[Wireless Sensor Networks/M2M Techonologies][Wireless Networks (Wi-SUN, Wi-FI, Bluetooth, Zigbee, NFC, etc.)][Engineering Design of IoT Platforms]
sakura.io is an IoT platform that has been provided and developed by Sakura Internet Inc.
There are several challenges to operate its services and develop a massive number of IoT devices to setup, such as price competitiveness, speed of development and security.
sakura.io offers the basic framework for "the information-gathering of things" and "remote device control" that is necessary for IoT devices and services from 60 yen per month.
sakura.io consists of the following elements.
"sakura.io Module"
This module has to be built into the device. This can provide safety and convenience as if they were directly connected to the data center via LTE closed network.
"sakura.io Platform"
It is a platform which is the destination of the module. It provides the basic functions needed to IoT, such as Device authentication, data storage, external cloud cooperation.
