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Enabling the future of connected devices

Enabling the future of connected devices

March 31, 2017

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There is an IT market segment, with roots dating back to the 1800s, that is growing at 60% CAGR and yet, almost no one has heard of it. There is even an industry consortium for this market, with big-name founding members like Dell Technologies, Cisco, Intel and Microsoft.  And when you hear the name for the first couple of times, you think it might be a prank.  It’s called Fog Computing.

The first time I heard the actual phrase “fog computing” was in the fall of 2015.  David DeWitt, Technical Fellow, and Rimma Nehme, Principal Research Engineer, both of Microsoft Jim Gray Systems Lab, were presenting a keynote session at a database conference titled “Data Management for Internet of Things.”

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