Re: According to recent Gartner data,
The answer to that is simple, IoT is a basic prerequisite for creating higher level services. The vision that in 15-20 years it is possible to sit on the couch, and instruct the serving robot to make toasted sandwiches does not seem impossible. In order to enable this, the information that there are sandwiches and cheese should be available. Since this sounds all so much better then a grumpy wife mumbling "do it yourself", it will be a huge success.