Internet of Things

72 Internet of Things

Challenge #2: Scalability

According to Cisco, more than 50 billion IoT devices will operate in the world by 2020. On a

similar note, Gartner has predicted 26 billion devices. To cater such a large range of devices,

scalability is a key factor in the Internet of Things architecture. You cannot compare it with

the desktop or web-based applications; it is more challenging and a completely dierent ball

game.

Solution

There is an extensive list of solutions for IoT which are secure, scalable, flexible, and reliable.

For example, you can leverage Oracle’s Internet of Things Platform, a popular infrastructure

for data management. ...