Optimists at CompTIA predict the number of connected “things” will grow 23.1% annually between 2014 and 2020, at which point 50.1 billion devices are expected to be in the wild. Consultants at Bain have a different view: Their surveys of over 600 executives found that 90% of companies aiming to deploy IoT at some point remain in the planning and proof-of-concept stage. Only 20% expected to “implement solutions at scale” by 2020.

Source: Why the internet of things demands a flexible platform | IoT Agenda