Xively Data Stream

What is Xively data stream?

Xively (formerly Cosm and Pachube) is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform from Google. Xively offers product companies a way to connect products, manage the connected devices and the data they produce, and integrate this data with other systems. Pronounced zively (living rhymes).

What’s the difference between a Xively data feed and a channel?

A channel generally refers to a physical construct or virtual path through which something is sent. The channel determines how the data is sent. Stream is the specific data that is sent over a channel.

In addition to the above, what is Xively cloud?

Xively is a cloud-based IoT application delivery system. It is offered in PaaS. Xively is essentially an infrastructure for data collection, management and distribution. It also offers APIs for connecting and developing IoT applications. Xively belongs to the Connected Product Management Platform (CPM) category.

And what is Xively Cloud for IoT?

Xively is an IoT cloud platform which is a business platform to create, manage and extract business value from connected products. In addition, it offers a cloud-based API with an SDK that simplifies the development process. It supports different platforms and technologies: Android.

What are nimbits?

Nimbits is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) with which it is possible to develop software and hardware solutions that perfectly connect with the cloud and with each other. Nimbits Server is the hub and offers REST web services for logging and retrieving geo-dated date and time data (e.g. reading from a temperature sensor).