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EdgeX Foundry is a microservice-based architecture that performs the following activities:
- Collects data from “south side” the “south side,” by communicating with the physical IoT devices and sensors
- Transforms and packages data for “north side” Enterprise systems and servicesCommunicates from the physical IoT devices and sensors, the “north side,” and communicates the data to the Enterprise data storage, enterprise analytics, and intelligence engines
- Provides a small amount of intelligence or analytics (rule engines, CEP, limited machine learning) at the edge to provide early edge) detection and warning capability
- Enables third parties (partners, vendors, customers, and so forth) to provide, replace, or augment their own solutions within the stack
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