IOT platform of Amazon : Infinite Use Cases

What is IOT?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect, process and analyze data.

IoT allows objects to be sensed and controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more direct integration between the physical world and computer-based systems and can result in improved efficiency for the end user.

Why everyone is talking about IOT?

We will have 20 to 25 billion connected devices by 2020. That's the massive numbers of connected devices. To support this all the major players are looking to build the framework to support IOT implementations. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple are already developing something which will help organizations to gather, monitor and control the data flow to take the real-time actions.

Amazon IOT Button

Amazon has started looking into IOT in 2014 and introducing devices called amazon dash buttons, A wifi connected device which allows users to order a single item by just clicking dash button and item arrives at your doorsteps. A user can program this button to based on the Amazon dash hardware. A user can use multiple dash button and keep ordering these items by just pushing dash buttons. Now amazon is expanding its reach in IOT space developing IOT platform.

Amazon IOT Platform

AWS has launched IOT platform that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud platform and application and other devices. AWS IOT can supports millions even billion devices and trillion messages and also it can process and send messages to AWS endpoints securely.

Amazon has launched very powerful IOT framework which also works with other amazon services, like s3.

To more detail about AWS IoT is here:

AWS IoT components:

1. Device gateway
2. Authentication and Authorization
3. Registry
4. Device Shadows
5. Rules Engine
6. AWS IoT API

Amazon IoT Works will provide more information into the IoT platform.


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