Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring an Internet of Things (IoT) software platform that allows the capture, processing, and storage of sensory data, data normalization, message parsing, and integration with computing nodes, processors, and cloud-based services for networked water usage monitoring devices, energy usage monitoring devices, occupancy sensors, motion sensors, HVAC systems, smartphones, computers; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring an Internet of Things (IoT) software platform for operating a data utility computing node, gateways, computer hardware modules, and data processing equipment used for analyzing large volumes of data, extracting and organizing information from the compiled data, storing the compiled or extracted data, and transmitting the results of the compiled or extracted data to users for networked water usage monitoring devices, energy usage monitoring devices, occupancy sensors, motion sensors, HVAC systems, smartphones, computers