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The Internet of Things: A Reality Check

Published

Author(s)

George Hurlburt, Jeff Voas, Keith Miller

Abstract

The short persepctive explains the concept behind Internet of Things (IoT). The publication is a perspectives piece for an IEEE magazine and not intended to be technical. This is intended to be published in a specific column in the magazine.
Citation
IT Professional (IEEE)
Volume
14
Issue
3

Keywords

internet of things (IOT), security, RFID

Citation

Hurlburt, G. , Voas, J. and Miller, K. (2012), The Internet of Things: A Reality Check, IT Professional (IEEE), [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2012.60, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910478 (Accessed October 7, 2025)

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Created June 10, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021
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