An architecture for a platform providing things as a service

There are more and more devices surrounding us which provide new possibilities for end users. We propose a set of capabilities and functionalities which will exploit the new devices, enabling their usage by new applications and services. These capabilities lead the process of defining the architecture of a new platform which will facilitate advanced resources and things management, creating local clouds and providing improved functional and non-functional features such as semantic context management, security, reliability, virtualization, quality of service and scalability. The proposed architecture will be modular, flexible and scalable enough, being capable of evolving as new devices appear or new functionalities are required.