The Internet of Things (IoT) is a hot technology trend and this week's National Cyber Security Awareness Month theme - consequently a great time for a primer.   This cursory list of resources was assembled as a quick foundation, it will surely evolve as the Internet of Things continues to mature - hopefully useful to those interested in exploring the world of smart devices.   Posted Oct 16, 2014, 3:14 PM

• Internet of Things on Wikipedia - rough/unsettled as of Oct 2014
• Forbes - Simple Explanation of 'The Internet of Things' - May 2014
• European Business Review - Internet of Things:  A Review and Future Perspective - May 2014

• Intel's Guide to the IoT Infographic
• Oldie, but goodie Intro video - The Internet of Things by IBM - March 2010
• Internet of Things 101 Infographic from National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2014

• Concept? - Smart Networks for Control - IEEE Journal 1994
• Phrase?  That "Intenet of Things" Thing - RFID Journal - 2009
• First Smart Devices?  The CMU SCS Coke Machine ~1982 - Ancient History 

• IoT reaches Top of Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies - August 2014 
• Cisco Whitepaper (PDF): Embracing the Internet of Everything To Capture Your Share of $14.4 Trillion - 2013
• IDC forecast IoT Market Size to Exceed 7 Trillion by 2020! - June 2014 IDC Report ($$$$$) or Infographic (PDF)

• Compare/Contrast:   Top IT vendors reveal their IoT strategies - Sept 2014
• Some of the Big Guys
• Intel - Internet of Things
• Cisco - Internet-of-Things
• Microsoft - Internet of Things 
• TI - Internet of Things (noisy)
• IBM - Smarter planet - Topics
• Verizon - Connected Machines
• GE - Industrial Internet of Things
• Qualcom - Internet of Everything
• Oracle - Internet of Things Platform
• AT&T Machine-to-Machine Solutions
• Start-Ups - Not 'Enterprise Elephants' - Lead the Internet of Things - Oct 2014

• M2M Alliance
• Allseen Alliance
• IoT-A Architecture
• Industrial Internet Consortium
• Internet of Things Consortium
• Open Interconnect Consortium
• Internet of Things Global Standards 
• IEEE Internet of Things Innovate Spaces

• postscapes.com - large collection of connectable devices and IoT resources
• Wolfram Connected Device Project - systematic knowledge about connected devices
• thingful.net - an interesting geographical index (map) of connected objects around the world

• Here's What It Looks Like When A 'Smart Toilet' Gets Hacked [Video] - Forbes (blog) - 2013 
• 'Smart Homes' Could Be Vulnerable to Hacking [another Video - Sorry] - ABC News - August 2013
• 'Father of the Internet' Urges Security for the Internet of Things - InTheCapital - October 2014

That's it - I hope it helps.  As always, feel free to drop me a line if you have suggestions

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