This IBM post draws the connection between how the Internet of Things (IoT) is moving into individual lives with the capability deployed in big business to protect and maintain major assets.  In each case, sensors are utilized to detect conditions and alert to potential costly events.

Somewhere in between, small business can take advantage of the same principals – protecting equipment that is integral to operations and costly to repair.  If big business needs this to stay profitable, this is exponentially important to small business.

Using the Internet of Things to detect asset failures before they occur.