Dlodlo, NFoko, Thato EMvelase, PMathaba, S2013-01-282013-01-282012-06Dlodlo, N., Foko, T.E., Mvelase, P. and Mathaba, S. 2012. The state of affairs in Internet of Things research. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, vol. 15(3), pp 244-2581566-6379http://www.ejise.com/volume15/issue3/p244http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6438Copyright: 2012 Academic conferences and publishing International. Published in Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, vol. 15(3), pp 224-258.With the internet of things (IoT) being a new research area, the work that is going on in this field worldwide is disjoint. The picture is not clear on who is doing what and where, thereby making it difficult not only for newcomers into this field to define their space and also engage with potential collaboration partners, but also for the relatively established researchers as well to gain the necessary support in their work. This paper documents the international research that is going on in the area of IoT. It shows the main role players and the research territory they operate in. It also documents future research trends in the internet of things.enInternet of ThingsIoTInformation systems evaluationArticleDlodlo, N., Foko, T. E., Mvelase, P., & Mathaba, S. (2012). The state of affairs in Internet of Things research. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6438Dlodlo, N, Thato E Foko, P Mvelase, and S Mathaba "The state of affairs in Internet of Things research." (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6438Dlodlo N, Foko TE, Mvelase P, Mathaba S. The state of affairs in Internet of Things research. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6438.TY - Article AU - Dlodlo, N AU - Foko, Thato E AU - Mvelase, P AU - Mathaba, S AB - With the internet of things (IoT) being a new research area, the work that is going on in this field worldwide is disjoint. The picture is not clear on who is doing what and where, thereby making it difficult not only for newcomers into this field to define their space and also engage with potential collaboration partners, but also for the relatively established researchers as well to gain the necessary support in their work. This paper documents the international research that is going on in the area of IoT. It shows the main role players and the research territory they operate in. It also documents future research trends in the internet of things. DA - 2012-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Internet of Things KW - IoT KW - Information systems evaluation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 1566-6379 T1 - The state of affairs in Internet of Things research TI - The state of affairs in Internet of Things research UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6438 ER -