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The Gartner Hype Cycle
around. Following the methodology, technologies are expected to reach their peak, slope down and, if they manage to stick it out, rise back up and eventually plateau. It can provide a resource for companies to understand what emerging technologies are worth investing in, as Matter was when it first came out. “I spoke to my network and I received the same opinion. ‘Matter is good, everybody’s excited, but we’re playing the waiting game.’ That went on for seven to eight months, and this was a regular discussion every time. That led us to ask a very fundamental question: What is missing?” Joshi queried.
companies working together cannot be understated. In the same vein, the standard is continually evolving and understanding companies’ individual experiences in working with Matter helped to highlight that there were some pain points that still need to be addressed. This can arguably be viewed as part of the learning curve. “When we spoke to our customers around a year or a year and a half ago, we suspected it was going through the famous Gartner Hype Cycle,” said Joshi. The Gartner Hype Cycle is a well-known, well-documented methodology for understanding how technologies evolve over time, and whether they’ll stick
The answer Joshi found was a “higher
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