We have already seen in Chapter 3, Getting Started with IoT Platforms, what an IoT platform is. In this section, let's dig a bit deeper into the same architecture.
I had the privilege to architect and design an IoT platform named The IoT Suitcase. I started working on it in mid-2015 and finished the basic stack by the end of 2015. My goals in designing the platform involved these factors:
- Data processing
- Security
- Seamless hardware and cloud software integration
- Device management for individual devices and groups of devices
- User interfaces and dashboards
- High scalability
- Enterprise readiness
- Most important of all, the ability to add intelligence
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