The document discusses the growth of the global internet economy, projected to reach around $10 trillion by 2016, and highlights significant increases in connected devices, estimating 50 billion by 2020. It also mentions the volume of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. and the direct transactions between businesses and consumers in Europe and the UK. Additionally, it predicts that by 2020, 60% of digital identities interacting with enterprises will originate from external identity providers.

1. Prabath Siriwardena,
Director Security Architecture, WSO2
Connected Identity:
Benefits, Risks & Challenges

4. The global Internet
economy is
somewhere in the
neighborhood of
$10 trillion
US dollars

5. By 2016, almost half
the world’s
population - about
3 billion
people - will use the
internet

6. During 2008, the
number of things
connected to
Internet exceeded
the number of
people on earth

7. Over
12.5 billion
devices were
connected to
the Internet in
2012

8. 25 billion
devices will be
connected to
the Internet by
2015

9. 50 billion
devices will be
connected to
the Internet by
2020

17. In U.S only, mergers
and acquisitions
volume totaled to
$865.1 billion in the
first nine months of
2013, according to
Dealogic

18. In Europe 58 percent
transact directly with
users from other
businesses and/or
consumers

19. In UK 65 percent
transact directly with
users from other
businesses and/or
consumers

20. By 2020, 60% of
all digital
identities
interacting with
enterprises will
come from
external IdPs

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