A few milestones in Internet, machine-to-machine, and Internet of Things:
| 1969 | "The first successful message on the ARPANET was sent by UCLA student programmer Charley Kline, at 10:30 pm on 29 October 1969, from Boelter Hall 3420." [wikipedia] |
| 1981 | TCP and IP (IPv4) protocols are standardized, in the forms still used today (2015). |
| 1982 | One claim of first IoT device, CMU's Coke machine, status (only, no control) via finger protocol. |
| 1990 | First Internet-connected toaster, another Thing, first including control. Using SNMP. |
| 1995 | First proposal of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification (RFC 1883) |
| 1999 | The term "Internet of Things" was first documented by a British visionary, Kevin Ashton. [Wikipedia] |
| 2000 | First refrigerator with Internet is released (LG, price >$20 000). Unsuccessful due to cost and seen an unnecessary and obscure. |
| 2011 | Ericsson envisions 50 billion connected devices by 2020. [Ericsson, Feb. 2011] "Cisco IBSG predicts there will be 25 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2015 and 50 billion by 2020" [Cisco Apr. 2011] |
| 2011 | Asia-Pacific (APNIC) runs out of IPv4 addresses on April 14. [Wikipedia] |
| 2011 | World IPv6 Day on June 8, 2011 - evaluation of real world use. |
| 2011 | Nest Labs releases their first thermostat in November, Internet-connected via Wi-Fi ($249). |
| 2012 | World IPv6 Launch Day on June 6, 2012 - "this time, it's for real" |
| 2012 | Europe (RIPE NCC) is second area after APNIC to run out of IPv4 addresses (Sept.). [Wikipedia] (Latin America and the Caribbean is 3rd and runs out in June 2014. Finally, North America runs out in September 2015.) |
| 2015 | M2MDB enters the market. |
| Year | Internet Hostsa | Web Sitesb | "Things"d |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 4 (ARPANET) | 0 (first 1990) | 0 |
| 1990 Nov | > 100 thousand | 1c | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 million | Over 200. | 0 |
| (Mosaic web browser is also released in 1993). | |||
| 1996 | 10 million | 257 thousand | 0 |
| 1999 | 60 million | 3.2 million | The term "Internet of Things" was first documented by a British visionary, Kevin Ashton. [Wikipedia] |
| 2001 | 100 million | 29 million | |
| 2008-2009 | 700 million | 238 million | 'Internet of Things' "born", per definition from Cisco. When more devices, things, are connected than there are people on Earth |
| 2010 | 800 million | 206 million | 2011 Cisco, estimation: |
| 2011 | 850 million | 346 million | |
| 2012 | 900 million | 697 million | 2013 Cisco, estimation: 8.7 billion (broader), 2-3 billion (direct, Things) (Forbese) |
| 2013 | 1 billion | 672 million | 2014 Gartner, estimation: 3 billion |
| 2014 | 1 billion | 969 million | 2014 Gartner, estimation: 3.8 billion |
| 2015 | 1 billion | area of -"- | 2011 Cisco, projection: 2013 Cisco, estimation: 15 billion (Forbese) 2014 Gartner, projection: 4.9 billion |
| 2020 | TBD | TBD | 2011 Cisco, projection: 2013 Cisco, estimation: 40 billion (Forbese) 2014 Gartner, projection: 25 billion |
a Internet hosts: [1] "Number of Hosts advertised in the DNS", ftp.isc.org/... (2015-04).
b Web sites: w3.org/History.html and internetlivestats.com/...
d nxoc01.cern.ch - first web server ever
d Internet of Things, detailed definition may vary depending on report/source
e Article in Forbes magazine, December 2013, wiith Rob Soderbery, Cisco Executive
(TBD = To Be Determined)