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EdgeX Foundry is a versatile, flexible, open-source Cloud software, with plug and play architecture to enable you to utilize the variety of components already created for EdgeX Foundry, and to customize them, or to create your own components as you need them.
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- Collects data from the “south side,” by communicating with the physical IoT devices and sensors
- Transforms and packages data for 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 of the network to provide early 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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- Flexibility: EdgeX Foundry is polyglottic enabling Developers to develop components in any software language and not be limited to only one language, such as Java. Other software connecting to IoT is not as flexible and requires Developers to use specific programming languages.
- Usability: EdgeX Foundry provides the Software Development Kit (SDK) to provide scaffolding to get you started.
- Reliability: EdgeX Foundry is unique because it is supported by a wide array of reliable, established companies. Other Some other open source IoT software does not have the support of such an array of high-tech industry leaders.
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