Summary

This book was written for developers – helping you understand the benefits of Open Horizon and how it helps you build and deploy successful, production-grade Edge solutions. We have provided you with a primer on the essential concepts of Edge computing, the potential use cases we’ve worked with in the past, the pitfalls you may encounter on the way, and techniques for how to overcome or avoid those issues altogether. We have given you a running start at using Open Horizon to solve the issues of deploying and managing your production Edge system at scale.

Edge computing is an essential architectural paradigm shift for many of us in the IT industry. It enables us to harness the rapidly growing population of devices and servers that are making their way into our everyday business life – whether in our retail stores, manufacturing production lines, distribution channels and logistics, materials handling, construction, healthcare, mining, travel and transportation...