Kilton: We have ioFog, Fog05 + IoT assets. Stay close to working code and reference. Community values working production grade code over anything else. Lots of good projects that exist under the Eclipse IoT projects. Consume easily, get it to work together. Build a brand. Define the gaps .Explain our PoV on edge and IoT. Edge computing is an enabler for IoT. Opportunity to get AI down to the edge. It is not just labels, we need to lead with the technologies that are defining what edge is.
Angelo:
1. Positioning with respect other edge initiatives, how we are different. Bringing value, focus on the problems we are providing solutions to.
2. Working software, identify the edge gaps that we need to focus.
3. Agree on them. Which ones do we need to address first?
4. We need to create massive visibility. Use the Eclipse marketing machine.
5. The border is subjective. Where the partition is drawn depends on many factors including compute power, bandwidth, connectivity. The edge is up for you to decide.
Tony: Read white papers from the Fog Consortium. Need to understand the problems that the solutions will be addressing. What about new use cases? Those that are not possible with cloud today.
Nicola: How do we drive business out of this? Great marketing from Eclipse + need projects between members. Difference between IoT and edge? Need to get a deployment and distribution model to companies of all sizes. Give small companies the technologies they need, and not have them figure it out.
Jelle: Cubic project to outsource compute to edge devices. Query multiple devices. Bring trust to these systems. Discovering IoT more, solving the integration challenges is of value.
Todd: Smart contracts at edge, Tangle has a role to play. Be clear about what we do. Edge is a horizontal of where things run, IoT is vertical: smart city, vision. Anything outside the cloud is the edge.
Dejan: Edge is an extension to the cloud, using the IoT technologies in that apply. Most Edge initiatives are focused on infrastructure and how do you get your software there, we need to think about the application on the edge.
Kai: Struggling with the diversity within Eclipse IoT, hard to make a cohesive picture. Another chance to take what we have been working on in the cloud with the edge, and bringing together in a consistent archietecutre. Message becomes easier to convey. For us the edge is at the roadside. Put compute capacity at the tower.
