Foggy

Future:

The Rise of Fog Computing

Over the Cloud.
 Table of Contents
4 | What is Fog Computing?
8 | Cloud Computing Issue: Bandwidth
12 | Fog Computing and the Internet of Things
18 | Fog Computing Uses
Cloud computing has quickly gained
mainstream adoption... but fog computing
has the potential to be just as dominant, if
not more so.
What is Fog Computing?
 Fog
Computing
(AKA edge computing)

Fog computing places processes and resources at the edge

of the cloud, often on network devices, while data remains
stored in the cloud. This leads to faster processing times and
fewer resources consumed.

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Traditional cloud computing, on the other hand,
concentrates all applications and data in the cloud.
Fog computing is a response to some of the
issues and problems encountered from regular
cloud computing.
Cloud Computing Issue:
Bandwidth
Transmitting and processing data requires bandwidth.
The more data, the more bandwidth is needed.
Wireless networks that use the cloud have their
own limitations. Data transmission simply isnt
fast enough.
Amplifying these problem is the growth of the
Internet of Things, which will use more data and
require much more bandwidth.
Fog Computing and the
Internet of Things
By 2020, the number of things
that are part of the IoT may reach
up to 50 billion. Thats a lot of data
being generated.

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Current cloud computing models cant keep up
with the amount of bandwidth that will be needed.
Fog computing goes around the internet
entirely by processing data locally.
Fogging basically helps cloud systems by
easing the burden of processing data.
Fog computing can also be
used in other areas.
Fog Computing Uses
 Smart Cities
Fog computing helps collect data on city
activities from traffic to utilities, ensuring
everything is running efficiently.

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 2TB

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Air Travel
A single engine on a Boeing 747 generates 0.5TB
of data. Fog computing can process that data
locally and send only the most important bits of
information to those who need to see it.

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 Wearable Technology
Wearables with virtual interfaces need to process
their environment locally to aid the user. Fog
computing allows for that processing to happen
almost immediately, improving the user experience.
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