Using Cloud Computing to Address Challenges Raised by the Internet of Things

Abstract

The growing number of connected smart devices and the expansion of data storage capacities and data analytics make the fabric of the global interconnection of the manifold universe of human existence. On top of that, the premise of this type of global network of technology infrastructure enables the development of efficient and dynamic enterprise services. The Internet of Things (IoT) interconnects real-world objects through a large variety of technologies, devices, and protocols. Besides its benefits, the IoT is faced with problems and challenges related to scalability, interoperability, reliability, efficiency, availability, storage, and security (known as the Big 7 of IoT), which experts try to overcome with various solutions. This chapter addresses one of the solutions, namely, Cloud Computing. It dwells on the seven challenges in IoT and the extent to which Cloud Computing can address them (the Big 7 of IoT). It is an analytic approach that focuses on the new paradigms emerging from coupling Cloud and IoT together, which has resulted in the Cloud of Things or CloudIoT.