October 2023 - Edge-computing - lists.opendev.org

Weekly call recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

Hi, We had a great weekly call this Monday (October 30). Below please find the highlights of what we talked about. Our main discussion topic formulated around the working group’s goals and activities: * Goals: Help people and organizations to create and operate an IT Edge environment. * Artifacts to create include guide books and knowledge base, including: - Ops Guide for Edge Infrastructures - DevOps Guide for Edge Infrastructures We would like to increase the number of participants in the working group, and therefore we need to appeal more to our target audience, which includes both developers and operators: * Challenges: - Operators are hard to reach, and it is even harder to get them participate - DevOps is a very loosely defined area, especially in the context of edge —> We need to define Edge DevOps * Target audience: People working on infrastructure and automation. And, eventually, people working in DevOps. We will spend the remaining calls this year to refine the goals and build a plan including next steps that we will be executing starting in January, 2024. We are also looking for information about what time would work best for people to keep running the weekly calls. If you would like to participate, please fill out this Doodle poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dRLKDqEa __Please disregard the dates and only focus on the time slots that work for you in the above poll.__ Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Finding a new time slot for the weekly calls - INPUT NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 30 Oct '23

30 Oct '23

Hi, The current time slot for the weekly calls seems to not work well for the majority of the group anymore. I created a Doodle poll to try to find a new, better fitting slot. The poll contains options that work for both North America and Europe, since that’s where most of the people are who are actively participating: https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/e39J8GQb __Please fill out the poll by the end of day on November 2.__ Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge PTG session recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Hi, Thank you all who made it to the Edge Computing Group's PTG session, which was held at the time of the weekly call on October 23. Below please find a quick recap of our conversation at the event: - Main discussion topic: Revisiting the scope and activities of the working group, with the goal of adjusting them to what the participants and target audience of the group need and want today - Scope * Feedback ~ The group’s current scope felt too broad to the session attendees ~ People’s focus and activities shifted since the WG was started, and therefore they feel less aligned with the group’s current scope ~ Infrastructure is treated differently, and is often invisible. But, this should not mean that we completely shift the focus off of it - Brainstorming * DevOps is currently very popular and affects how infrastructure is viewed and treated. —> What is DevOps in the edge and distributed infrastructure context? * IT vs OT, and having more focus on operations * App developers do not have knowledge about the underlying network and infrastructure, but the apps currently still need to be network aware. —> How to help with bridging the gap? - New scope and goals * The attendees agreed to stay in the infrastructure space -> edge as general-purpose infrastructure. And look into the DevOps space. * Actions - Define Edge DevOps - Produce educational materials and operator tips in the above areas - Next steps * The group needs to define scope and plans to attract a new audience. Use cases and industries in mind include: ~ Banks ~ Retail with digital displays ~ Quick service restaurants * People and roles ~ Infrastructure operators ~ People writing code and creating automation tools for infrastructure We also touched on looking into moving the weekly call into a time slot that works for more people. I will be sending out a Doodle poll to find a new slot in a separate email, please keep an eye out for that. Please feel free to add and correct anything I might’ve missed in the above summary. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly call will as part of the PTG next week (October 23)
by Ildiko Vancsa 22 Oct '23

22 Oct '23

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that the virtual OpenInfra Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event is happening next week! __The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group is meeting at the event on Monday (October 23), starting at 6am PST / 1300 UTC, at the time of our usual weekly call.__ We will be using the Cactus room at the PTG. You can find more details on our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings You can find our agenda and notes etherpad for the event here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2023 See you at the PTG on Monday! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Will not be attending today -- out sick
by Cohen, Beth F 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

Folks - I am feeling off after getting all three shots at once. See you next week. -- <http://www.verizon.com> Beth Cohen SDN Product Strategy Verizon Business Group M +17814338553 <https://www.verizon.com>

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