OpenFog reference architecture
OpenFog Sharpens Focus on Interoperability and Growing Global Footprint
Fresh from the OpenFog Consortium members meeting last month in Hong Kong, I couldn’t be more pleased with our direction heading into 2018. First, the meeting provided an opportunity to tighten the focus of our technical workgroups, zeroing in on interoperability. Developing interoperability for fog…
New Fog Standards Initiative Will Accelerate Digital Transformation
To truly be transformative, the Internet of Things (IoT), needs to be able to handle massive amounts of data in near-real time for advanced use cases such as drones, self-driving vehicles, and embedded artificial intelligence (AI) applications. It also needs to be completely interoperable—from end-u…
OpenFog Consortium: Growing Strong at the Intersection of Fog and IoT
Last week 80 people came together in Seattle for the sixth meeting of the OpenFog Consortium. The excitement and engagement at the meeting reflected a market segment that is growing up, and growing strong. Still shy of its second birthday, the Consortium boasts 59 members and counting, including lea…
New Reference Architecture Is a Leap Forward for Fog Computing
On February 8th, the OpenFog Consortium released the OpenFog Reference Architecture (RA). This 162 page document represents more than a year’s work from our global membership of 55 organizations. The OpenFog RA is a mid-level guidepost document, full of invaluable architecture recommendations for a…
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