As your coffee maker prompts the market nearby to deliver a package of coffee beans, a belt conveyor in the market warehouse rolls to load it to a drone which is ready to take off for the delivery, as soon as it gets the green signal, meaning that strong wind on its path now calmed down and all is clear. This is an ordinary example of what the Internet of Things (IoT) is offering. Innovative business models, new products and services based on IoT applications will make our lives much easier in the near future. At this point, the purpose of IoT devices is to connect with other IoT devices and applications to relay information using internet transfer protocols.

Only an IoT platform fills the gap between the device sensors and data networks. It connects the data network to the sensor arrangement and provides insights using backend applications to make sense of data flood generated by hundreds of sensors. When it is implemented in micro services architecture, it enables next generation engineering and deployment flexibilities.