IoT, Big Data & Cloud Computing - Made for Each Other

Though you all are familiar with the jargons Internet of things, big data and cloud computing, however, before we discuss the topic let’s have an overview of them.

What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?

Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a system of connected physical objects via the internet. The ‘thing’ in IoT can refer to a person or any device which is assigned through an IP address. A ‘thing’ collects and transfers data over the internet without any manual intervention with the help of embedded technology. It helps them to interact with the external environment or internal states to take the decisions.

What is Big Data?

Big Data means a large set (petabytes or gigabytes) of structured, unstructured or semi-structured data and analyzing those data to get the insights of the business trend.

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing is an on-demand delivery of database, compute power, storage, applications and other IT resources through cloud services platform over the internet on the pay-as-you-go basis. It is called cloud computing because the information that is to be accessed is found in “the cloud” and it does not require a user to be in particular region to get access to it.

How IoT, Big Data & Cloud Computing is better together?

Cloud computing plays the role of a common workplace for IoT and big data where IoT is the source of data and big data as a technology is the analytic platform of the data.

According to IDC, more than 90% of IoT data will be hosted on the Cloud platform within the next five years.

The reasons behind it are –

1. An enormous amount of IoT data generation which will feed the big data systems.
2. To reduce the complexity of data blending in IoT which is one of its criteria to maximize its benefits. The concept behind it is – if the IoT applications and data operate in silos we will not get the full potential out of it. Hence, to get better insights and to make decisions, blending information (data) from various sources is the best way.

Hence, for the above mentioned two points, we see a clear need for embracing cloud-based systems for both IoT and Big Data. This directs towards information-based outcome orientation from product-orientation.

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