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From "Embedded devices" to "Smart devices", then "Connected smart devices" and now known as IoT, the Internet of Things has evolved at an accelerated pace in the past couple decades and is now at the core of the digital transformation most industries are going through.

But let's state it as it is: IoT looks complex and developing solutions that integrate IoT seem to not for the faint of heart. While growing at an accelerated pace the IoT started spanning across many domains, verticals, and industries, forcing hardware engineers to learn about software, forcing embedded developers to learn about the Cloud and its development, forcing non-embedded developers to learn about device development, forcing Hardware and Software engineers to collaborate with electrical, mechanical, chemical engineers, data scientists, operators, and more. The traditional Operational Technology (aka OT) now needs to fully integrate with the Information Technology (IT)... without messing up with it!

Let's demystify IoT with a simpler and more digestible approach.

Episode 4: The I in IoT
When hearing about IoT, what comes to mind is the tip of the iceberg: the IoT sensors and devices, the T (or Things) part of it. What is not coming to mind immediately is the Internet (or Cloud) part. The Cloud is a major component of IoT solutions, allowing for remote monitoring, management, and operation of devices but also for rich analytics of data, integration into business and operation applications, and more. We will break this all down to discuss the various types of Cloud services IoT solutions rely on and how they integrate with "classic" services and solutions.

Speaker: Olivier Bloch, Principal PM, Microsoft
I am Principal Program Manager at Microsoft in the Azure IoT team, working on developer experience and communities engagement.
I have worked in the IoT space for as long as I can remember, first as an embedded developer and consultant, then as a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft France then Microsoft Corp. I also spent 3 years in Microsoft Open Technologies, engaging with open source communities on topics going from Web and JavaScript to gaming and IoT