San Francisco Fog Computing Meetup

Fog Computing Meetup

May 2016

OverviewGroup’s objectives:

1.Further the development of Fog Computing through education and professional networking

2.Hold quarterly meetups with interesting speakers/topics

3.Add maximum value to members through education and professional networking opportunities

Definition of Fog Computing:

An architecture that uses one or a collaborative multitude of end-user clients or near-user edge devices to carry out a substantial amount of storage, communication , and control, configuration, measurement and management.

Fog vs. Cloud

Potential Discussion Topics - Vertical and horizontal Applications

- Technology Standards

- Software-defined Storage

- Fog Ecosystem

- IOT

- International fog computing applications

- Data analytics technologies

- Relevant companies: Google, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, ARM, Intel, Prismtech, GE, Honeywell,

Fog Computing Architecture

Impossible to separate FC From IOT

Key Questions - What are the top 3 technical benefits of Fog Computing?

- Which industries are most in need of Fog Computing?

- How many years until the architecture/ecosystem is ready to scale?

- What are the major technical hurdles?

- What are the major adoption hurdles?