MIS 111 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kevin Ashton, Smart Device, Commoditization

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Management Info Systems Main
• Course: MIS 111
• Professor: Newman

Document Summary

Internet of things: refers to uniquely identifiable objects (things) and their virtual representations in an internet-like structure. Interconnection of both people and devices: from any time, any place connectivity for anyone, we will now have connectivity for anything. Increased awareness of information improves decision-making and reduces waste in the supply chain (sustainability), how: through context-aware interaction: location, identity, objects. Information layers: generation (sensing), transmission, processing, application: generation: sense and identification layer (gps, smart device, transmission: network construction layer (wpan, wwan, etc. , processing: management layer (data center, search engine, application: integrated application layer (smart logistic, green building) Increased access to information also increases the risks to privacy and security: with iot, the number of devices to be connected to the internet, can reach. 40 billion devices by 2015: the intelligence community views internet of things as a rich source of data 137. 4 million cyber-attacks took place in 2012 alone, which would increase with more devices being connected to the internet.