Cloud IoT means the collection of managed and platform services across edge and cloud that connect, monitor, and control billions of IoT assets.
Cloud platforms bring together the capabilities of IoT devices and cloud computing. They are also referred to by other terms like cloud service IoT platforms.
We use cloud platforms for IoT because, it allows us to easily connect, store, and manage IoT devices and data. Cloud platforms' main focus is to make IoT applications easy and fast to build. Cloud applications are also easy to scale to big audiences if needed.
One of the leading IIoT platforms. Provides easy connectivity for devices.
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Provides multiple services to create IoT solutions. It has pre-built connected solutions.
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A powerful platform, that provides easy sample apps and interfaces for IoT services. It is easy to try out Watson's samples to see how it works. This makes it stand out from the other platforms.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 175 fully-featured services from data centers globally.
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP), offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail, file storage, and YouTube.
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There are many different Cloud Platforms to choose from and everyone of them has their own positives and drawbacks.
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We choose to use IBM Watson for our IoT projects. It's a robust and popular platform with a lot of nice features. Watson offers free academic licenses for students and is easy to use.
In the video below you can find this information:
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In the next lesson, you will delve deeper into the IBM Watson platform. Good luck!