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Gartner: Internet of Things Has Reached Hype Peak

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Brandon Butler writes In the annual battle of the buzzwords, the Internet of Things has won. Each year the research firm Gartner puts out a Hype Cycle of emerging technologies, a sort of report card for various trends and buzzwords. This year, IoT tops the list. On another note, somewhat surprising is that Gartner says the "cloud computing" is not just hype anymore, but becoming a mainstream technology.

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  1. Why did they pick such a bad buzzword? by Cozminsky · · Score: 5, Funny

    The internet of things sounds so stupid. In the spirit of stupid marketing phrases that mean nothing like "the cloud" wouldn't it be cooler to call it "the swarm"?

  2. Peak Hype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If anyone can be said to be experts on Peak Hype, Gartner certainly would be the ones.