Fog and edge consortia
Fog and edge computing are becoming a growing need and a bifurcated set of industry standards are being adopted. Industrial organization and industry standards are needed to help resolve growing interoperability problems with fog computing. This section highlights some of the organizations building standards and frameworks for industry interoperability.
OpenFog
The details of the company are as follows:
- Website link: www.openfogconsortium.org
- Corporate membership: 55
- Founded: 2015
OpenFog is a non-profit public/private partnership that establishes standards and the adoption of fog computing. The group is chartered with influencing other standard bodies in areas such as cloud interoperability, security, and collaborating on standards. OpenFog has formed partnerships with IEEE and OPC and is governed by a 15-person board membership. There is a technical committee with six working groups under it that specialize in architecture, test beds, and other design components. They...
