1. A method for providing enterprise-based data access to sensor-related data, comprising: providing an interface capable of allowing one or more accessing applications residing on a variety of systems and associated with a plurality of enterprises to receive sensor-related data; providing an enterprise profile for each enterprise allowed to receive the sensor-related data; performing a query on behalf of one of the accessing applications of an enterprise; authenticating the enterprise based on its enterprise profile; filtering result of the query to generate a result set within an extent permitted by access authorization associated with the authenticated enterprise; and providing the result set to the accessing application.