Putting the ‘I’ in ‘IoT’: This is the cloud-based glue that IoT needs

The Internet of Things has been the next big thing for a decade. This year, somewhat surprisingly, it is actually becoming a reality — over a billion wireless IoT devices will be shipped by the end of 2015, according to Deloitte.Like so many others, the space is a real game of thrones as major incumbents such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Cisco, and Intel, along with challengers like Belkin (WeMo) and others, vie to create platforms and deploy devices that connect through those platforms. And hardly a day passes without a home or consumer IoT device launching on Kickstarter or Indiegogo, generally without connectivity into anything but your phone.