IoT Devices Communication Need of Listener for IoT Device Communication

The emergence of IoT-the networked connection of people, process, data and things-is expected to significantly grow the number of connected devices worldwide, from billions of units we have today, to tens of billions of units expected to be deployed in the coming years as stated by several analysts: 1) IDC1 states that "By 2018, cloud, mobile, and IoT services providers will own/operate 30% of IT assets in edge locations and micro data centers". 2) Prediction is that "By 2020, IoT technology will be in 95% of electronics for new product designs, while development of listener needs to be sorted". 3) Forrester recently ranked the Internet of Things the number 1 tech trend from 2018 to 2020.