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The Impact of IoT on Society | Vodafone Business' Erik Brenneis

IoT For All Podcast · 10 May 2022 · 21m

What this episode covers

Erik Brenneis, IoT Director at Vodafone Business, discusses the evolution of the IoT market from a niche technology to a critical operational asset driving sustainability and new business models. He highlights Vodafone's role as a global connectivity leader with over 140 million connections and details specific solutions like 'My Farm Web' for agriculture and smart forest monitoring systems that use microphones to detect illegal logging and fires. Brenneis emphasizes that the biggest challenge for companies adopting IoT is not security, but the necessary transformation of internal business processes from product-centric to service-centric models to leverage data effectively.

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large enterprises

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Companies
Vodafone, Vodafone Automotive, John Deere, Siemens
Products
My Farm Web

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