Forrester’s 2022 Edge, IoT, Networking Devices Predictions

November 5, 2021

Forrester recently revealed five predictions for 2022 for Edge, IoT, and networking devices.

The first prediction states how edge and IoT devices will make supply chains more sustainable; the second explains how satellite internet may now be at the level at which it can compete with 5G; the third shows that the chip shortage will continue to be felt; the fourth predicts an increase in investment in smart infrastructure, the fifth predicts an imminent and record-breaking attack on the IoT botnet attack coming soon.

According to Forrester, by 2022, companies will be launching more IoT and edge devices that help reduce scope 3 emissions (carbon emissions and other pollution that results as a side-effect of a business’s operations by assets they do not own or control).

Forrester also points to the government’s inability to provide the much-needed 5G network for rural areas as a necessary boost for cable and connectivity providers and Internet satellite companies to challenge 5G.

The company estimates that 85% of satellite users come from rural areas.

For more information, read the original story in Tech Republic.

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