Google also wants to better extend connectivity to IoT platforms through a new partnership with IoT platform Particle, making it easier to pipe data from any Particle-connected device to the Google Cloud Platform. They've started by attaching Particle devices to bikes on Google campuses to better understand their usage.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-google-cloud-platform-supports-iot-development/
Saw this and wondered if this is eluding to some sort of persistent storage in the future.... Anything in particular planned via this partnership?