{"id":1346,"date":"2016-06-07T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gallop.net\/blog\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2019-02-19T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T09:46:11","slug":"testing-machine-to-machine-interactions-in-iot-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/testing-machine-to-machine-interactions-in-iot-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Machine to Machine interactions in IOT World"},"content":{"rendered":"

M2M or Machine to Machine interactions have been around for quite some time now and with IoT getting into mainstream, the machine to machine interactions are at the forefront again.<\/p>\n

So what makes IoT and M2M so interesting?<\/p>\n

As per GSMA Intelligence<\/a><\/strong>, there are now more than 7.82 billion devices, including M2M devices, which is way above the number of humans pegged at 7.4bn. We are working in a world where the importance of connected devices is getting more relevant and with the amount of automation happening, we are going to see a huge jump in the connected machines by next decade. As per Cisco<\/strong>, \u201cthe Internet of Things (IoT) will have up to 50 billion things (or devices) that will be connected to the Internet by 2020; or, the equivalent of 6 devices for every person on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though M2M has been there since 1930s, when the British military first invented radar to detect aircraft, it is getting into every household these days. M2M is at the heart of Internet of Things and with connected devices getting so common, in future, it might be at every corner of your house. IoT is all about connected devices communicating with each other in form of data which is being analyzed and action being taken in real-time with\/without human intervention. Given the current pace of things, human intervention is going to get less every year.<\/p>\n

As more and more devices start taking decisions without human intervention, testing and certifying such devices will become more critical for the organizations. Some of the factors which needs to be considered are:<\/p>\n