Fog Computing Will Trend Upwards With IoT Innovation

Grazed from CloudWedge. Author: Editorial Staff.

We often hear a lot about Cloud Computing in the tech world, but Fog Computing is real trend that is starting to take hold. So what exactly is Fog Computing? Think about the way cloud computing has abstracted computing resources such as compute, storage and bandwidth. Fog Computing exists on the outer edges of the cloud and its main purpose is to interact with IoT devices.

When you explain Fog Computing as existing on the outer edges of the cloud, its important to realize that Fog Computing is part of the cloud itself; just a more streamlined version of a cloud resource that specifically exists to rapidly interact with other devices in the cloud. Think about the inevitable cloud connected, driverless cars of the future. How will those cars communicate with each other?…

Does it make sense to risk car to car communications by sending data across the cloud and having latency impact the communication? Why don’t the cars just interact with each other and beam data into cloud when needed? That’s what industry analysts mean when they talk about Fog Computing…

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