"50 billion machines estimated"
There is that 50 billion crap again.
Pull a number out of thin air and keep repeating it and one day it will become true? I don't think so.
US conglomerate General Electric has announced it wants to join the cloud party with the launch of its own fluffy white stuff. GE said it wants to capitalise on the 50 billion machines estimated to be connected to the internet by 2020; the so-called "Internet of Things" economy. The conglomerate describes itself as a "digital …