Understanding the Intel IoT Analytics structure

Imagine that we have to collect and analyze sensor data for 3,000 IoT devices, that is, 3,000 Intel Galileo Gen 2 boards running the Python code that interacts with sensors. We would need to invest in the storage and processing capacity to perform IoT analytics with such a huge amount of data. Whenever we have a similar requirement, we can take advantage of a cloud-based solution. Intel IoT Analytics is one of them and it works very well with the Intel Galileo Gen 2 board and Python.

Intel IoT Analytics requires us to sign up, create an account with a valid e-mail and a password, and click on the activation link of a confirmation e-mail before we can publish the sensor data using their free services. We aren't required to enter any credit card or payment information. If you already have an account at Intel IoT Analytics, you can skip this step. You can also use your existing Facebook, Google+, or GitHub account to log in. The following is the...