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Credit to Author: Kevin Brown| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:18:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

We at Schneider, along with everyone else, have spent time trying to understand the impact of IoT. It seems most people at this point recognize the value of having devices and data. Of course, Schneider wants to provide infrastructure to support this ecosystem.<\/p>\n

As a global energy management leader, Schneider is devoted to ensuring data centers and the emerging hybrid cloud ecosystems are robust. Our industry will handle whatever the future of IoT demands and it will demand plenty. There are varying estimates but one I saw said humans will have 20.8 billion connected things by 2020. This is advanced technology and it comes with big time expectations.<\/p>\n

We also believe there is a generational change in expectations of availability of IT applications.<\/p>\n

Serious stuff.<\/p>\n

However, like any innovative technology, there are bound to be areas of overreach. So, we did a little research on connected products and discovered some interesting devices.<\/p>\n

Some self-absorbed self-reflection<\/h2>\n

When we started this project someone on my staff asked me about my Garmin watch. Did I like it?<\/p>\n

A bit of history . . .<\/p>\n

Like many others, I like to run. According to my Garmin Connect file, the first run I registered was on September 26, 2009 (with a Forerunner 405 in case you are interested). At the time, I only used the watch when I ran \u2013 the rest of the time it sat idle. But gradually, I felt like I was getting sucked into what I call the Garmin Vortex. By that I mean: if I wasn\u2019t wearing my watch and a heart strap then maybe the run didn\u2019t really<\/em> happen. Like the proverbial \u201cIf a tree falls in the woods and no one hears, did it make any noise?\u201d . . . \u00a0<\/a>if one goes for a run and Garmin doesn\u2019t see it, did one really run?<\/p>\n

\"KevinFast forward to today, nearly a decade later, and I\u2019ve only sunk deeper into my Garmin Vortex. Now I wear the watch (Forerunner 235) every single day, all day and all night, 24\/7. I\u2019m no longer simply curious. It\u2019s reached the point where I need to know resting heart rate, how many steps I took during the day, how many calories burned, and whether I slept last night. The first thing I check in the morning is my Garmin app. If I slept last night and Garmin doesn\u2019t see it, did I really<\/em> sleep???<\/p>\n

So, of course, now I am positive I need the newer model, the Forerunner 935, which will track my weekly training load. I\u2019m not even sure what that is but I fear that I can\u2019t live without it.<\/p>\n

The smart product marketplace is an eyeopener<\/h2>\n

Our research led us down a path to answer a basic question<\/a>: What products are out there that provide data we don\u2019t necessarily think we need but we will perceive to be invaluable in the future?\u00a0The next Garmin Vortex? \u00a0We found many examples of potential overreach but here are some of our favorites.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a connected toilet paper holder that wants to reassure you it will revolutionize your entire toilet paper supply management lifecycle. I encourage you to check out the video<\/a><\/p>\n

I thought it was a joke.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

And these aren\u2019t either:<\/p>\n