Fog Computing Group Publishes Reference Architecture

The OpenFog Consortium released its OpenFog Reference Architecture. And in case you're wondering what in the heck OpenFog is -- which sounds a bit like an oxymoron -- it's a group whose members are working on "fog computing," which adds a hierarchy of compute, storage, networking, and control functions between the cloud and endpoint devices and between gateways and devices. The OpenFog Reference Architecture creates fog computing standards to enable the data-intensive requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The OpenFog Consortium was founded over one year ago, and it's an independent nonprofit organization run under the direction of its board of directors. Its committees and workgroups are run by its members.