IoT. ERP. Two acronyms you’re likely to have come across by now in relation to enterprise IT. The former refers to the Internet of Things – networks of connected sensors or devices deployed throughout a massive variety of settings in order to collect data, transmit it back to a centralised analytics engine, and develop new insights, analysis and actions. The latter refers to Enterprise Resource Planning, typically meaning a software system providing a shared database which supports multiple core business functions such as HR and accounting.
Clearly, robots and the IoT are vastly different. And yet they are also undoubtedly evolving together, as each helps the other to develop and innovate.