The Case for Edge Computing gets Stronger as IIC and OpenFog Unite

Edge computing has a very bright future - it is absolutely inevitable. If you are unconvinced, we invite you to read until the end. For the sake of this post - we will use edge and fog computing interchangeably. This is becoming a less controversial position based on a recent exclusive interview with Chuck Byers, OpenFog CTO. The OpenFog Consortium announced at an IoT Evolution Expo keynote in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last month, that their merger with the Industrial Internet Consortium or IIC was finalized.