The OpenFog Consortium, initiated last year by Cisco to promote harmonisation in edge computing (aka fog computing) architecture for IoT networks, will release the first version of its reference architecture in September, ahead of its next members’ meeting scheduled for Austin, Texas September 27-28. OpenFog Consortium chair and senior director of Cisco’s Corporate Strategic Innovations […]
Cisco and IBM take Watson IoT to the edge
Cisco and IBM are to collaborate to deploy IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence technology at the edge of IoT networks to provide analysis and insights into IoT generated data. IBM and Cisco say they have joined forces to offer a new way to produce immediate, actionable insight at the point of data collection for companies operating […]
The computing fog thickens
Momentum behind fog computing, the Cisco-originated concept for edge computing in IoT networks, continues to build with release of what is claimed to be “the first truly open source, distributed fog computing stack for IoT,” and an upcoming fog computing conference boasting a list more than 40 speakers. Cisco originated the idea back in 2012 […]
Fog computing gathers momentum
The OpenFog Consortium, the body founded by Cisco in November 2015 to develop standards around edge computing (which Cisco refer to as fog computing), has formed an affiliation with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), garnered 17 new members, formed its first country team in Japan and released a white paper on an […]
HP Enterprise debuts edge computing devices for IoT
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled – at its Discover partner and customer event in the UK – its foray into the edge computing sector of the IoT market with the launch of its first edge computing platforms for IoT, the Edgeline System 10 and System 20. The products are the fruits of a partnership […]
Korean startup N3N a poster child for Cisco Australian IoE Innovation Centre
Cisco invited South Korean startup N3N to the opening of its Perth IoE Innovation Centre and Cisco CTO Kevin Bloch says the company epitomises what Cisco hopes to achieve with the centre, and the possibilities of its fog computing architecture. N3N has developed software that allows an operator to view on a screen small low […]
In search of fog computing
In search of fog computing If you happen to be at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in mid August instead of losing your shirt at the tables you could catch a three day conference dedicated to fog computing, one of the newest concepts in the world of IoT, and one that seems to be still […]
