IoT as a Metaphor

Beyond the network of sensors & devices and base IT technologies partially listed in the last paragraph, what is unique and new in IOT is Data Science applications –Data Science applied with the focus on information extraction, insights generation and prescriptive decisions. When IoT is defined as "(Network of Sensors & Devices) IT (Engineering Data Science)", it seems to pervade ALL industries from my vantage point! I have partitioned applied Data Science into three: Industry, Business & Social Data Science. Specialization for each vertical notwithstanding, the three "types" of Data Science are best seen as a unified whole, which we are calling "Engineering Data Science or EDS".