A coalition of Internet of Things (IoT) leaders have are launching the OpenFog Consortium to accelerate the deployment of Fog technologies through the development of an open architecture, core technologies including the capabilities of distributed computing, networking and storage as well as the leadership needed to realize the full potential of IoT.
The coalition—comprised of ARM, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Microsoft Corp. and the Princeton University Edge Laboratory—was formed to solve some of today’s most common challenges, such as high latency on the network, support of endpoint mobility, loss of connectivity, unpredictable bandwidth bottlenecks and distributed coordination of systems and clients.