Azure Internet of Things Revealed: Architecture and Fundamentals

© Robert Stackowiak 2019

R. StackowiakAzure Internet of Things Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5470-7_1

1. Modern IoT Architecture Patterns

Robert Stackowiak¹ 

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Elgin, IL, USA

 

Today, Microsoft Azure footprints are often designed to be part of a broader architecture that includes Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Though you might be new to this type of solution, the need for such an architecture did not suddenly appear overnight. IoT itself has a long history that predates the cloud and Big Data.

Today’s architectures feature highly scalable event handling enabling real-time analysis in what Microsoft has named the “intelligent cloud” and deployment of machine learning at the “intelligent edge” in the devices. As more advanced IoT solution ...