Azure IoT Edge
Azure IoT Edge is a managed service that extends cloud intelligence and analytics capabilities from Azure to edge devices, enabling organizations to deploy and manage containerized workloads like AI, Azure services, and custom business logic directly on IoT devices. This brings computation…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2017
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Azure IoT Edge was created to address the significant challenges of processing massive amounts of data generated by IoT devices in real-time, especially when full cloud connectivity is unreliable or expensive. It solves the problems of high latency for time-sensitive decisions, excessive bandwidth costs from sending all raw data to the cloud, maintaining operation during intermittent connectivity, and meeting regulatory requirements for local data processing and privacy.
- Platforms
- ARM architectures, Windows (Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, Windows Server), Linux (Ubuntu Server, Debian, RHEL, CentOS, Yocto), x64 architectures
Related technologies
Notable users
- Honeywell
- Bosch
- Rockwell Automation
- Schneider Electric
- Starbucks