WTF is 'Computing First Networking'? Think load balancers for the age of edge A new buzzphrase crossed your correspondent's desk: "Computing First Networking." WTF is it? According to a brief from analyst firm Gartner, it's "an emerging networking solution that provides services for computational tasks by sharing computing resources from multiple edge sites" and "a new type of decentralized computing …
Because drivers these days need more distractions at the wheel.
Brilliant.
And don't tell me it'll be just for the rear passengers : what is the poor front passenger to do ? Stay bored ?
Until we get true autonomous vehicles where everyone can watch a film, this tech should definitely be reserved for rear-seat passengers (but it won't).
Oh, and does this mean future 5G car drivers are going to have ads for films on their maps ? Like, just before where you need to turn bam! up comes an ad for Gladiator 5 and now you've missed your exit ?
I remember that Land Rover implemented a special front screen back around 2008-2012ish that would show different things depending on the viewing angle. This meant that a passenger could watch a film while the driver would only see the sat nav or w/e.
Cool idea, but would be pretty grim to actually drive a full car and great distance I think.
Try driving with kids - all of them on their own channel. That's 3 streams, plus the data you need as a driver, minus the peace you need as a driver to do your job.
No wonder the market for older cars has livened up :).
"Enter Computing First Networking (CFN), which Gartner's Owen Chen describes as "a new type of decentralized computing solution [that] leverages both computing and networking status to help determine the optimal edge among multiple edge sites with different geographic locations to serve a specific edge computing request." "
From what I remember of setting up load balancers/allocators back in the early 2000's they leveraged both computing and network status to help determine the optimal server. I can see the load balancers I was setting up were within a controlled enterprise environment and that edge load balancing/allocation is a more open and uncontrolled environment, however typical of Gartner to give it a new name just to confuse and seem to be more "with it" than they actually are.
It seems that our fridge does more bitcoin mining than the coffee maker and kettle combined.
Although, when the oven is on, a lot of traffic is processed by it in competition with the hob and doorbell.
The light bulbs are on a separate VLAN.
I’ll get my coat. It has a smart torch in the pocket.
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