Who this book is for

This book is for professionals that are either currently struggling with how to create value with IoT data or are thinking about building this capability in the near future. This includes developers, analytics practitioners, data scientists, and general IoT enthusiasts.

This book is also intended to be useful for business executives, managers, and entrepreneurs who are investigating the opportunity of IoT. This book is for anyone who wants to understand the technical needs and general strategies required to extract value from the flood of data.

A reader of this book wants to understand the components of the IoT data flow. This includes a basic understanding of the devices and sensors, the network protocols, and the data collection technology. They also want an overview of data storage and processing options and strategies. Beyond that, the reader is looking for an in-depth discussion of analytic techniques that can be used to extract value from IoT big data.

Finally, they are looking for clear strategies to build a strong analytics capability. The goal is to maximize business value using IoT big datasets. The reader wants to understand how to best utilize all levels of analytics from simple visualizations to machine learning predictive models.

Prior knowledge of IoT would be helpful but not necessary. Some prior programming experience would be useful.