Written by Ulia Sun, Project Specialist, Ecosystem & Communications of VMware China R&D
EdgeX Foundry, a Stage 3 project under LF Edge, is a leading framework on edge computing with open and vendor neutral architecture. Lead by VMware and Intel, they launched the EdgeX Foundry China Project in late 2019. The group quickly gained attention and began hosting meetups and online meetings. Within the year, their efforts have helped EdgeX become the largest edge computing community in China.
With the mission of increasing collaboration in the edge computing community and expanding the impact of edge computing technologies, the EdgeX Foundry China Project hosted EdgeX Foundry China Day 2020 last year on December 22-23.
The event was a huge success and included:
- 9 Ecosystem Partner:Intel 英特尔,IBM, ThunderSoft 中科创达,JiangXing Intelligence江行智能, IO Tech, Linux Foundation, EMQ 杭州映云科技,Agree Technology赞同科技, Celestone 北京天石易通信息技术有限公司
- 4 Live broadcast channels:VMware Official Live Streaming Platform (VMware大会官方直播间) Bilibili – EdgeX Foundry China (EdgeX中国社区B站官方直播间),CSDN Website Home Page Recommendation (开发者专区官网首页推荐直播间), OpenVINO Community Wechat Live (OpenVINO社区直播)
- A global reach: 10,000+ touch points across the country
- New collaborators: 249 new group members of EdgeX Foundry China Community
- 4 interactive workshops led by LF Edge member companies
- “AI/Open VINO” by Intel
- “ EdgeX Coding Camp” by Thundersoft & Jiangxing Intelligence
- “ How to use Rule Engine in EdgeX” by EMQ
- “Deep Dive into Open Horizon” by IBM
- 2 Sessions Related to VMware:
- Alan Ren, General Manager of VMware China R&D, attended and gave the opening speech with a recognition of VMware’s contributions to EdgeX Foundry China community
- Gavin Lu, Technical Director of VMware China R&D gave the keynote speech with the theme of “EdgeX Foundry China 2020 Yearly Review and 2021 Plan”
Partners & Keynote speakers
Live Steaming Platforms
Highlights
Watch the video here: https://live.csdn.net/room/edgexfoundry/Wp2vsTYG
For more information, visit the EdgeX Foundry China Project Wiki: https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/China+Project.