Insights on federated cloud service management and the Internet of Things

The current evolution towards using cloud-based infrastructures in the provisioning of Internet of Things (IoT) services is creating an inherent association between the Internet-connected devices, the stored and collected data (from the IoT devices) and the way in how the cloud infrastructure is managed. In a first phase IoT frameworks are offer as a full stack implementation for ICOs (from collection, processing and deployment up to service and application delivery). The next step is to design and deploy horizontal IoT frame works that support on-demand access to the deployed IoT framework(s) (also called IoT silos), and finally the cloud infrastructures must interact each other in order to share data and management operations. Cloud-based IoT services not only can be deployed over multiple infrastructure providers (such as smart cities, municipalities and private enterprises) but over different technology (mobile, wireless, Internet). This chapter discusses research advances towards the formulation of federated cloud services support for the Internet of Things. This chapter presents the architectural components of a federated framework, which can be used to emphasize on-demand establishment of IoT cloud-based services. The service requirements from analyzing the state-of-the-art and efforts towards the convergence of cloud computing and IoT are introduced and discussed in the framework of the awarded open source rookie of the year OpenIoT project. By reviewing cloud design principles for enterprise environments and best management practices for converging utility-driven IoT infrastructures this chapter aims to provide insights on interconnection of IoT silos by means of federated cloud service management.