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One of the reasons why IoT has gained momentum in the recent past is the rise of cloud services. Though the concept of M2M existed for over a decade, organizations never tapped into the rich insights derived from the datasets generated by sensors and devices. Existing infrastructure was just not ready to deal with the massive scale demanded by the connected devices architecture. That’s where cloud becomes an invaluable resource for enterprises.
With abundant storage and ample computing power, cloud became an affordable extension to the enterprise data center. The adoption of cloud resulted in increased usage of Big Data platforms and analytics. Organizations are channelizing every bit of data generated from a variety of sources and devices to the cloud where it is stored, processed, and analyzed for deriving valuable insights. The combination of cloud and Big Data is the key enabler of Internet of Things. IoT is all set to become the killer use case for distributed computing and analytics.
Cloud service providers such as Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle are offering managed IoT platforms that deliver the entire IoT stack as a service. Customers can on-board devices, ingest data, define data processing pipelines that analyze streams in real-time, and derive insights from the sensor data. Cloud-based IoT platforms are examples of verticalized PaaS offerings, which are designed for a specific use case.
While cloud is a perfect match for the Internet of Things, not every IoT scenario can take advantage of it. Industrial IoT solutions demand low-latency ingestion and immediate processing of data. Organizations cannot afford the delay caused by the roundtrip between the devices layer and cloud-based IoT platforms. The solution demands instant processing of data streams with quick turnaround. For example, it may be too late before the IoT cloud shuts down an LPG refilling machine after detecting an unusual combination of pressure and temperature thresholds. Instead, the anomaly should be detected locally within milliseconds followed by an immediate action triggered by a rule. The other scenario that demands local processing is healthcare. Given the sensitivity of data, healthcare companies don’t want to stream critical data points generated by life-saving systems. That data needs to be processed locally not only for faster turn-around but also for anonymizing personally identifiable patient data.
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Janakiram MSV heads the Cloud Infrastructure Services at Aditi Technologies. He was the founder and CTO of Get Cloud Ready Consulting, a niche Cloud Migration and Cloud Operations firm that recently got acquired by Aditi Technologies. In his current role, he leads a highly talented engineering team that focuses on migrating and managing applications deployed on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Windows Azure Infrastructure Services.
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