There are currently around 12 billion (yes, with a “b”), and the number is expected to reach 20 billion by 2020, just five ever-shorter years from now.Ībout 90% of the Internet routers and switches world-wide were made by Cisco or one of its subsidiaries (e.g., Linksys for non-commercial routers) and they’ve opened over 10,000 Cisco Networking Academies around the world to keep up with the demand for certified network admins who are needed to configure and maintain the routers and switches that connect all of those Things together. No technical background or other knowledge is needed – the course is completely self-contained, and one of the first slides shown is the growth of the number of devices on the Internet. The moment a student passes the certification exam, their e-mail inbox immediately starts filling with hard offers in the upper five figures with no other courses or even a two-year degree needed. I teach a Cisco Certified Networking Admin (CCNA) course in high school that’s normally taught at the two-year college level. How else will they be able to share appliance … ummmm … let’s call it “emotionally exciting stimulation” for a four-letter word that’s an abbreviation for an 11-letter word that begins with a “p” :D I finally figured out why we need to pay attention to the IoT after realizing why my toaster needs to be able to talk to my refrigerator over the Internet.
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