A Framework for Convergence of Cloud Services and Internet of Things

Today, Cloud Computing and the Internet of things are two "major forces" that drive the development of new Information Technology (IT) solutions. Many Internet of things (IoT) based large-scale applications rely on a cloud platform for data processing and storage. However, big data generated or collected by large-scale geo-distributed devices needs to be transferred to the cloud, often becoming a bottleneck for the system. In this paper, we propose a framework that integrates popular cloud services with a network of IoT devices. In the framework, novel methods have been designed for reliable and efficient data transportation. This framework provides a convergence of cloud services and devices that will ease the development of IoT based, cloud-enabled applications. We have implemented a prototype of the framework to demonstrate the convergence of popular cloud services and IoT technologies.