IDF14: Internet of Things and the challenges of connecting everything


With over 50 billion devices set to be connected to the cloud by 2020, Eric Free, vice-president and general manager of the Smart Homes and Buildings division of Intel talks about the challenges of getting devices to talk to each other.

We had the opportunity to talk to Eric Free, vice-president and ­general ­manager of the smart homes and building division of Intel about how the Internet of Things (IoT) has become the buzzword for a new generation of tech and what it actually means.

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