Technology researcher Gartner projects there will be 25 billion "connected things" by the end of the decade. Everything is getting online—from jet engines to farming and industrial equipment to the cars we drive—and the transformative effects on the business world as we know it have already started. Tata Consulting Services' 2015 Global Trend Study focused in on this new wave of transformative tech, the Internet of Things (IoT). We spoke to Dr. Satya Ramaswamy, VP and Global Head of TCS Digital Enterprise about what it could mean for your business in the future or even right now (whether you know it or not.)
Consulting: Why was IoT the topic for this year's Global Trend Study?