Cloud computing is about delivery of different computing services involving databases, analytics, software, networking with the use of internet to enhance innovation, incorporate flexibility in resources and broaden profitability. However, Internet of Things (IoT) is an essential system for interrelating computer devices, digital machines, people and others which are offered with unique identifiers where data can be transferred with human involvement and wireless network. 42% of organisations in UK use cloud computing. The problem with cloud computing revolves around security and privacy issues as data is stored by a third party from inside or outside of the organisation leading to broken authentication, compromising of credentials and others. The use of IoT is vulnerable as it provides connectivity to devices, machines and people therefore, it needs to contain more storage that is made from cloud facilities. Survey has been conducted where primary quantitative method has been considered to obtain data from 101 managers of the organisation that has adopted cloud computing and IoT. However, 8 close-ended questions have been asked to 101 managers. Positivism philosophy has been used to make quantifiable observations along with descriptive design and others. The results and discussion will analyse responses of the respondents after conducting statistical analysis. However, research has been revolving around making a comparison between using cloud computing and IoT along with analysing organisational behaviour. / Revisión por pares

In this thesis, we have studied the phenomena of value co-creation in IoT ecosystem, while considering the potential impacts of GDPR on IT value co-creation in the IoT ecosystem. IT firms’ ability to create value is an important aspect of their existence and growth in which case they pursuit different and several means to accomplish this task. IT firms that operate within the IoT ecosystem are categorised as Enablers, Engagers, and Enhancers who interact, work together to provide the technology and services needed to both market the IoT and to deploy it for their own business operations. These actors usually deem it necessary to create value through a co-creation process with customers in order to create well needed, tailored and up-to-date IoT solutions. In such case, customers’ data play a significant role in the development process. Through computer analysis, these data can reveal insightful information that can lead to the creation of relevant and appropriate IT solutions. However, the EU new and upcoming General Data Protection Regulation stand to have some impacts on this creative process, by regulating data practices in technological activities, thereby, creating several concerns among the IT community.

The Internet of Things (IoT) concludes a network of physical objects equipped withdigital technologies to interact with people and other objects. IoT brings challenges,one way for organisations to address these challenges is by business ecosystems accordingto the analogy of natures ecosystem. This study defines an IoT oriented businessecosystem as an IoT ecosystem, because of the definitions used in the market varies.The purpose of this study was to investigate the critical factors for a working IoTecosystem, as well as propose how these factors can be applied in practice, since thisis absent in the market. A customized research design was conducted for this studyto manage the 17 semi-structured interviews at IBM. The interviews were divided initerations with di↵erent themes, where the result of each iteration was the base forthe decision of the next iteration theme. The result of this study reflected severalcritical perspectives of how to create an IoT ecosystem with partnership, end-userand scalability were recurrent. The conclusion of this were six critical factors of howan organisation can initiate an IoT ecosystem anchored with a product, as well as atool of how to apply these factors in practice. / Internet of Things (IoT) är ett koncept som innebär att fysiska objekt är utrustademed digital teknologi för att kunna vara uppkopplade mot internet, vilket möjliggörinteraktion med både människor och andra uppkopplade objekt. Med IoT följermånga utmaningar, ett sätt för organisationer att adressera några av dem är genoma affärsekosystem enligt analogi med naturens ekosystem. Det finns olika definitioner avkonceptet IoT ekosystem på marknaden som förklarar innebörden, därför definieraskonceptet i denna studie som ett affärsekosystem med utformning för IoT. Syftet med studien var att undersöka de kritiska faktorerna för ett fungerande IoT ekosystem samt att föreslå hur dessa faktorer kan användas i praktiken, då dettasaknas på marknaden. Forskningsmetoden i studien anpassades efter dess syfte, medinsamling av data från 17 stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer på IBM. Intervjuernavar indelade i iterationer med olika teman där resultat av varje iteration låg tillgrund för val av nästa iterationstema. Resultatet av studien på visade efter fyraiterationer, flera kritiska perspektiv för att skapa ett IoT ekosystem där partnerskap, slutanvändare och skalbarhet var återkommande. Slutsatsen blev sex kritiska faktorer för hur en organisation kan inleda ett IoT ekosystem kring en produkt, samt ettverktyg för hur dessa faktorer kan appliceras i en organisation i praktiken.

物聯網 (IoT): 將為汽車產業打造一個全新的商業模式 / We are living in an era of the “Internet of Things” as we are more than ever connected to the Internet with our smartphones, tablets, PCs, and etc. With technological advancement in terms of increased broadband coverage and changes in customer behavior, more and more “things” will be connected in retail, infrastructure, home and office buildings, and etc. The communication of devices opens up new business opportunities with increased involvement of services including IT, financial, data analytics, media, and etc. Smart mobility is on the rise, specifically with the Connected Car. Vehicle owners and potential consumers are interested in having connectivity inside a car in addition to services that give them access to applications for information, content and entertainment. With many benefits and opportunities in the Automotive IoT field, stakeholders within the IoT ecosystem including service providers, software developers, automakers, hardware manufacturers, and etc. can reap a great deal of revenue through unique business models that require strategic partnerships, technological innovation and value-added services to deliver to the customer.