ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a convergence of two popular paradigms, Cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT). These two paradigms define a new cost-effective model for a network of devices that are connected through the Internet. The processing of big data efficiently in the Cloud environment is an opportunity to use a variety of IoT devices to transfer raw data to intelligent data. The chapter explores the architecture issue of Cloud-assisted IoT as one of the major challenges that faces users when they want to use different Cloud platforms. It also describes a service-oriented architecture that allows different Cloud vendors to define a generic and dynamic platform in order to facilitate users' transformation for data, applications, and IoT devices. The chapter discusses some of the advantages of the proposed architecture, such as standardization between heterogeneous Cloud platforms by using the proposed architecture and security of the proposed architecture.
