The internet of everything (IoE) is a radical new idea that expands the scope of connection beyond the Internet of Things (IoT) and its emphasis on physical objects to also include digital ones such as people, processes, and data. That "advantage of IoE is derived from the cumulative effect of linking people, process, data, and things, and the value this greater connectivity produces as 'everything' comes online," was Cisco's original explanation for the notion of IoE. When compared to IoE, which also includes connections between humans and machines, IoT solely refers to the networking of physical items. Cisco and other advocates of IoE think that by "connecting the disconnected," new value may be created for those who take advantage of it.