Telegraf is a plugin-driven server agent that collects and reports metrics and data, and its integration with Google Cloud IoT enables customers to easily gather time series data from IoT devices and sensors and store it in InfluxData for alerts and monitoring. This integration accelerates Time to Awesome for Google Cloud IoT customers by improving their IoT environments with expanded data collection and analysis capabilities. The Telegraf plugin provides organizations with the ability to monitor and track sensor data, use historical data to gain insights, and deliver automated action and control with no human interaction. InfluxData's Data Services layer supports this integration, allowing users to collect time series data for instrumenting, observing, learning and automating any system. The integration also addresses the critical industry need of handling the vast amount of IoT data expected to be generated by 2020.