What is the Cloud’s Role in M2M?

Compass Intelligence
January 9, 2012
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This aDRD (Article-based Data-Rich Deliverable) is part of the Connected Worlds and Cloud Services subscriptions. This article includes insights and commentary regarding the role cloud computing and services currently play in the M2M space. Cloud services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Cloud Layers include: cloud clients, public & private clouds, cloud applications, cloud platforms, cloud infrastructure, and cloud servers. The author of this article is James Brehm.



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