Internet of Everything (IoE) Value Index

Technology infrastructure and tools are essential, but it’s the effective application of technology that will separate winners from losers in the IoE Economy.

The benefit of IoE is derived from the compound impact of connecting people, process, data, and things, and from the value this increased connectedness creates as “everything” comes online.

A New Era
The broad-based adoption of information technology (IT) — and, in particular, the advent of cloud-based capabilities — has leveled the playing field for firms around the world. Market incumbents are increasingly pressured by disruptive innovators and non-traditional rivals bent on attacking revenue franchises and gaining market share through the innovative application of technology.

In nearly all industries, an accelerating innovation curve — in which market discontinuities arising from video, social, mobile, and cloud-based capabilities unlock new competitive dynamics — is reshaping the business landscape. In this environment, barriers to market entry are falling, customers are demanding new ways of interacting, and margins are compressing.

In a world characterized by technology-driven parity and fleeting competitive advantages, many business leaders are asking, “Where will the next wave of value come from for our company?”