Adoption of the Internet of Things has grown to 25% of businesses worldwide this year from 15% in 2012, according to Zebra Technologies.
Forrester Consulting conducted the commissioned November 2014 study on behalf of Zebra Technologies, and surveyed IT and business decision makers in nearly 600 global firms in the retail, consumer products, manufacturing, transportation, government, oil/gas, healthcare, and hospitality industries.
The study found that over 85% of surveyed firms in Asia Pacific believe that IoT solutions will be the most strategic technology initiative for their organization in a decade, higher than the global average of 80%.
Nearly 65% of firms surveyed have deployed or are in the process of implementing IoT solutions. In Asia Pacific, over 70% of firms have an IoT solution in place or are in the process of implementing an IoT solution.
New cities, buildings, and infrastructure in many Asia Pacific countries have enabled this strong adoption rate. In comparison, 60% of North American, 52% of European and 71% of Latin American firms are in these same stages of IoT solution deployment.
Also, 83% of firms polled identify Wi-Fi infrastructure and real-time location tracking technologies as important or very important building blocks of IoT solutions.
Sensor technologies to monitor assets and the surrounding environment were also pointed to as important or very important technology elements by over 80% of global firms.