EU/Taiwan collaboration focused on 5G use cases at the edge
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFocus 5G use cases include AR/VR and robotics An international consortium of interests from the European Union and Taiwan are working to explore end-to-end 5G use cases and recently completed …
The URLLC debate (pt4): What is the business case for MEC? (And where’s the edge at anyway?)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor ultra low latency services, as enabled by incoming 5G technologies, multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a must. It provides the means to reduce latency, by degrees, as the compute …
How Google plans to disrupt IoT using edge computing
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Google Cloud Next 2018 conference took place July 24-26, bringing together the tech giant’s cloud leaders to talk about how the company is transforming businesses digitally. From the internet …
Tips for leveraging the IoT in oil and gas (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOil and gas will become one of the driving forces in industrial IoT (IIoT). Oil and gas facilities generate tremendous amounts of data, and only a fraction of it gets …
How Intel is using IIoT edge computing to reduce factory downtime by 300%
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSemiconductor maker Intel has applied predictive maintenance to monitor the health of its fan filter units (FFUs) in its semiconductor production facilities through deployment of industrial IoT (IIoT) sensors and edge …
IoT isn’t about data, it’s about creating new business opportunities (Reality Check)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOver the last decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has allowed organizations to gather data from machines that have never produced data before. As time has gone on and the …
The IIoT intervew: “Edge computing is the death of the cloud as we know it,” says IIC
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhere is the edge of the data network, where compute power increasingly resides? This is the question industrial operatives are asking, as they look to combine advanced connectivity technologies and …
Key challenges of visual fog computing
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTo understand visual fog computing, it is important to first understand fog computing. Let’s take a look at how the physical world connects to the cloud. Think of the physical …
Edge computing: 4 facts vs. fiction (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailToday’s IT landscape is all about moving towards the microdata centers, as the demand for edge computing pushes through the need for quick and instant access to data. Edge computing …
Why mesh networks matter at the edge
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMesh networks are essential ingredients in almost every IoT platform, as they use short-range wireless standards to communicate with each other and send their data to the “outside world.” So, …
