IoT cloud platform usage cases

The IoT platform helps organizations build, manage, store, and protect data, and directly impacts the creation of working ideas. There are several platforms for IoT technology and it is quite difficult to decide and choose the most suitable and the best. Ideal cloud platforms should consist of the right components and infrastructure that are able to ensure smooth implementation using IoT technology solutions. Some engineers work on several platforms at once, like engineers of our company, using protocols of local servers. Developers of various IoT products try to be always on time, so they are introducing cloud platforms to store valuable information and data. Modern technologies (artificial intelligence, web and mobile applications, data analysis, IoT products) need to support a powerful platform. For the organization and adoption of certain business decisions, it is very important to integrate connected IoT devices and devices with iot cloud platform services. To create a complete, contextual representation of user and operational data, 2smart provides IoT platform integration or fusion services. Thanks to this innovative approach, developers help you achieve your goals and business goals.

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Let's see what cloud storage is for IoT

An IoT cloud is a network that communicates with IoT entities and applications. The necessary equipment for operations and processing includes storage, servers, and the underlying infrastructure. Cloud storage also consists of the services and standards needed to manage and protect devices and applications.

A cloud service is an efficient, flexible, and scalable model across the infrastructure of services that are needed to power IoT applications and devices. This option is ideal for enterprises with limited resources. The cloud offers a cost-effective data retention option that allows you not to extend the structure of the application or device. This type of cooperation is suitable for both large enterprises and small companies. In today's world, cloud services are becoming more and more popular, regardless of the size of the enterprise that uses it. Previously, when there was no cloud, developers had to create a holistic application infrastructure, with a server, their own hardware and software. All of these services were essentially configured, maintained, upgraded, and protected against viruses. All this was a big expense for the company's budget and a big risk. Now, thanks to the creation of a cloud service, you avoid unnecessary expenses, do not bother the development team and can focus on the main goal of your business. The platform is multifunctional and practical. It allows you to generate costs, and it is very different from all other ways of using IoT technology.

The most efficient benefits of cloud system

1. Scalability of the platform.

The big advantage of an IoT system in the cloud is its scalability. Usually, in the situation of complex local infrastructures, scaling requires the purchase of expensive equipment, spending a lot of time and energy to provide it. In a cloud system, you have the opportunity to rent a virtual server and quickly realize your goals, as well as eliminate existing problems. Cloud platform systems are more flexible if you have any storage requirements or the number of devices.

2. Mobility and round-the-clock access

Given that your data is now stored in one place, with the help of the cloud, you can access it whenever you want and from any device. Your data is not bound by any network restrictions or restrictions of other users. When we talk about IoT projects that include real-time monitoring and management of connected devices, data mobility plays a very important role. A cloud-based system gives you a lot more benefits than a local one, as it provides you with the tools to manage and update all of the company's devices, as well as sensors that help monitor the process and analyze the data collected.

3. Save energy and effort

By properly configuring a platform that uses cloud storage, you spend less time and effort implementing all the plans and tasks you've done. Given that a local network requires numerous costs to ensure operability and data analysis, plus it needs to be constantly updated, storage in the cloud is far superior to it. Sometimes, reducing the time and costs of a local network can be a decisive business factor.

4. Security

Since the advent of IoT technology, the issue of security has been very acute and required serious attention. If you use a local area network to store your data, then all security depends on you and your company entirely. Therefore, the issue of abandoning the local network is also a refusal to control their information, and some business owners may be afraid of this and afraid to give up control over the data of a neighboring organization. Despite this fact, storing and processing your information on the cloud is more secure than in an on-premises server. Due to the fact that the cloud storage is constantly updated, as well as its software and firmware, monitored and protected, you can avoid serious security problems.

5. Reduced maintenance costs

In the case of using a cloud storage service, you avoid unnecessary expenses for personnel and equipment maintenance, as well as its updating. The cost of implementing the cloud in your device is insignificant, they are formed on the basis of actual use. Given this capability, it is easier for you to predict and calculate costs, unlike using a local server. This is his big plus. In the case of local networks and storage, you still have to spend money on maintenance and compensation for downtime.

To summarize the information about cloud systems can be quite simple. In the case of managing IoT devices and applications from different sources, you will need to store your data somewhere, especially if this will require scalability. 2Smart IoT Device Management Platform meets all of the cloud storage market requirements for our customers. Thanks to the necessary scalability, which occurs in an atomic manner, an independent cloud architecture and a flexible pricing policy, we provide the best service of the cloud platform.

Micah Soto

Update 13 May 2022