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The Internet of Things (IoT) Will Be Disruptive

If don't like change, watch out!

Disruptive technologies have a way of sneaking up on you. Ask any taxi driver about Uber or Lyft and how rapidly those companies and their methodology of doing business has "disrupted" their incomes. Even more disruption is coming their way in the near future with on-demand self-driving cars. 

This article, Preparing for the Disruption of the IoT,highlights some of those disruptions we can see coming. It talks specifically about owning and operating a car and how we are motivated as buyers to make a purchase. Much of that will be changing for a large segment of the population. Will I want to buy a self-driving Porsche?

Emergency management and first responders are not immune to being impacted by IoT. Keep your eyes open and stay attuned to changes that will happen very quickly and impact how you do your job and the services that you provide.

Steve Myers shared the link above.

 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.