This paradigm supports vertically-isolated, latency-sensitive applications by providing ubiquitous, scalable, layered, federated, and distributed computing, storage, and network connectivity.”Fog brings processing closer to the edges. The electrical Smart Grid is another example of a fog architecture, "requiring distributed computing and storage resources." Fog computing is going to be taking off in 2018 in a big way. Thousands of very small data centers, positioned near cell phone towers to collectively supply as much compute power as one of Amazon’s sprawling complexes. These small data centers may offer a worthy alternative to the large cloud-based services.

Source: Forbes December 07, 2017 21:11 UTC