Platform as a service (PAAS) services featuring a computer software platform providing subscription-based temporary use of non-downloadable, cloud-based, software for connecting, operating and managing networked electronic sensing devices in the internet of things (IoT), tracking, processing and generating analytics, storing, managing and organizing data and transmission of data, collecting, analyzing, evaluating, monitoring, and transmitting data for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, use in connection with data management, data collection, data capture, data importing, data aggregation, data conversion, data integration, data migration, data transformation, data mining, data processing, secure data storage, secure data sharing, data warehousing, data queries, data security, data interpretation, data analytics, and data visualization, monitoring the performance and other operational characteristics of network-connected hardware and software applications, collecting, monitoring, analyzing and managing data generated by software applications and computing infrastructure and local area networks, and converting environmental data for remote monitoring and management