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Workplace Wearables Expected To Reach 75 Million Devices by 2020, Says Report

More than 75 million wearable devices will be adopted in enterprise and industrial environments between 2014 and 2020, said a Tractica report released Wednesday. Smart watches are expected to be the largest category of wearables in the workplace, followed by…

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fitness trackers and smart glasses, it said. In the enterprise segment, personal wearables will predominate, along with fitness trackers or smart watches provided by employers as part of corporate wellness programs, said Tractica. In industrial environments, wearables will revolve around use cases in fields including oil and gas, mining, aerospace, warehouse, engineering services, transport/logistics, field maintenance and mobile workforce management, it said.