但是，让员工把自己的聪明事工作也带来了机遇的世界。例如，科尔伯特说，“我不会允许传感器连接到我的一般使用的网络，以提供员工的位置和体温，支持楼宇维修，但提供分段网络，支持使用情况？我有兴趣在那里面。”
Other use cases that IT could propose range from programs to improve the safety of manufacturing environments to wellness competitions that use data from employees' personal health monitors to track the progress of participants, he says. "Sensors are ubiquitous, and it would be silly to think that the only way to leverage the Internet of Things is with things I can control," he says.
卡伦·奥斯汀，CIO在PG＆E公司，一直负责900万智能电表安装的是帮助客户了解他们的功耗。该实用程序控股公司还安装了电力和天然气分配系统，它可以监视负载/发电特性，报告中断，并关闭阀和重新路由功率传感器。现在，PG＆E与方式，它的智能电表连接到家庭网络的试验。“所有在家庭中的设备，从烘干机的温控器，变得越来越聪明，”奥斯汀说。“我们希望与这些设备进行通信，以让他们可以更节能。”补充说，它应该把物联网作为一个双向解决方案，她说，“你必须要能够处理从数据安全的角度。”
At Partners HealthCare, Noga faces the challenge of integrating data from consumer-based sensors such as IP-enabled blood pressure cuffs and weight scales into the overall IT architecture. That presents data exchange challenges. Moreover, home devices can't be tested for accuracy and recalibrated the way professional hospital equipment can. Because clinicians can't be sure that the data is correct, they must review all data before it's input into a patient's record. IT also preps the data using decision-support algorithms before clinicians see it. "No clinician wants to review hundreds of normal blood pressure readings," says Joseph Kvedar, director of the Center for Connected Health, a Partners HealthCare R&D organization.
但也有达到专业标准的医疗保健消费类产品，以及使用这些工具的经济性是引人注目的。例如，医疗保健产品制造商提供iHealth FDA批准的血压监测仪，消费者可以在百思买找到。“我们给患者的优惠券买了一个，而且也没有轮毂和无数据费用。这开始降低我们的成本，” Kvedar说。
McKenna-Doyle would like to tap into IoT devices that football fans use in order to deepen the level of engagement between fans and their favorite teams. "The emerging [tech] for us is around wearable fitness for the conditioning and management of the overall health of players," she says. The next step might be to let fans with smart bands go online and, say, compare their heart rates and times in the 40-yard dash with those of star players. But capturing that data raises questions about privacy and governance. "There's a discussion as to whether that's medical data," she says. Data from IP-enabled smart devices needs to be classified so that IT can determine whether or not it needs reside on a private network.
3.在R＆d加入我
The best way to get in front of IoT projects is to place IT at the forefront of product development. "IT can be the engine around which prototyping is done with these new sensor opportunities. It can be a big player in vetting ideas before a major investment is made," Curran says.
对于麦克纳-道尔，这意味着支撑的项目R＆d举措上足球，球员，场和头盔嵌入传感器。它已发现沿途诸多挑战。
Sensors can be used to track who's on the field, map play activity and gather game statistics. But how do you recalibrate field sensors that may get moved -- or removed -- between games? And how do you overcome bandwidth issues in a stadium packed with 70,000 fans? "This is all R&D," she says. "Most CIOs don't have a lot of experience in R&D, but if you want to be successful, you'd better start looking at how you can try some of this stuff."
"You need to have IT consultants who can talk to the OT people so they can build a business plan and present it to a governance body," says Noga. "We try to be supportive of the Center for Connected Health and provide a lab setting for them to do their testing."
该合作伙伴的医疗保健IT部还帮助中心弄清楚该技术是否会扩展。“事情在实验室工作，但在现实世界中，当成千上万的人都在系统上打，我们遇到的问题。因此，我们坐下来与CTO和他的团队与去年架构，” Kvedar说。
4. Stay Ahead of the Curve
The most important thing is for CIOs to maintain strong relationships with business units -- and keep in front of the competition. "It's a partnership," says Austin. And it's the CIO's job to establish good governance over the process to ensure that the business executes in a way that doesn't put the company at risk. "What the business needs is very important," says Colbert. "Innovate, but balance that by protecting the crown jewels of the company."
Plan ahead before you're approached for help with an IoT project, because there isn't time to do an extensive study, adds McKenna-Doyle. "You need to say, 'Here are the questions you need to ask,' and we need to have them covered," she says. "Be flexible and make sure everyone understands the risk/reward profile."
IT可能会觉得在此移动的速度吓倒“但CIO们谁可以看到从这些互动数据的价值，这是一个伟大的时间在牌桌上的座位，”她补充道。“现在是拥抱这个时间。”
罗伯特·米切尔，国家通讯员写道深入的技术特点，并为Computerworld博客。按照罗伯特的Twitter微博。他的电子邮件地址是rmitchell@computerworld.com。
这个故事，“4件事情现在做的就是准备好物联网”最初发表Computerworld .