Chapter 6: Educational and
Business Opportunities
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Introduction to the Internet of Things v2.0
Chapter 6: Educational and
Business Opportunities
Introduction to the Internet of Things
v2.0 Planning Guide
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Chapter 6: Educational and
Business Opportunities
Introduction to the Internet of Things v2.0
Chapter 6 - Sections & Objectives
6.1 Explain the challenges and opportunities that exist in the digitized world.
• Explain the challenges and opportunities that exist in the digitized world.
• Describe the educational opportunities and communities of interest related to IoT.
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6.1 Where Can I Go from
Here?
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital World
Become an Informed Consumer
Technical gains, together with recent developments in
automation and artificial intelligence, have created a highly
digitized world.
Digitization currently impacts every aspect of our daily lives
and continues to provide new opportunities for
professionals.
The IoT provides an immeasurable amount of information
that is readily available for consumption.
Think about what else has changed in your life because of
the IoT.
The IoT is also freeing humans from the drudgery of routine
and repetitive tasks such as restocking shelves and order
fulfillment.
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital World
Challenges in the Digitized World
We are now faced with an ever expanding collection of new
technology that we must master.
Transformational technologies that we have experienced in
recent history.
• The development of the automobile allowed for greater
mobility of the workforce and increased recreational activities.
• The personal computer allowed the automation of many
routine tasks and improved their accuracy and efficiency.
• The Internet started to break down geographic barriers and
improve equality between people on a global scale.
Each perceived challenge opens up many new
opportunities.
Can you imagine how your life would be without a car,
personal computer, or access to the Internet?
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital World
The Evolving Job Market
Traditional jobs are being replaced with jobs that are
designed to embrace this new world and all it offers.
These jobs reflect skills spanning multiple disciplines that
include computer science, computer engineering, and
software engineering in the following areas:
• Artificial Intelligence
• Application Development
• IoT Program Developer
• IoT Security Specialist
• Collaboration
• Enterprise Networks
• Data Center and Virtualization
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The Evolving Job Market (Cont.)
There are broad categories that summarize the job
opportunities that exist in the evolving digitized
world:
• Enablers – These jobs develop and implement the
underlying technology.
• Engagers –These jobs design, create, integrate, and
deliver IoT services to customers.
• Enhancers – These jobs devise their own value-
added services, on top of the services provided by
Engagers, which are unique to the Internet of Things .
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital World
Entrepreneurs needed!
New kind of IT specialist needed! Individuals with
the knowledge and skillsets to develop new IoT-
enabled products and process the data they collect.
An entrepreneurial workforce is needed that
specializes in both information science and software
or computer engineering.
People must collaborate and learn from each other
to understand the things, the networks, and
methodologies that harness the limitless potential of
the IoT.
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital World
Lifelong Learning
With the ever changing landscape of the
digitized world, we must stay current in
order to realize the full potential of what the
IoT has to offer.
The job market will continue to offer more
opportunities as new technologies evolve.
The skill sets required for these jobs will
evolve at the same time, thus creating the
need for lifelong learning.
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Educational and Professional Opportunities
Cisco Networking Academy
There is a global shortage of people who
are qualified to implement and maintain
networking solutions.
Cisco Networking Academy:
• Helps individuals prepare for industry-
recognized certifications and entry-level
information and communication
• Many graduates have gone on to
technology (ICT) careers in virtually every
successful IT careers in a variety of
type of industry.
industries, while others have started
• Trained more than five million students to their own businesses.
date.
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Educational and Professional Opportunities
Networking Academy Curriculum
Students complete hands-on learning activities
and network simulations to develop practical
skills that will help them find jobs in IT.
These are some of the offerings of the
Networking Academy:
• IoT Fundamentals
• IT Essentials
• Entrepreneurship • For more information on our
• Introduction to Cybersecurity latest offerings, go to the
• CCNA Routing and Switching Networking Academy website
• CCNA Security at www.netacad.com.
• CCNP
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Educational and Professional Opportunities
Communities of Interest
A community of interest is a group of people who
share a common interest or passion about a
specific topic.
IEEE and LinkedIn have an IoT community.
Some communities are supported by industry
and provide a place to help development of their
products and technology, as well as those of their
business partners. Two such communities DevNet is a Developer Program from
provided by Cisco are the Cisco Learning Cisco that consists of a website, an
Network and Cisco DevNet. interactive developer community,
coordinated developer tools, integrated
Cisco Learning Network is designed for people
discussion forums, and sandboxes.
who wish to develop their skills in various Cisco developer.cisco.com
technologies and pursue Cisco certification.
learningnetwork.cisco.com
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Educational and Professional Opportunities
Industry Certifications
Industry certifications are highly respected
by employers around the world and help
validate the skills needed to launch
successful careers in networking and IT.
Certifications are achieved by passing an
exam proctored by a certifying authority.
There are two basic types of certification
available: vendor-specific and vendor-
neutral. To explore all of the different Cisco career
certifications, visit the following website:
Most often, certifications must be renewed https://learningnetwork.cisco.com.
over time.
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Additional Learning Resources
Community college or university degrees
can show that a person has gained a
broad understanding in a field of study.
A combination of industry certifications
and university degrees provides a student Business Intelligence
with the best background, experience, and Computer Information Systems
education to pursue a career with greater Computer Programming
opportunities and higher salary. Computer Science
Database Administration
Look for a degree to pursue at a
Electromechanical Automation
community college or university that will
pertain to the skillsets needed for a career
Electronics Engineering
in IoT, watch for some of the following Linux Networking
degrees: Machining
Network Administration
System Analysis
Web Server Administrator
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Educational and Professional Opportunities
Lab – IoT Related Job and Learning Opportunities
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6.2 Chapter Summary
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Chapter Summary
Summary
Technical gains, together with recent developments in automation and artificial intelligence, have
created a highly digitized world.
Digitization currently impacts every aspect of our daily lives and continues to provide new
opportunities for professionals.
We are now faced with an ever expanding collection of new technology that we must master.
Traditional jobs are being replaced with jobs that are designed to embrace this new world and all it
offers.
There are broad categories that summarize the job opportunities that exist in the evolving digitized
world:
• Enablers – These jobs develop and implement the underlying technology.
• Engagers –These jobs design, create, integrate, and deliver IoT services to customers.
• Enhancers – These jobs devise their own value-added services, on top of the services
provided by Engagers, which are unique to the Internet of Things .
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Chapter Summary
Summary (Cont.)
An entrepreneurial workforce is needed that specializes in both information science and
software or computer engineering.
People must collaborate and learn from each other to understand the things, the networks,
and methodologies that harness the limitless potential of the IoT.
The job market will continue to offer more opportunities as new technologies evolve.
The skill sets required for these jobs will evolve at the same time, thus creating the need for lifelong
learning.
Cisco Networking Academy:
Helps individuals prepare for industry-recognized certifications and entry-level information and communication technology (ICT)
careers in virtually every type of industry.
Trained more than five million students to date.
For more information on our latest offerings, go to the Networking Academy website at www.netacad.com.
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Chapter Summary
Summary (Cont.)
A community of interest is a group of people who share a common interest or passion about a
specific topic.
Cisco Learning Network is designed for people who wish to develop their skills in various Cisco
technologies and pursue Cisco certification. learningnetwork.cisco.com
DevNet is a Developer Program from Cisco that consists of a website, an interactive developer
community, coordinated developer tools, integrated discussion forums, and sandboxes.
developer.cisco.com
Certifications are achieved by passing an exam proctored by a certifying authority.
There are two basic types of certification available: vendor-specific and vendor-neutral.
To explore all of the different Cisco career certifications, visit the following website:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com.
Community college or university degrees can show that a person has gained a broad
understanding in a field of study.
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