Connected devices to number nearly 5 billion in 2015

IOT: The number of connected devices are increasing rapidly

According to research firm Gartner, there will be around 4.9 billion "connected things" in circulation worldwide by the end of 2015. That number is expected to soar to 25 billion by 2020.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is here and will rapidly become the norm, according to the research firm.  As applications of the technology increase, the number of connected consumer devices in use is expected to skyrocket from 2.8 billion in 2015 to over 13 billion in 2020.