Create a Visible Value Chain Across Your Critical Business Operations

The richness of Big Data is more than just the volume of data, but also the velocity and value of the data. Before organizations can place this data into actionable form, it must be universally accessible throughout the value chain.

The Internet of Things (IoT) contributes to the stream of data that organizations will store and mine by enabling interconnectivity of Internet-aware devices. This ecosystem of connectivity helps provide enterprises with deep visibility into their organizations’ operational events, accessible through the Cloud, anytime, anywhere and in-between. While IoT is gaining momentum, Executive-level decision makers must prepare to address the technology and service implications of deploying IoT solutions.

In doing so, enterprises face several obstacles. First, IT complexity is often a barrier to success and requires a method to connect sensors and actuators to the Cloud in a standard, uniform way. Device management is often cumbersome and often the task requires proprietary tools. Last, connecting legacy devices— the backbone of most organizations—presents unique challenges.

In this paper, Zebra shows how to accelerate the path to IoT through the Visible Value Chain (VVC). It enables organizations to gain real-time visibility into their operations allowing them to be more nimble, agile, and make better-informed business decisions. Once organizations have seamlessly enabled device connection to the data center, they can see events occurring throughout their value chain in real time—and act upon them. Doing so creates new value and intelligence from both legacy and new devices, while mining the vast riches of Big Data.