A cloud connector component provides connectivity to a specific cloud platform. For example, CloudConnector_Sentience connects with the Honeywell Forge platform. You may create several cloud connectors, each configured to connect to a different cloud platform, for example, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Bluemix, Cloud Foundry, Google Cloud.

Once a cloud connection is established, the cloud connector maintains the connection, sending messages (that is, heartbeats), handling device registration operations, and reporting on connectivity and device registration status.