Machine Learning: An invited guest to the IoT party?

Research indicates that IoT and Machine Learning are more valuable to utilities when used in combination but there are hurdles to overcome first. Machine learning and IoT will enable utilities to better realize the next generation of the power grid: a distributed system with power flows among millions of things like distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids and in-home devices. All of which will help utilities deliver clean reliable energy and greater customer choice. Utility respondents to new research from SAS and Zpryme, The Autonomous Grid, indicated that IoT and machine learning were more than market hype. These technologies are already delivering actionable results, say respondents.