Intelligent Wireless Sensor Network Applications in Cloud Era

Rapid evolution of digital technologies has pushed the requirements for the monitoring-related systems far more beyond to what we could imagine not so long ago. Even if the main requirements for the input in any monitoring system are "correctness" and "real-time" data characteristics, and the expected output are some decisions and actions, these are not enough anymore. Data and digitalization are the causes of the Industry 4.0 (r) evolution, while the effect is data-driven manufacturing. Due to globalization and fierce competition in the markets, to gain higher results, players from any industrial sector must take care of plenty of factors. Among them, the data play a crucial role, but not as a raw value but as a (valuable) asset. To become such an asset, it matters how it is leveraged (acquired, transported, processed, harnessed etc.), since of its efficient collection and processing depends the optimality of taken decisions and performed actions. The basic purpose of monitoring is to control and supervise some system at all or some of its parameters to decide later upon actions that follows [1]. Using information technologies in monitoring activities opens many possibilities in such important areas as health and security, industrial sectors, military etc. Wireless Sensor Networks in industrial automation play a key role in supporting communication. Since they can be quickly deployed, these offer a high level of flexibility. On the other hand, to get the best possible outcome from gathered data, there is a mandatory to appeal to the appropriate digital technologies. In modern era, the primary choice for such kind of requirements start from "The Cloud".