This article originally appeared on ElectronicProducts.com The internet of things is a system that connects objects and users via the internet. "Things" are made much simpler using microelectromechanical (MEMS) technology. MEMS devices come in a variety of flavors, including magnetometers, microphones, oscillators, sensors, and switches. MEMS can also improve traditional technologies used in IoT applications.

Improving business productivity and performance majorly depends on collecting the data and effectively analyzing it. With the growing popularity of IoT, there will be an obvious surge in data that will require better infrastructure and smarter Data Science approaches. Internet of Things (IoT) is not a separate piece of the latest technology but a convergence of various complementing technologies that contribute towards production optimization, predictive maintenance, asset monitoring and management, new products and services, etc of the businesses. It is expected that, by 2020, more than 20 billion devices will be connected. This depicts the enormous volumes of data that will be generated from these devices.

Products and services associated with the IoT currently operate in closed ecosystems like Home Automation, in effect, they are simply networked products with linking software. Part machine to machine (M2M) and part human to machine or machine to human (H2M setup and observation and M2H alerts). The IoT is an open ecosystem, made up of billions of product, services and people ecosystems. An ontology is a formal naming and definition of the types, properties, and interrelationships of the entities that really or fundamentally exist for a particular domain. If you're looking for advice on how your products or services can be made ready for the IoT please contact us.

I'm writing this before Thanksgiving, which I used to hate and now don't -- largely because I no longer spend the day arguing with family. I've been listening to a lot of friends and relatives dread this year's event because of political discussions that are likely to occur, and the equally annoying comments and critiques from those who supported both candidates. I have no doubt that both sides will use fake news, quotes taken out of context, and false facts to make their points to the annoyance of those of us who just want to have a nice big meal and then drop into a food coma for a few happy hours afterward. Perhaps my own most memorable Thanksgiving was going over to my then steady girlfriend's house, having her compare herself to a Playboy playmate, and making the unfortunate comment "you wish," to the glee of her brothers, and effectively ending the relationship. My defense of "trying to fit it," I'm afraid, fell on deaf ears.