Launching a new buzzword is often a cheap attention-grabber in the valley, but Cisco's recent announcement of their "Fog Computing" fabric model for Internet of Things actually makes great sense and is a real innovation. As it happens, it is also a precise description of Domos Labs philosophy and architecture.
"Fog Computing" combines "cloud" and "edge" computing - i.e. leveraging the power of cloud through local service nodes, on the "edge". In practice it means cloud-defined, intelligent networking devices that provide smart interfacing and monitoring of devices connected to the edge. Sounds familiar?
To facilitate their "Fog" model, Cisco will extend their established network device software stack (IOS) with a parallel Linux stack. In this they will allow partners and device makers to build in their own device interfaces and even host their open applications, on the network device. Again this is exactly parallel to our thinking, allowing vertical apps to host processes in our Linux-driven device middleware.
Cisco only target industrial use cases for IoT. But given the shared vision for this type of computing fabric there could be synergies in collaboration - building joint API/sandbox model for developers and device manufacturers for instance. Many devices and use cases will be similar. Initial dialogue is positive so looking forward to explore this further with the team.
Anyway, kudos to Cisco and their IoT team for coining and nailing this!
"Fog Computing" combines "cloud" and "edge" computing - i.e. leveraging the power of cloud through local service nodes, on the "edge". In practice it means cloud-defined, intelligent networking devices that provide smart interfacing and monitoring of devices connected to the edge. Sounds familiar?
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| Cisco IOx / Fog Computing architecture (linked to Source) |
Cisco only target industrial use cases for IoT. But given the shared vision for this type of computing fabric there could be synergies in collaboration - building joint API/sandbox model for developers and device manufacturers for instance. Many devices and use cases will be similar. Initial dialogue is positive so looking forward to explore this further with the team.
Anyway, kudos to Cisco and their IoT team for coining and nailing this!
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