Report: IoT and blockchain integration are booming among US businesses

Tech analytics firm Gartner has news for companies planning to integrate their Internet of Things (IoT) systems with blockchain: You’re not alone.

Seventy-five percent of organizations have already merged the two, or plan to do so within the next year. That number jumps to 89% within two years, signaling that companies with heavy investment in IoT technology nearly all see the value of using blockchain tech to improve IoT security and reliability.

To make the case for IoT and blockchain working side by side even more airtight, 94% of companies with mature IoT implementations (defined be Gartner as using KPIs and...