ReadWrite team says, “You’re probably thinking “Really?!? Don’t we already have enough?” And you’d be right. The last count I heard was there are over 125 IoT platforms in the industry. Doesn’t IoT have enough problems reaching maturity without more platforms muddying the waters?

That’s not the worst of it, though. If you’re anything like me you are probably asking “What does a platform actually do?” The short answer is…. absolutely nothing by itself.

However, I contend that many platforms are incredibly useful.

What does a platform actually do?

A platform doesn’t solve any end problem on its own. A good platform solves a set of hard yet common problems in such a way that many applications within that domain can deliver the needed functionality much more rapidly. Often, these are problems not directly associated with any unique feature of a solution, but with certain qualities such as scalability, reliability, and security.

These qualities are often forgotten in the early design stages of a new product, especially in a new industry. In fact, they don’t matter at all early on, but they then bite hard as the industry attempts to reach maturity. A good platform addresses these general, yet difficult, qualities while allowing the end-solution developer to focus on a more specific set of problems”.

Welcome to yet another IoT platform

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