Fog computing extends cloud computing, provides the services like data, compute, storage and application to end user. It improves the quality of service and also reduces latency. According to Cisco, due to its wide geographical distribution, the Fog computing is well suited for real time analytics and big data. This article, by exploitation advantages of Fog computing Paradigm, analyzes its app...

Role/Viewpoint of panelist or organization The Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) is a non-profit organization comprised of manufacturing practitioners, suppliers and technology companies; manufacturing consortia; universities; government agencies, laboratories and regional consortia committed to improving U.S. manufacturing competitiveness through the comprehensive adoption of Sma...

Das Projekt „Smart Learning“ wird als Teil der Förderlinie „Digitale Medien in der beruflichen Bildung“ vom BMBF gefördert. Vier Projektpartner1234 entwickeln unter dem Titel „Smart Learning – Medieneinsatz in der handwerklichen Weiterbildung“ gemeinsam ein mediendidaktisches Konzept für einen Weiterbildungskurs zum Gebäudeenergieberater. Dieser wird mit Hilfe digital aufbereiteter Lernobjekte,...

Recently, IBM announced Blink Ultra (BLU) as an in-memory enhancement for DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows. The technology implemented in BLU was tested in various stages until it founds its current form as DB2 feature. In this paper, we give a brief summary on the origins of BLU and the adoption process from the BLINK prototype over the IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer to BLU itself.

Optical LANs versus copper LANs — CIOs and IT professionals are finding solutions to the many network challenges created by the emergence of big data, big data analytics, the virtual desktop, hosted/managed services, software-defined networks, cloud-based computing, wireless (3G/4G, DAS, Wi-Fi, BYOD) communications, the Internet of Things and smart-building technologies. Yet oddly enough, many ...