Digital IT News gathered predictions from industry leaders on the future of IoT in 2026. The consensus: IoT is evolving from passive data collection into an operational nervous system capable of sensing, deciding, and acting in real time. Contributors emphasize the shift from raw telemetry toward AI-driven, self-orchestrating environments that prevent incidents and automate decisions before human intervention is needed.
Radix IoT CEO Maury Blackman predicts that B2B IoT will fragment into “verification layers” where device data gets cross-referenced against human observation to filter noise. Other contributors discuss the rise of predictive security, unified platforms replacing isolated point solutions, and hybrid cloud architectures combining on-premises control with cloud elasticity.
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