The cloud is a smart way to store data and use virtual services. But some businesses, especially in industrial manufacturing, find it doesn’t meet their needs. And that’s where ‘fog computing’ has come to the fore.
What is fog computing?
In 2011, IT networking hardware company Cisco’s vice president coined ‘fog computing’ to describe a system of devices that process information before sending it to the cloud. Just as fog is a cloud that hugs the Earth, fog computing brings the cloud’s power – such as storage, networking, and data management – close to the data’s source.
