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IoT requires business, society, government resilience – Cwele

16th September 2016

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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Business, government and society will have to rapidly adapt to global changes as a result of the Internet of Things (IoT) or face the consequences of being left behind, Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Dr Siyabonga Cwele said in a keynote address at the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, in George.

He added that those actively harnessing and participating in the industrial revolution or digital era would attract and earn “enormous benefits”.

However, those choosing to ignore or resist the digital era would likely be “punished and disciplined”.

The IoT’s “convergence of [the] physical, digital and biological world” is likely to change consumer patterns and the notions of privacy and ownership, while moving governments to adopt softer regulations and new technology to improve service delivery as citizens are enabled to engage “rather than being mere recipients”.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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