48 I ICT TODAY
Smart devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, cars, and entire homes, are plentiful. A well-designed smart device
or application in the business to business (B2B) world enables more confident, efficient, and cost-effective decision
making with less room for error. It also provides data for either manual or automatic proactive action to avoid
detrimental failures (i.e., achieve more with less). A plethora of supporting smart technologies to deliver smart
applications for these devices are being introduced. The ICT world is one of these supporting areas, driving
infrastructure and supporting equipment toward smart use-cases to align with quickly evolving needs. The ICT
industry is in a unique position to deliver entire smart systems due to its role in building an interconnected web
of data that these smart applications and devices require.
Smart Infrastructure is
Driving Forward the Physical Layer
and Smart Installation Equipment
By Lucas Mays
