silo, independently of its environment. It must be connected to an ecosystem that brings together millions of objects that are themselves connected to the Internet, at a time when the new smart city technologies are growing at a fast pace. Business Intelligence reports that city investments in the Internet of Things (IoT) are estimated to have increased by about $97 billion between 2015 and 2019.
