Submission + - Intel Eats Its Own Dogfood, Saves $9M Using Internet Of Things In Factory (itworld.com)
jfruh writes: A good way to sell someone a new technology? Prove to them that you believe in it enough to use it yourself. IBM has been trying to get customers to buy into the concept of the "Internet of Things," in which tiny distributed networked sensors would improve manufacturing processes. To prove its point, Big Blue implemented such a system in one of its Malaysian factories, and claimed $9 million in savings.