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Key people Chairman of the BoardHelder AntunesPresidentJeff Fedders Founders | ||
Openfog consortium reference architecture
The OpenFog Consortium (sometimes stylized as Open Fog Consortium) is an consortium of high tech industry companies and academic institutions across the world aimed at the standardization and promotion of fog computing in various capacities and fields.
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The consortium was founded by Cisco Systems, Intel, Microsoft, Princeton University, Dell, and ARM Holdings in 2015 and now has 47 members across the North America, Asia, and Europe, including Forbes 500 companies and noteworthy academic institutions.
History
OpenFog was created on November 19, 2015, by ARM Holdings, Cisco Systems, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, and Princeton University.
OpenFog released its reference architecture for fog computing on 13 February 2017.
Administration
The OpenFog Consortium is governed by its Board of Directors, which is chaired by Cisco Senior Director Helder Antunes. The Board of Directors is made up of 11 seats, each representing one of the following companies and institutions: ARM, AT&T, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Princeton University, IEEE, GE, Schneider Electric and Verizon.
The consortium's general membership currently comprises 13 academic members: Aalto University, Arizona State University, California Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, National Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University, Shanghai Research Centre for Wireless Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Southern California, University of Pisa, Vanderbilt University, Wayne State University, and 20 additional members: Hitachi, Internet Initiative Japan, Itochu, Kii, Nebbiolo, PrismTech, NEC, NGD Systems, NTT Communications, OSISoft, Real-time Innovations, relayr, Sakura Internet, Stichting imec Nederland, Toshiba, TTT Tech, Fujitsu, FogHorn Systems, TTTech and MARSEC.
Published Work
In February 2016, OpenFog Consortium published the white paper, "OpenFog Reference Architecture". It outlined the eight pillars of an OpenFog architecture: Security; Scalability; Open; Autonomy; Programmability; RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability); Agility; and Hierarchy.