The Practicalities of Implementing the Internet of Things. Gartner continues to see huge interest around the Internet of Things (IoT) as the technology continues its expansion â but there are a myriad of issues to consider before implementation.1  Free Research.he Practicalities of Implementing the Internet of Things. Gartner continues to see huge interest around the Internet of Things (IoT) as the technology continues its expansion â but there are a myriad of issues to consider before implementation.
Within days of the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, underwater cameras revealed the BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana.
The explosion caused the Deepwater Horizon to burn and sink, resulting in a massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the world, and the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.t the time of the explosion, the Deepwater Horizon was on Mississippi Canyon Block 252, referred to as the Macondo Prospect, in the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico, about 41 miles (66 km) off the Louisiana coast.