Gartner forecasts 25B IoT-based installed devices by 2020, with 6.8B alone in smart cities.
Smart machines will become a catalyst of Industrie 4.0 adoption across global governments.
Spending by national, federal and local governments worldwide on technology products and services is forecast to grow from $430.1B in 2016 to $476.1B by 2020.

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