Amazon.com Inc's cloud business, Amazon Web Services, has launched a service to help customers build applications to connect devices through the cloud, the so-called "Internet of Things".<br />The service, called 'AWS IoT', will allow factory floors, vehicles, health care systems, household appliances among other "things" to connect through cloud services, the company said.<br />The global market for "Internet of Things", the concept of connecting everyday devices to the internet, will nearly triple to $1.7 trillion by 2020, research firm International Data Corp has estimated.<br />Technology firms including Google Inc, Intel Corp , Cisco Systems Inc, Samsung Electronics and telecom majors such as Vodafone and Verizon are betting heavily on the relatively new technology to drive revenue and profit in the future.
