There is an implementation of a top-layer framework for interconnecting different IoT devices from different providers. An open platform designed to operate on any hardware, operating system or application environment for maximum scale. Connectivity can include existing and new IoT protocol standards as well as proprietary interfaces. Interoperability between community-developed software will be maintained through a certification program.
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Category: Cloud Computing
Internet-based computing that provides shared processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
In the PaaS models, cloud providers deliver a computing platform, typically including operating system, programming-language execution environment, database, and web server. Application developers can develop and run their software solutions on a cloud platform without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers.
The term “platform as a service (PaaS)” is considered to be part of the nomenclature of cloud computing, along with infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS), desktop as a service (DaaS), managed software as a service (MSaaS), mobile back-end as a service (MBaaS), and information technology management as a service (ITMaaS).
Tool: Cloud Foundry is an open source cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS).
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) refers to online services that abstract the user from the details of infrastructure like physical computing resources, location, data partitioning, scaling, security, backup etc. Means computing infrastructure, virtual machines and other resources as resources to subscribers.
The term “infrastructure as a service (IaaS)” is considered to be part of the nomenclature of cloud computing, along with software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), desktop as a service (DaaS), managed software as a service (MSaaS), mobile back-end as a service (MBaaS), and information technology management as a service (ITMaaS).