Last week, I found myself having a conversation that covered edge computing, digital twins, and the concept of absolute truth. It started out as a discussion with Simon Croby, the CTO of Swim.ai, about that company's latest product, which is designed … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for March 22, 2019
Facial recognition needs some form of control: One of my biggest fears with the collection and analysis of data enabled by the internet of things is that it will be used in ways that are harmful to the consumer but at the same time are totally opaque … [Read more...]
A new Linux Foundation effort for the edge
The Linux Foundation has cobbled together a few different technologies with the aim of making it easier for companies to avoid lock-in with edge computing solutions. The technologies run the gamut from a virtualization engine for gateway devices to a … [Read more...]
Do we really need a mobile edge?
Wireless broadband is hard. Sure, we rely entirely on it now, but the ability to move packets around a network took years of R&D and engineering work to make happen. First we did it for cellular, then we did it again for Wi-Fi so we could ensure … [Read more...]
Open 19 is a plan for a data center at the edge
OK y'all, it's time to get excited about servers. Before I lived for the internet of things, I lived for hyperscale data centers and server news. Today — after watching Yuval Bachar from LinkedIn explain a hardware project for edge computing called … [Read more...]