Looking Through The Crystal Ball

Think the Holodeck from "Star" Trek is purely science fiction? Can a factory operate 24/7 without any humans inside?

"You will see completely lights out factories for manufacturing," said Rowan Trollope, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco Systems' IoT and Collaboration Technology Group. "You're going to see manufacturing technologies that are even easier to automate … that are really going to transform manufacturing."

Predicting the future of IoT and unified communications can be daunting, so CRN asked the experts what significant technologies advancements lie ahead as they collide to form a more efficient business world.