This presentation gives a high level overview of EdgeX Foundry. EdgeX Foundry is a vendor-neutral open source project hosted by The Linux Foundation. At the heart of the project is an interoperability framework hosted within a full hardware- and OS-agnostic reference software platform. This platform enables an ecosystem of plug-and-play components that unifies the marketplace and accelerates the deployment of IoT solutions. Presented by Barton George, Office of the CTO, Dell EMC. Cloud Foundry Summit Europe 2017, October 12. Basel, Switzerland

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Accelerating Industrial
IoT at the Edge
October 2017
Barton George, Dell EMC,
Senior Architect in the office of CTO

2. IoT
Operational
Technology (OT)
• Industrial automation
• Manufacturing
• Fleet telematics
• Material handling
Information
Technology (IT)
• Compute
• Storage
• Networking
• Analytics
IoT is a natural evolution

3. Why now?
Cost
Sensor and device
Wireless
Increasing coverage
Power
Improved efficiencies
Cloud
Rise of IaaS, PaaS
Mobility
Device/app ubiquity
$
Big Data/
Analytics
Deeper insights
EDGE/FIELD CLOUDFOG/CORE

4. SECURITY │ MANAGEABILITY │ ANALYTICS
Industrial IoT -- architecture from edge to cloud
-- At every nodeAt every node --
EDGE/FIELD CLOUDFOG/CORE

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Project Introduction*
*(don’t forget to ask me about the Octopus)

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The IoT market is inherently heterogeneous…

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Today’s Fragmented IoT Ecosystem

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Problem: Customer Paralysis
Actual customer sticky note

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… and the majority of the challenges are at the Edge.
Hundreds of protocols
Mix of IP and non-IP connectivity
Widely distributed computing nodes,
often in unsecure areas
Spotty use of APIs
Standardized protocols
Entirely IP-based
Computing generally in
physically secure areas
Wide use of APIs
EDGE/FIELD CLOUDFOG/CORE

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• 125,000 lines of code, 50+ members
• The result of customer and industry feedback
Vision: Create a common interoperability framework that
enables an ecosystem of plug-and-play,
“EdgeX certified” components.
And the name?
• A vendor-neutral, open source project hosted by
The Linux Foundation -- launched in April 2017

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EdgeX Foundry Goals
1. Build and promote EdgeX as unifying the IoT edge via a common
open platform.
2. Enable plug-and-play components to allow solutions providers to create
ecosystem of interoperable components around EdgeX platform architecture.
3. Certify components to ensure interoperability and compatibility.
4. Provide tools to quickly create EdgeX-based IoT edge solutions that can
easily adapt to changing business needs.
5. Collaborate with relevant open source projects, standards groups, and
industry alliances to ensure consistency and interoperability across the IoT.

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EdgeX Foundry -- Platform Architecture
• Cloud-native principles: loosely-
coupled microservices bound by
common APIs
• Microservices written in any
language and deployed in
containers or VMs
• HW and OS agnostic

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EdgeX Enables Distributed IoT Deployments
• Loosely-coupled allows
distribution across nodes for
edge/core computing
• Quantity and function of
microservices on a node
depends on use case and HW

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Benefits to Key IoT Stakeholders

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EdgeX Foundry Governance Structure
EDGEX FOUNDRY MEMBER COMPANIES
CERTIFICATION
COMMITTEE
(2H CY18)
Develops and oversees
the certification program
for EdgeX Certified
components.
TECHNICAL
STEERING
COMMITTEE (TSC)
Leads the technical work
of EdgeX Foundry.
Oversees and aligns
working groups.
GOVERNING
BOARD (GB)
Composed of appointed
and elected individuals;
manages the business of
the EdgeX Foundry.
LF SUPPORT TEAM
WG WG WG
WG WG

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Over 60 member orgs and growing

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Target Bi-Annual Release Roadmap
‘Barcelona’ Release
(Oct CY17)
• First community release
• Ramp developer
engagement and PoCs
with end customers for
feedback and further
hardening
‘California’ Release
(~June CY18)
• Intended as first product-
quality OSS foundation for
commercial differentiation
• Integration of security and
manageability APIs
2017 2018
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July August Sept Oct Nov Dec
Go Lang Preview
(~Jan CY18)
• Drop-in Go Lang-and
C-based microservice
replacements to
demonstrate reduced
footprint and higher
performance
‘Delhi’ Release
(~Dec 2018)
• Formal EdgeX
certification program
• Extensions for fog
computing

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Thank You!
Oh, and about that Octopus…
Source: Discoverykids.com/articles/octopi-have-a-brain-in-every-tentacle/