Enterprise IoT in Asia Pacific: Scope of deployments, use cases and investment plans

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"Enterprise IoT in Asia Pacific: Scope of deployments, use cases and investment plans", a new Telecom Insider Report by GlobalData, provides an in-depth examination of end-users perspectives on IoT with respect to investment areas and return on investment expectations for IoT projects, top use cases and key drivers for IoT deployments, scope of IoT deployment from connectivity technologies to security considerations and approach to data management & analytics and vendor selection criteria and preferences. The analysis is built on the results of an extensive survey of more than 1,000 enterprises worldwide, with close to a third of them in the Asia Pacific region.

This report examines executives’ opinion about IoT deployment and investment plans in Asia-Pacific. The survey-based insider presents opinions of executives operating across various industries in organizations with number of employees ranging from 5 to over 10,000. The report also highlights various use cases, drivers and challenges for deploying IoT solutions.

The report consists of the following sections –
– Objectives and methodology: an overview of objectives, methodology and profile of respondents included in the survey for this report.
– Enterprise IoT investment drivers and trends: This section analyzes the survey results on the top IoT use cases, drivers and challenges for IoT projects and investment plans as well as expectations for RoI.
– Scope of enterprise IoT deployments: This section focuses on key trends with respect to geographic and technological scope of IoT deployments as well as security concerns and measures and enterprise approach to data management and analytics.
– IoT project management strategies: This section assesses enterprise criteria for vendor selection and approach to IoT project management.
– Key findings: key findings and conclusions obtained from the survey results in Asia Pacific.

Scope

Selected key findings of the report include –

– Top use cases for IoT are equipment process & management and building management driven by the prospect of cost reduction and efficiency gains.

– Similar to the global trend, most of the IoT deployments in Asia Pacific use long range wireless technologies for connectivity and specifically use 3G and LTE technologies for licensed connectivity and Wi-Fi for unlicensed.

– Most organizations use encryption and authentication to secure sensitive, high-value or mission-critical data produced by IoT devices.

– Survey results indicate that telcos are best positioned for business consulting and device and connectivity management solutions.

Reasons to Buy

– The insider report, examines the IoT market in Asia Pacific through the opinions of executives from 304 enterprises in various sectors, and will help industry stakeholders better understand enterprise adoption and investment trends in the region.

– The report provides an analysis of factors driving the IoT projects, top use cases and challenges in getting the IoT project off the ground to help market stakeholders formulate effective product development and marketing plans.

– The report provides an assessment of key areas of investment over the next 12-24 months that should help stakeholders determine go-to-market approaches and optimize resource allocation.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of contents 3

List of exhibits 4

Section 1: Objectives and methodology 5

Objectives 6

Methodology 7

Profile of survey respondents 8

Section 2: Enterprise IoT investment drivers and trends 9

Use cases 10

Key benefits and inhibitors 13

Investment plans 15

Return on investment goals 16

Section 3: Scope of enterprise IoT deployments 17

Geographic scope 18

Connectivity technologies 19

Type of technologies 20

Security strategies 23

IoT security risks 24

Approaches to securing data 25

Data management and analytics 26

Section 4: IoT project management strategies 27

Vendor selection 28

Internal IoT project management 30

Section 5: Key findings 31

About the authors 36

Related research 37

Contact information 38

Table

List of Tables

Exhibit 1: Respondents breakdown by industry 8

Exhibit 2: Use cases 10

Exhibit 3: Use cases by countries (Developed markets) 11

Exhibit 4: Use cases by countries (Emerging markets) 12

Exhibit 5: Key benefits expected 13

Exhibit 6: Challenges in getting IoT project off the ground 14

Exhibit 7: Areas of investment 15

Exhibit 8: Geographic scope of deployment 19

Exhibit 9: Scope of deployment by countries 20

Exhibit 10: Type of connectivity used or planning to use 21

Exhibit 11: Short range wireless unlicensed 22

Exhibit 12: Long range wireless unlicensed 23

Exhibit 13: Long range wireless licensed 24

Exhibit 14: Security strategies 25

Exhibit 15: Most significant IoT security risks 26

Exhibit 16: Approach to securing data produced by IoT devices 27

Exhibit 17: Location of Analysis of IoT Data 28

Exhibit 18: Vendor selection criteria 30

Exhibit 19: Preferred vendor 31

Exhibit 20: Internal IoT project management, 2017 32

Figures

List of Figures

Exhibit 1: Respondents breakdown by industry 8

Exhibit 2: Use cases 10

Exhibit 3: Use cases by countries (Developed markets) 11

Exhibit 4: Use cases by countries (Emerging markets) 12

Exhibit 5: Key benefits expected 13

Exhibit 6: Challenges in getting IoT project off the ground 14

Exhibit 7: Areas of investment 15

Exhibit 8: Geographic scope of deployment 19

Exhibit 9: Scope of deployment by countries 20

Exhibit 10: Type of connectivity used or planning to use 21

Exhibit 11: Short range wireless unlicensed 22

Exhibit 12: Long range wireless unlicensed 23

Exhibit 13: Long range wireless licensed 24

Exhibit 14: Security strategies 25

Exhibit 15: Most significant IoT security risks 26

Exhibit 16: Approach to securing data produced by IoT devices 27

Exhibit 17: Location of Analysis of IoT Data 28

Exhibit 18: Vendor selection criteria 30

Exhibit 19: Preferred vendor 31

Exhibit 20: Internal IoT project management, 2017 32

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