C3 IoT is a computer software company. C3 IoT delivers a comprehensive platform as a service (PaaS) for rapidly developing and operating big data, predictive analytics, machine learning, and IoT software as a service (SaaS) applications. C3 IoT also offers a family of configurable and extensible SaaS products developed with and operating on its PaaS. The C3 Type System, a data object-centric abstraction layer that binds all C3 IoT Platform components, enables programmers and data scientists to develop and deploy production big data, predictive analytics, and IoT applications in one-tenth the time at one-tenth the cost of alternative technologies.