Cisco calls it the "Internet of Everything." For GE, it's the "Industrial Internet." But the generic name used by most people is the "Internet of Things (IoT)." All these terms refer to the same concept: the use of electronic sensors -- supported by social, mobile, analytics, and cloud (SMAC) technologies -- to enable a multitude of connected devices and machines, and a subsequent deluge of data, both of which lead to a host of new opportunities in