There is good news on the hype meter front. According to Gartner, The Internet of Things (IoT) is now close to its "peak of inflated expectations" in the research firm's 2013 Hype Cycle. As noted last week at Data Center Journal, there are high hopes for the Internet of Things among equipment manufacturers, chipmakers and technology developers. But many feel that IoT is greatly over-hyped and it's value is uncertain. "In a number of areas, the hype and the hesitation paint drastically different pictures of how the Internet of Things will shape future technology trends," the article notes. "On the technology side, the growing reliance on data centers as central computing hubs may expand or it may want, giving way to a more decentralized model that makes use of vast distributed resources."
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