When Clouds become Fog

Tim Verbelen

iMinds – IBCN - UGent

Computer networks have the ability to bring the power of large machines

to work on a single problem and to provide reliable computer services

to large populations

- G.C. Bell et al., IEEE Computer, 1970

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SCALE

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Over 6 billion devices are connected to the Internet

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20 billion devices

HETeROGENeITY

Heterogeneity?

H A O SC

History repeats itself

Roman Empire, 117 A.D.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

- Albert Einstein

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