Solutions Architect's Handbook - Second Edition

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The Internet of Things Architecture

As internet connectivity is increasing, there is an increasing number of small devices everywhere with small memory and compute capacities. These sensors connect various physical entities, such as your home alarm, thermal sensors, and car, and the data from millions of these connected devices needs to be collected and analyzed. For example, weather data collected from multiple sensors can be utilized to forecast weather for wind energy and farming. There are billions of connected devices in homes, factories, oil wells, hospitals, cars, and thousands of other places that are fueling digital transformation, generating huge volumes of data and growing exponentially.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is much more ...