19. A system comprising: a network of devices in which a plurality of services are deployed and configured to process information that is collected by at least one sensor associated with the network of devices; a system monitor that is operable to monitor an originating device of the network of devices and at least one other device of the network of devices, the originating device executing a service of the plurality of services that includes executable code; and a service mapper that is operable to determine device characteristics of the originating device and the at least one other device of the network of devices from the system monitor and in a common format, value-match the device characteristics of each of the originating device and the at least one device relative to service characteristics of the service, select the at least one device as a selected device that has a closer value-match of device characteristics to the service characteristics than the originating device, and re-deploy the service to the selected device, including transferring the executable code to the selected device for execution thereon and continued processing of the information collected by the at least one sensor.
19. A system comprising: a network of devices in which a plurality of services are deployed and configured to process information that is collected by at least one sensor associated with the network of devices; a system monitor that is operable to monitor an originating device of the network of devices and at least one other device of the network of devices, the originating device executing a service of the plurality of services that includes executable code; and a service mapper that is operable to determine device characteristics of the originating device and the at least one other device of the network of devices from the system monitor and in a common format, value-match the device characteristics of each of the originating device and the at least one device relative to service characteristics of the service, select the at least one device as a selected device that has a closer value-match of device characteristics to the service characteristics than the originating device, and re-deploy the service to the selected device, including transferring the executable code to the selected device for execution thereon and continued processing of the information collected by the at least one sensor. 21. The system of claim 19 wherein the service mapper is operable to value-match the device characteristics of the originating device and the at least one device relative to the service characteristics of the service based on the equation 
 match( s tec ,D cap )={ dεD cap |s tex ⊂ d}, wherein a set D cap is defined as a set of available individual device profiles “d,” and s tec refers to technical requirements of the service, so that a device profile d within the set D cap is accepted as an element of a matching set if all technical requirements s tec of the service are fulfilled.