The world is producing greater amounts of data applied for increasingly smart applications which require massive amounts of processing and computing. These smart applications are utilizing a diversity of hardware with billions of connected devices in the world capturing and exchanging data in use cases across a spectrum of verticals. The Internet of Things has become nearly omnipresent in our environment. The new generation of smart IoT applications face challenges in legacy systems and require decision-makers to pursue optimizations to issues like latency, security, privacy, connectivity and cost.