Colin Dow - Hands-On Edge Analytics with Azure IoT: Design and develop IoT applications with edge analytical solutions including Azure IoT Edge

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Colin Dow is the author of the Packt book Internet of Things Programming Projects. He is also the owner and chief engineer of Sigma Rockets and Aerospace Inc, a model aerospace business. He has enjoyed working with numerous educational facilities and hobbyists in delivering product sales, presentations, and aerospace workshops over the years. He has extensive experience in creating website content, educational documentation, and instructional videos. He has been a programmer since early home computers first caught his eye. He has worked as a software developer for some of Canada's largest companies using technologies such as Python, Java, J2EE, PHP, Pearl, Ruby on Rails, Apache, SOAP web services, and many more.

Parkash Karki is a principal architect, product development manager, DevOps and cloud practice head, and hardcore IoT enthusiast with years of experience in the IT field. His past experience is mainly in various Microsoft and open source technologies with a current primary focus on DevOps, automation, and the cloud. He has been working on these technologies since they were at quite an early stage. He has contributed to a few other books on IoT as a technical reviewer. He is very passionate about IoT, automation, and AI technologies and keeps on reading, blogging, and trying out different things in these areas.

Yatish Patil works with Saviant Consulting as a program manager. He has delivered enterprise IoT and analytics applications using Microsoft Azure. He has diverse industry experience in IT and has worked in a variety of domains, such as utilities, manufacturing, and engineering. He has completed the Microsoft Azure IoT certification and is the author of Azure IoT Development Cookbook, which focuses on the end-to-end Microsoft Azure IoT platform and pre-configured solutions. He was also the technical reviewer for the book Microsoft Azure IaaS Essentials and Enterprise Internet of Things Handbook. Yatish was among the industry speakers at India IoT Symposium 2016 and delivered a session on remote asset monitoring with Azure IoT Suite.

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Edge analytics has gained attention as the IoT model for connected devices and is rising in popularity. This guide will give you insights into edge analytics as a data analysis model, and why it's gaining momentum.

You'll begin with the key concepts and components used in an edge analytics app. You'll then delve into communication protocols to understand how sensors send their data to computers or microcontrollers. Next, the book will demonstrate how to design modern edge analytics apps that take advantage of the processing power of modern single-board computers and microcontrollers. Later, you'll explore Microsoft Azure IoT Edge, MicroPython, and the OpenCV visual recognition library. As you progress, you'll cover techniques for processing and AI functionality from the server side to the sensory side of IoT. You'll even explore how to design a smart doorbell system using the technologies you will have learned about. To remove vulnerabilities in the overall edge analytics architecture, you'll discover ways to overcome security and privacy challenges. Finally, you'll use tools to audit and perform real-time monitoring of incoming data and generate alerts for the infrastructure.