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Excitement builds for Fog World Congress as organizers announce more than 20 sponsorsMore than tripling last year’s lineup, the event sponsors include widely recognized networking companies, startups, universities and trade publications FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Event organizers announced that Fog World Congress 2018 is supported by more than 20 sponsor/partner organizations, more than triple the number from last year. Produced by the OpenFog Consortium in collaboration with IEEE Communications Society, the event takes place in San Francisco, October 1-3. Fog World Congress—which features more than 60 presenters, session tracks, tutorials and panel sessions—is the largest gathering of fog leaders and edge influencers in the world. Attendees include technologists, data scientists, application developers, educators, researchers, analysts, VCs and investors, service providers, government agencies and enterprises representing a wide variety of industries. The list of supporters this year includes diamond sponsors ActiveAether and Cisco; platinum sponsors Hitachi and VANTIQ; gold sponsors FogHorn, Princeton University, Nebbiolo Technologies and SONM; silver sponsor Arm; and media sponsors ACM Digital Library, CIO Review, IIoT World, FierceWireless, OpenSystems Media, TMCnet, The Fast Mode, Light Reading, Security Now, Tech Zone 360, infoTech, IoT Evolution, Wireless Week, The 2112 Group, SDxCentral and VMblog. “We are pleased to announce and express our thanks to this growing list of sponsors,” said Helder Antunes, Chairman of the OpenFog Consortium and Senior Director, Cisco. “To experience such a significant jump in sponsorship participation is a testament to the importance of Fog World Congress and recognition of fog computing’s crucial role in transforming IoT, 5G and AI.” The event provides a platform to showcase fog computing use cases, architecture, standards, developments and research. The wide range of topics addressed at Fog World Congress include intelligence on the edge, machine learning, infrastructure-as-a-service, smart grid, intelligent IoT services, 5G, security, the OpenFog reference architecture, AI, smart city, network/messaging, software infrastructure, mobile edge computing, and more. The event culminates with Fog Tank, which showcases leading innovators in fog technologies and applications as they take the center stage with investors and VCs. About OpenFog About IEEE ComSoc About IoT Evolution Contact: |