IDG Contributor Network: Chief IoT Officer will be another cost saving for the CEO

A flurry of recent postings predicts that the Chief Internet of Things Officer (CIoT) will be the new seat at the table in the C-Suite.  The enthusiasm is probably a result of the now annual New Year’s discussions of the impact the Internet of Things (IoT) is going to have on business.  The role may have been first postulated a year ago by Jeff Kaplan at which time he surmised that the need for an IoT strategy justified a new C-level role.  The logic behind the need for lead