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A gap analysis of Internet-of-Things platforms
Oleksiy MazhelisJulien MineraudXiang SuSasu Tarkomasubject
FOS: Computer and information sciencesComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer science02 engineering and technologyGap analysiscomputer.software_genreWorld Wide WebComputer Science - Computers and SocietyOrder (exchange)Computers and Society (cs.CY)0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringesineiden internetIoT ecosystemIoT marketplaceta113internet of Thingsbusiness.industry020206 networking & telecommunicationsIoT platformsData sharingMiddleware (distributed applications)Middleware020201 artificial intelligence & image processingThe InternetbusinessInternet of Thingsgap analysiscomputerdescription
We are experiencing an abundance of Internet-of-Things (IoT) middleware solutions that provide connectivity for sensors and actuators to the Internet. To gain a widespread adoption, these middleware solutions, referred to as platforms, have to meet the expectations of different players in the IoT ecosystem, including device providers, application developers, and end-users, among others. In this article, we evaluate a representative sample of these platforms, both proprietary and open-source, on the basis of their ability to meet the expectations of different IoT users. The evaluation is thus more focused on how ready and usable these platforms are for IoT ecosystem players, rather than on the peculiarities of the underlying technological layers. The evaluation is carried out as a gap analysis of the current IoT landscape with respect to (i) the support for heterogeneous sensing and actuating technologies, (ii) the data ownership and its implications for security and privacy, (iii) data processing and data sharing capabilities, (iv) the support offered to application developers, (v) the completeness of an IoT ecosystem, and (vi) the availability of dedicated IoT marketplaces. The gap analysis aims to highlight the deficiencies of today's solutions to improve their integration to tomorrow's ecosystems. In order to strengthen the finding of our analysis, we conducted a survey among the partners of the Finnish IoT program, counting over 350 experts, to evaluate the most critical issues for the development of future IoT platforms. Based on the results of our analysis and our survey, we conclude this article with a list of recommendations for extending these IoT platforms in order to fill in the gaps.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 | Computer Communications |