IOE VS. IOT VS. M2M: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE AND DOES IT MATTER?

Disruptive technologies of tomorrow usually lack widely accepted definitions and are often invented by individual entities not necessarily responsible for formulating and enforcing industry standards that govern the technology evolution. Innovation and advancements in the field of connected technologies started with networked computers which then progressed through the Internet era and have evolved beyond the concept of connecting physical objects as part of the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution.