It is possible to identify, for the years to come, four distinct macro-trends that will shape the future of internet technologies, together with the explosion of ubiquitous devices that constitute the future Internet of Things [9]:
The term exaflood, coined by Bret Swanson of Progress & Freedom Foundation, refers to the growing torrent of data on the Internet.
As a general trend, as it becomes less expensive to integrate technology into physical objects, we will see more application and adoption of IoT. In consequence, IoT will have major implications for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies in the next years.