BARCELONA, Spain – Of the “five waves” of computing, the “Internet of Things” is quickly becoming the largest factor in the ongoing evolution of telecom computing, though that push is seen as coming from new use cases and not the actual number of new devices expected to hit the market tied to the Internet of Things.
“Developers will decide winners and losers in Internet of Things platforms,” noted Andreas Constantinou, CEO and founder of VisionMobile, in a speech at this week’s Mobile World Congress. “The next order of magnitude in innovation will come from developers.”
While vendors are trying to address opportunities, users are concerned about security and identity. Gari Kovacs, CEO at AVG, pointed out that this lack of trust hits the bottom line.
“For the last 22 years, the digital revolution has already happened. It’s time for a new revolution, a trust revolution,” Kovacs claimed.
According to Kovacs, it’s urgent to set inalienable human rights for the digital world.
“We are sharing information that is personal and in most cases we share and we don’t even realize that,” he noted. Although people are concerned about sharing their data, few are doing anything about security concerns.
Kovacs said AVG has set a challenge to make terms of use clearer and easier to understand for end-users. “We are incorporating the one-page challenge in plain and ordinary human language.”
Editor’s Note: Celistics paid for travel costs to Barcelona.
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