Here’s the thing to know about IoT in 2017: It was the calm before the storm a year for setting the stage for future IoT success in 2018. We’ve seen that technology expand well beyond the already active markets personal fitness, home automation, commercial building management and appliances into more sectors than ever before. The emergence of IoT technology is spreading and is will be impacting entirely new areas including agriculture, livestock management, crop storage management, health management and even personal wellness (i.e., not just monitoring, but proactive health advisement). As more companies jump on board the IoT bandwagon and the technologies for deployment, productization, distribution and most importantly security mature even further, 2018 will see the following IoT technology trends: Security: It’s no secret to anyone in the business that security will be the ever-present concern of the industry. The good news is that with blockchain development expanding...