How The Internet of Things Can Create Disruptive Business Models
More and more companies are turning to a recurring revenue business model from online companies to unexpected companies such as Adobe and Audi. These new, unexpected, subscription-based business models are disruptive but when they are connected to the Internet of Things very interesting models can appear. Aria Co-founder Brendan O'Brien sat down with eCornell at Dreamforce '13 to discuss how the Internet of Things can influence recurring revenue model when more objects are embedded with sensors and gain the ability to communicate. The resulting information systems promise to create new business models, reduce costs and risks and improve business processes.
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Dr Mark van Rijmenam
Dr Mark van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker. He is a leading strategic futurist who thinks about how technology changes organisations, society and the metaverse. Dr Van Rijmenam is an international innovation keynote speaker, 5x author and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Datafloq and the author of the book on the metaverse: Step into the Metaverse: How the Immersive Internet Will Unlock a Trillion-Dollar Social Economy, detailing what the metaverse is and how organizations and consumers can benefit from the immersive internet. His latest book is Future Visions, which was written in five days in collaboration with AI. Recently, he founded the Futurwise Institute, which focuses on elevating the world’s digital awareness.
