DZone - guided by its mission to provide valuable technical contents for IT professionals - publishes an annual Guide to the Internet of Things. The publication offers insight into business and technology perspectives of IoT trends and challenges as well as a review of software platform and hardware solutions to facilitate the implementation of IoT projects.

The publisher sought to engage a number of thought leaders to generate insightful content contributions for the 2015 edition of the IoT Guide. We worked on and delivered a white-paper article with expertise on how to architecture efficient, secure, and easy-to-maintain gateway solutions for IoT systems.

In meeting the client’s need, we produced a white paper that features an overview of the main challenges involved in crafting software architecture for IoT gateways. The article describes the main differences between the architecture of typical enterprise systems and that of more complex IoT solutions. The publication discusses the main functions of gateway software, i.e. the proxy that collects and preprocesses information from sensors / field devices and transfers the pre-processed data to the enterprise data centers. On top of that, the article presents the various challenges of and options for gateway software installation and updates.

All in all, the white paper enabled the client to share valuable actionable expertise on how to build efficient, secure, and easy-to-maintain IoT gateway solutions. The publication contributes to and advances the client’s mission of enabling IT professionals to broaden their knowledge, hone their skills and foster their career development with insightful contents.