Abstract: A system is configured to provide an IoT device with access to cloud resources. The system includes a backend system configured to provide at least one service selected from a group consisting of: data management, file management, user management, and device management. The system also includes an IoT client device including an IoT device and a backend services module in communication with the IoT device, the IoT client device is configured to communicate with the backend system over a wide area network. The backend services module includes an IoT protocol engine configured to identify an API call for the backend system from a message communicated from the IoT device and a backend services API engine in communication with the IoT protocol engine, the backend services module configured to generate the identified API call.