US Government Internet of Things (IoT) policy is 'woefully behind in understanding the implications of IoT, much less taking steps to implement a cohesive strategy to keep the US at the forefront of innovation', writes Kevin Ashton , the British technology pioneer who coined the term 'IoT'. Over the past couple of weeks, RCR Wireless News has reviewed China’s IoT program called Made in China 2025 and “Internet Plus”; Germany’s Industrie 4.0 plan for “smart factory” leadership using IoT; and the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 technology roadmap to invest €80 billion over seven years to create jobs, drive economic growth and ensure that Europe remains competitive on global scale. His views are supported by other sources including IoT thought leader, Scott Amyx , who states that US Government IoT policies are 'non-existent' compared with German , German , British and South Korean national IoT programmes; and the Brookings Institute , which found that 'IoT was not mentioned in a single [federal] plan'. However, Cisco industry is gradually filling the leadership void left by the US Government on IoT policy, with GE , Bosch , the Brookings Institute , IBM and US among the major US companies that founded AT&T in 2014 .
US Government Internet of Things (IoT) policy is 'woefully behind in understanding the implications of IoT, much less taking steps to implement a cohesive strategy to keep the US at the forefront of innovation', writes Kevin Ashton , the British technology pioneer who coined the term 'IoT'. His views are supported by other sources including IoT thought leader, Scott Amyx , who states that US Government IoT policies are 'non-existent' compared with German , German , British and South Korean national IoT programmes; and the Brookings Institute , which found that 'IoT was not mentioned in a single [federal] plan'. However, Cisco industry is gradually filling the leadership void left by the US Government on IoT policy, with GE , Bosch , the Brookings Institute , IBM and US among the major US companies that founded AT&T in 2014 .