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Dan Byles, SmarterUK

13 January 2016 • 10 min read

Dan Byles of SmarterUK argues that wherever you work you need to be prepared for the green transformation the Internet of Things will deliver

Smart Cities and the Internet of Things (IoT) are up there near the top of the hype cycle. You don't have to be in the technology sector to know that, anyone who reads fairly widely can't miss it. But...

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