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Weekly call recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Hi, Below please find a brief summary of our conversation on the call on December 4: - We kept the focus on the working group’s scope and activities - Priorities + Edge DevOps + Reference Architectures/Blueprints + Industry segments beyond telecommunications - We touched on the state of edge in the industry + Doesn’t seem to be in the center of conversations anymore + AI is the new hot topic - Edge solutions + Outpost, Wavelength, etc - Upcoming calls: we are still discussing the schedule and topics for upcoming calls till the end of the year + You can find details on the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Upcoming_Topics You can find the detailed meeting notes on our new etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openinfra-edge-computing-group Our __next call will be on December 11 at 8am PT / 1600 UTC / 17:00 CET.__ If you have any questions or comments, please reply to this thread. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly call recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

Hi, We had a great call today, thank you all who got the chance to attend. Below please find a brief summary of our conversation: - We spent a big chunk of our time to talk about what topics we would like to keep exploring as part of the working group’s scope. - Top-level items that we agreed to keep in scope are: + Edge DevOps, including Automation + Hardware + Security + Networking + Edge-Cloud Continuum + IoT Gateways - Topics that we consider out of scope for now: + Application and Hardware design + Platform design - Plans till the end of 2023 + We will be focusing on setting priorities for early 2024 + Our next steps will include defining new terms, such as Edge DevOps + We will identify topic areas to have presentations about, and invite industry experts on - Upcoming calls: we talked about the schedule and topics for upcoming calls till the end of the year + You can find details on the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Upcoming_Topics You can find the detailed meeting notes on our new etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openinfra-edge-computing-group __Please note that the call on November 27 is canceled!__ Our __next call will be on December 4.__ If you have any questions or comments, please reply to this thread. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly call reminder
by Ildiko Vancsa 20 Nov '23

20 Nov '23

Hi All, It is a friendly reminder that our next weekly call starts in 20 minutes! The calls are now running in the __new time slot on Mondays at 8am PDT / 1600 UTC / 17:00 CET.__ Due to the new time slot I also had to switch Zoom accounts to use. The __new Zoom information is already added to the wiki__: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Call_details See you in a bit! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Meeting recap and new Etherpad
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

Hi, Thank you everyone who was able to make it to the Edge Computing Group weekly call in the new time slot today. We had a bigger group of people participating in the call and we had a great conversation about the below topics: - Roundtable introductions - to learn about people’s backgrounds and interests - Working Group’s scope * Participants of the group have been revisiting the working group’s scope and activities recently * On this call we listed further topic areas that people are interested in exploring as part of the working groups activities - Working group activities * People on the call brought up activities and work items that they would like the working group to carry out and perform I took the action item to create a new etherpad for the group to capture meeting notes and work on tasks. You can find the new etherpad, with more detailed meeting notes here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openinfra-edge-computing-group The next meeting is on Monday (November 20) at 8am US Pacific Time/ 1600 UTC. You can find further meeting details here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Please share any questions or comments on this thread. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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NEW TIME SLOT and ZOOM INFO for the Weekly Calls
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Nov '23

13 Nov '23

Hi, Thank you all who got the chance to participate in the Doodle poll to find a new slot for the weekly calls. I’m reaching out to share the results. The most favored and __new weekly call time slot is Mondays at 8am PDT / 1600 UTC / 17:00 CET.__ Due to the new time slot I also had to switch Zoom accounts to use. The __new Zoom information is already added to the wiki__: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Call_details Please let me know if you have any questions. See you at the new time next Monday (November 13)! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly call recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 01 Nov '23

01 Nov '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 28 Oct '23

28 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 23 Oct '23

23 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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Topics for the edge session at the upcoming PTG
by Ildiko Vancsa 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

Hi Everyone, The Project Teams Gathering (PTG)[1] event is only a few weeks away! I booked 2 hours at the event on Monday (October 23) at 1300 UTC - 1500UTC. What topics are you all interested in talking about during the time we have available? I created an etherpad where we can collect topics and take notes during our session at the event: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2023 For reference, here are the topics from the last PTG: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-march-2023 As well as the Forum session we had at the OpenInfra Summit this year: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openinfra_ecg_forum_2023 Please let me know if you have any questions. Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://openinfra.dev/ptg/ ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Next weekly call is on August 14
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Aug '23

14 Aug '23

Hi All, It is a friendly reminder that our next call is scheduled for August 14 at 6am PST / 1300 UTC. We will be continuing our discussion to plan the working groups roadmap and will talk about plans for the upcoming online OpenInfra PTG as well. Dial-in information and further information about the meetings are here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Next weekly call is on August 7
by Ildiko Vancsa 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

Hi, Vacation season kicked in and a couple of you let me know that they will not be around in the next two weeks. To accommodate to people’s availability, I went ahead and canceled the next two calls (July 24 and July 31). __The next weekly call will be on August 7 at 6am PST / 1300 UTC.__ We will be talking about the working group’s roadmap and plans. For more information, please see the working group's wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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What's next for the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group?! - INPUT NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Jul '23

13 Jul '23

Hi, I’m reaching out to you as a follow up to our weekly call this Monday. During the meeting we had a brief recap of the recent OpenInfra Summit and then we started to look into what’s next for the working group. We started the latter topic with questions, such as: * Is the “edge” still a relevant topic? - Is it a specific enough topic for a working group like ours? * What challenges people are facing that are in scope for our group? * How can we make the working group more relevant to people in the industry today and onwards? We then continued with taking a deeper dive into finding answers, and asking more questions. We touched on the following topics: * Topic areas that have been interesting and in scope for the WG - Automation - Orchestration - Distributed Infrastructure ~ Does not include IoT, which was acceptable to people on the call * Challenges we had in the past with setting up PoCs - Setting up proof-of-concept environments is very challenging in itself - We didn’t always have the resources, or expertise or either - Could this be something to tackle in another way? * Idea - Talk about relevant projects in the space in a more practical way, including ~ Demos ~ Pros and cons ~ Challenges it addresses or that it still has - Provide information that a PoC would give, without setting them up ourselves As a next step __we also need YOUR input!__ What do you think about the above questions and idea? What would you be interested in hearing and talking about? What are your challenges that you need solutions for, that this group could help you with? I’m looking forward to hearing from you! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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OpenInfra Summit session recordings and follow ups
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Jul '23

13 Jul '23

Hi, I’m reaching out to you with further resources from the recent OpenInfra Summit. The conference session recordings are now available! You can find the videos from the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOmoFOLaR7A&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… I also collected session recordings that are more relevant in the edge computing context: * vGPUs with OpenStack Nova - https://youtu.be/--LNpNLSpss * Pushing OpenStack Workloads to the Edge! - https://youtu.be/HfuagLN5pKc * Living on the Edge, Kubernetes as Software Delivery Mechanism for the Far Edge - https://youtu.be/I3A48Xz8V8A * An OpenStack Powered Edge Service, IoT, Smart Cities - https://youtu.be/jTTzDzbnfyE * StarlingX presentations: - A private 5G campus network enabled and powered by OpenStack and StarlingX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnnw_9UIoS0&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - StarlingX: Next generation security with Zero Trust architecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVqjxQ-Q9nc&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - StarlingX at scale – Infrastructure management of 10s of 1000s of geographically distributed clouds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bJ1Oq75ER4&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - StarlingX: Next generation infrastructure for cloud native - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOmoFOLaR7A&t=1980s - Enabling the Intelligent Edge with StarlingX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y33zGI6m0G0&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - StarlingX Evolution - New Deployment Architectures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFVLnZASIIw&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - Power Efficiency in vRAN and Open RAN Deployments: Arm and StarlingX Collaboration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6V5M1URzg&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - StarlingX: Using OSTree Atomic Updates to Drastically Reduce Outage Times for Upgrades of Remote Single-Server Edge Clouds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCz6vDzM8U&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - From Legacy to Agility: Why stx-openstack and Containers are the Key to Modernizing your IT Infrastructure - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PhQbGQd8Vs&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - Using enclave technology to help secure secrets in a distributed world - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN7sfkzfl68&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… - Full Featured PTP in the Cloud for Telcos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsJHbWRPW4Y&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgqsxQDbLj4LVpKi… I hope you find this information useful. Do you have a favorite session from the above list or the overall OpenInfra Summit schedule? Are there any sessions that you would be interested in following up on? For instance, inviting the speakers to one of the upcoming weekly calls and discuss their presentation topics further? Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Next call is on July 10
by Ildiko Vancsa 27 Jun '23

27 Jun '23

Hi, The meeting next Monday (July 3) will be canceled, as many people take time off for the 4th of July celebrations on Tuesday. The next meeting will be on July 10 at 6am PST/ 1300 UTC: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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OpenInfra Summit Edge Forum session
by Ildiko Vancsa 27 Jun '23

27 Jun '23

Hi, I’m reaching out to you with a brief summary of the Edge Forum session we had at the recent OpenInfra Summit. We had a Forum session that was focusing on edge use cases, challenges and practices that people are currently using. Our main discussion topics included: * Use cases - IoT + There was a talk at the event about IoTronic, the recording will be available shortly - Smart Cities - Private Mobility and Wireless - Machine in the machine, DPU, etc * Hardware management - 5G use case with RUs and DUs, where it can get challenging to manage accelerators + Use of Cyborg and/or Ironic? - Evolution of Smart NICs - How to handle lifecycle management? - Ironic + Activities around managing “child” devices + Virtual-media-based deployment to manage remote sites and devices For further notes, please the session etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/r.037d1bd4a6e4f376527f17f48810bb07 We will keep discussing the above and further topics on our weekly calls. The next call is scheduled for July 10 at 6am PST / 1300 UTC: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Will not be able to attend todays meeting
by Cohen, Beth F 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

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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Link to article about ChatGPT taking people's jobs
by Cohen, Beth F 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

As mentioned on our call this AM. This is a gift link, so it does not require a subscription or login. https://wapo.st/3Chdm3i ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners. Technology used to automate dirty and repetitive jobs. Now, artificial intelligence chatbots are coming after high-paid ones. By Pranshu Verma <https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/pranshu-verma/?itid=ai_top_vermap> and Gerrit De Vynck <https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/gerrit-de-vynck/?itid=ai_top_devynckg> June 2, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT -- <http://www.verizon.com> Beth Cohen SDN Product Strategy Verizon Business Group M +17814338553 <https://www.verizon.com>

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Updated PTG Blog
by Cohen, Beth F 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

Folks - Here is my take on the Blog post. Did some edits and consolidation. Feel free to add to what I did if you wish. https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-march-2023-blog Connecting the Pieces - Edge Infrastructures and Landscape The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group met online at the recent Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event to grab the opportunity to dissect the edge computing space even further. During this PTG, we explored activities both in Europe as well as globally. This time the focus was on what connects multiple edges together, both from infrastructure and social perspective. Our session started with a series of presentations, delivered by Andreas Florath (Deutsche Telekom), to introduce the EU Cloud Alliance (European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud) and the current work to build a federation of edge systems in Europe. The EU Commission supports this effort and many other projects, such as Gaia-X and Horizon Europe. These projects typically have a focus on different, but connected areas, such as data, automotive or the cloud-to-edge continuum. The EU Cloud Alliance assists the EU Commission by supporting the creation and deployment of next generation cloud capacities for the public and private sector. Their objective is to specify the requirements for next-generation of secure, low-carbon and interoperable cloud and edge services and infrastructure, based on the three pillars of cloud, compute, networking and storage. The EU Cloud Alliance has an Edge/Cloud Working Group, that organized its activities into task forces. The scope that these groups cover ranges from the cloud and edge landscape in Europe, through cybersecurity up to application and data services. The Alliance executes its mission through activities such as: - Giving recommendations in the form of use cases, technology roadmaps and more - Determining challenges for requirements and standards of cloud services - Keeping a focus on data requirements, especially in how to best host sensitive data, which comes with high security requirements Open source plays a key role in the activities and projects of the EU Commission, which is often reflected in the projects’ requirements. Some even set it as a goal to open source everything. Funding levels also vary based on the the amount of open source components used and produced as part of the projects' artifacts. After the overview of the EU Cloud Alliance, there was a review of the ongoing work defining and building a federation of edge-cloud continuum in Europe. By 2030, 10000 climate-neutral, highly-secure edge nodes are planned to be deployed throughout Europe. The scope of the federation covers the end-to-end infrastructure. The scale of infrastructure reflects on the edge-cloud continuum, as these nodes need to be connected and managed without any artificial separation within the elements. Federation is used to create the connection and provide access to the components. While these components are not managed by one singe provider but rather many of them, the aim is to have access to them through a single platform. If the implementation is successful, the cloud federation layer will hide the underlying infrastructure providers. It will also provide a consistent platform, as well as a consistent experience for all application providers and users. While that might seem like a worthy goal, can one platform rule them all? There are a few obstacles to overcome first: - SD-WAN limitations: if the number of nodes grows too big, it will prompt the need for a hierarchical system. - The EU-wide scope also posts a complication as there are multiple infrastructure and application providers that may or may not span across country borders. The layers of the stack consist of the ‘infrastructure provider’ layer, the ‘edge-cloud federation’ layer, the ‘application provider’ layer, and a ‘marketplace’ layer, with the ‘users’ being displayed on top. The layers demonstrate the complexity of the underlying systems, while also showing the intention to make it user friendly. The requirements include of course security, similarly to other edge related discussions, on the top of the list and hardware independence. The biggest challenge that needs to be addressed is how to achieve fault tolerance throughout the system. While in Europe the intent is to build an agnostic solution that uses different open source building blocks. there are other efforts in the open source ecosystem to address federation-related functionality. Ongoing work in the global community, includes the Anuket project, as well as MEF, where the focus is on defining APIs to provide standard access points that can be used to connect the elements. There are also parallels efforts, like grid computing, that was in fashion a bit over a decade ago, or Wireguard, which is a de-facto overlay standard for networking. Other groups are also working on this effort -- somewhat independently at this point, include GSMA, which is proposing a federation API, which is already partially implemented. The GSMA has a strong telecom focus and a private membership, which is not always seen as desireable with the wider Open Source community. Beyond GSMA, the CAMARA project and TMForum are groups that are working on API-slicing proposals. It has been true for a while, but the Edge is a very fragmented and overly complex ecosystem. Just looking at the projects within OpenInfra there are many that can and are used to support Edge architectures and use cases. Some, like OpenStack and StarlingX, are already utilized in edge computing use cases. For instance, OpenStack was utilized for a uCPE use case before the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group was even created. StarlingX is powering large, distributed vRAN deployments around the globe. For containerized edge applications, Kata Containers, which is a container runtime that delivers security and speed in one package through creating a fusion between virtual machines and containers, is a valid choice. It provides increased security, compared to traditional containers, and the ability to use a different kernel than what is running on the host machine, it can be a very appealing solution for the edge space. The Kata Containers community also collaborates with the Confidential Computing group in the CNCF ecosystem, which has been gaining increased community interest recently. One member of the discussion shared a document that documents over 150 open source projects and libraries that are relevant for the edge. How many of these projects are primarily relevant for edge? A consolidation of projects in this space is long overdue. Last, but not least, it has become increasingly clear that today’s systems with their massive scale and distributed nature create a level of complexity that is hard to manage. While simplicity is always a goal, it is not something that can be accomplished for an end-to-end infrastructure, with out much more community will and support than what currently exists. However while systems can remain complex, managing them doesn’t have to be as long as there is a focus on increasing the tools to support automation, then operating and maintaining a distributed edge infrastructure could become a relatively easy task. EDGE COMPUTING GROUP CTA AND REFERENCES + ADD LINKS THROUGHOUT -- <http://www.verizon.com> Beth Cohen SDN Product Strategy Verizon Business Group M +17814338553 <https://www.verizon.com>

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Weekly call meeting minutes
by Ildiko Vancsa 18 Apr '23

18 Apr '23

Hi, We had a great call this Monday, please find the highlights of our conversation below. * Scope of the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group - As the group and the industry are evolving, it is always good to revisit our scope and activities - Items that came up include: + End-to-end edge and distributed systems challenges and solutions + Working with the ecosystem of open source projects and groups to identify and fill gaps + Defining reference architectures * We elaborated on ecosystem a little further - The landscape and perceptions are constantly changing - Is IoT also edge? - Missing tools + How to improve developer experience?! + Developers don’t always have the tools and resources to test their applications that will be deployed at the edge + Hard to find vendors to provide the tooling * Application challenges - Developers are not very aware of how the network affects their applications, and they don’t always care - Are we still looking for the “killer application” that will drive the infrastructure needs and development? - Users want to have more insights into the network, but don’t always know what to do with the data + We briefly touched on the CAMARA project, which is a project to define APIs that provide access to network capabilities + https://camaraproject.org As a friendly reminder, next week we will continue our conversation about Private Mobility! Our next call is on __Monday (April 24) at 6am PST / 1300 UTC__. For dial-in details and more information about the meeting, please check out our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Private Mobility presentation and discussion on April 10
by Ildiko Vancsa 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

Hi, I’m reaching out to you to draw your attention to our upcoming weekly meeting. We will be having a session about Private Mobility, presented by David Paterson, Senior Principal Software Engineer at Dell. He will introduce the topic and will also talk about Dell’s activities in the area. As usual, the meeting will be an interactive session where the attendees will dive deeper into the topic after the presentation. The session will happen __on Monday (April 10) at 6am PST / 1300 UTC__. For information about the meeting and dial-in details please check out our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings See you on Monday (April 10)! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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OpenInfra PTG edge session recording
by Ildiko Vancsa 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

Hi All, Thank you all who were able to join the edge session at the OpenInfra Project Teams Gathering event today. If you missed the session or would like to refresh your memories on the conversations, you can access the session recording here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Virtual_PTG_Recording.… We also took some notes on the etherpad for this session: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/r.99b08675546303bd5f2e97db63c32d36 As a reminder, we will have the Private Mobility presentation by David Paterson on next Monday’s (April 03) call. You can find more details about the meeting here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings 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 (March 27)
by Ildiko Vancsa 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '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 (March 27), starting at 6am PST / 1300 UTC, at the time of our usual weekly call.__ We will be using the Bexar 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 notes etherpad for the event here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-march-2023 See you at the PTG on Monday! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly meeting is running!
by Ildiko Vancsa 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

Hi Everyone, We are having our weekly call running. This week’s topic is to prepare for the PTG! If you cannot join the call, but would like to discuss edge topics next Monday, please throw your topics into this thread or on our planning etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-march-2023 ! Meeting details are here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Topics for the upcoming online OpenInfra PTG
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Hi All, I’m reaching out to you with a friendly reminder that the next OpenInfra Project Teams Gathering[1] event is scheduled to happen online on March 27-31. As our group agreed, I booked a few hours for the first day of the event, __Monday (March 27) at 1300 UTC - 1600 UTC__. I also created an etherpad to collect topics to discuss: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-march-2023 Please add your topic ideas to the above etherpad, or reply to this thread. We will also discuss potential topics during the upcoming weekly calls till the event. If you haven’t done it yet, please register for the event! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://openinfra.dev/ptg/ ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Private Mobility session has just started
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Hi All, We are having a presentation today about Private Mobility, followed by a discussion. The session has already started, you can find the dial-in information on our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Meeting recap and upcoming calls
by Ildiko Vancsa 15 Feb '23

15 Feb '23

Hi All, We had a few great calls in the past few weeks. Below please find some of the highlights of our discussions. * Events - OpenInfra Summit & PTG in Vancouver + The group submitted a Forum session for the event to talk about orchestration, automation and further relevant challenges for edge. = The group is also looking forward to find new members and hear about new use cases + Event details: https://openinfra.dev/summit/vancouver-2023 * Digital transformation - The term is somewhat overused - The focus is shifting towards re-inventing customer experience - Retail is a good example of how digital transformation is changing shopping experience * Does edge actually need a core?! - The group brought up automotive and credit card transactions as related examples - We also discussed to re-phrasing the question to differentiate between a central cloud and a centralized vs distributed control plane - We also had a detour to cover air-gapping * Access - How do you access the edge? + Private vs public networks + Developers have no control or often even insight to how their apps will access and use the network * Data security - There’s a growing motivation to keep as much data local as possible - Only transfer aggregated and processed data —> makes the edge “fatter” * Distributed systems vs Edge - We had a short conversation about how these terms refer to similar things, but they are not the same! There might an article coming about this topic — Volunteers? * Use cases - We mentioned some new ones, like managing grain silos or transportation - There are also a few use cases where raw data gets thrown away after being processed —> Is that “normal”? + We had an extended conversation about metadata in this context; what it is, how it is treated, etc Our upcoming schedule is the following: * February 20, 2023 - Developer support - how can developers build a lab and test environment to mimic edge-like circumstances? * February 27, 2023 - Canceled: due to Mobile World Congress * March 06, 2023 - Private Mobility - The session will be lead by David Paterson For information about upcoming meetings and dial-in details please check out our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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OpenInfra Summit Edge Forum session proposal for review
by Ildiko Vancsa 19 Jan '23

19 Jan '23

Hi All, We’ve discussed to submit a session proposal into the OpenInfra Summit Forum CFP with the intent to utilize the Forum to reconnect with the OpenInfra projects and ecosystem in person. And talk about edge! I wrote up a session proposal using what we discussed on our weekly meetings this year. Please let me know what you think! Also, please let me know if you would be interested in moderating the session! Thanks, Ildikó Title: So we talked a lot about edge computing… What’s next?! Abstract: The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group spent the past few years to dive into defining and untangling the edge infrastructure space. Taking a closer look at the edge and the road that takes there, we identified orchestration and automation as crucial components of any end-to-end edge deployment that seeks success and longevity. We’ve also started to explore application design challenges through the lens of the requirements set towards infrastructure services. The group is looking to (re)connect with users as well as developers in this space to understand challenges and solutions that users or developers face. We would like to learn about new use cases, production deployments and projects in various areas from private mobility to industrial automation, with the goal of finding and filling gaps in the open source solutions to fulfill the users’ requirements. ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Meeting recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 16 Jan '23

16 Jan '23

Hi All, We had a great call today. Below please find some of the highlights of our discussion. * Events - The group decided to participate in the upcoming virtual Project Teams Gathering + The group is currently planning to have an extended session on Monday morning at the same time as the weekly meeting! + Event details: https://openinfra.dev/ptg/ + If you are planning to attend, please register, it’s FREE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-teams-gathering-march-2023-tickets-483… - OpenInfra Summit & PTG in Vancouver + The group is currently aiming for grabbing a Forum session and find opportunities at the in-person PTG to have discussions with project teams + Event details: https://openinfra.dev/summit/vancouver-2023 * Services and applications running at the edge - We discussed challenges of application design in edge environments - Baptiste from INRIA showed a few slides to share information about their research in this space - We also started to compare how the challenges relate or change if we switch from the application space to the control plane and configuration data - We also explored already existing solutions to handle distributed data over intermittent networks * We will keep exploring the application-design space next week! For information about upcoming meetings and dial-in details please check out our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge Forum session at the upcoming OpenInfra Summit
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

Hi, The next OpenInfra Summit will be in Vancouver, BC on June 13-15. Similarly to previous Summits, we will have the Forum again! The Forum is an interactive part of the main event with working sessions to discuss specific topics and challenges. The sessions also provide a great opportunity to connect the contributors of OpenInfra projects with users to ensure a feedback loop and good communication between those who create and those who use the software. The Forum proposal process is still open. Grabbing a session would be a great opportunity to learn the latest challenges and discuss solution ideas in the edge computing space. We can also reach out to a wider audience and can find new contributors to our group. Would you all be interested in proposing a Forum session? If so, do you have preferred topics to discuss with the attendees? Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge sessions at the virtual PTG in March
by Ildiko Vancsa 12 Jan '23

12 Jan '23

Hi, I’m reaching out about the upcoming virtual Project Teams gathering event, which will be held March 27-31. We had one session during the last PTG with great conversations about topics in areas such as orchestration, automation or environmental sustainability. It would be great to utilize some time during the upcoming event and discuss some of our topics further as well as to talk about plans and roadmap with regards to what our working group is set to achieve this year. What do you all think? What topics would you like to discuss at the PTG? I created a planning etherpad to collect ideas: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-march-2023 Please add your thoughts to the etherpad so we can better plan the time to book for the event. __The team signup deadline is February 19__. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Have a conflict at the usual time
by Cohen, Beth F 09 Jan '23

09 Jan '23

Just this week I have a conflict with the LFN SPC meeting -- <http://www.verizon.com> Beth Cohen SDN Product Strategy Verizon Business Group M +17814338553 <https://www.verizon.com>

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Call for papers for IEEE EDGE 2023
by Nitin Auluck 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

IEEE EDGE 2023 - CALL FOR PAPERS Edge computing, as the convergence of computing and communications executed close to data collection and places of storage and application, provides a paradigm that offers several research and application opportunities across a wide range of domains. At the same time, it raises many fundamental and unprecedented research and development problems and challenges. The 2023 IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing and Communications (IEEE EDGE 2023) aims to continue to be recognized a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in state of the art and practice of edge computing, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of edge computing. IEEE EDGE is affiliated with IEEE World Congress on Services (SERVICES). IEEE EDGE 2023 will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including research track, tutorial and demonstration. IEEE EDGE 2023 will also include an attractive industry program aimed at practitioners, with keynotes and panels from prominent research, industry leaders, and technological exhibits. IEEE EDGE 2023 invites original papers addressing all aspects related to edge computing theories, technologies and applications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: · Edge Computing Architectures · Edge Computing and Communications Theories · Edge Computing and Network Functions Virtualization · Edge Computing in Multi-cloud environments · Signal Processing in Edge Computing · Edge Access Networks & Systems · Services for Edge Computing · CPU/GPU and Hardware for Edge Computing · AI Enabled Edge Computing · Edge Centric Convergence of IoT & Cloud Computing · Collaborative Edge & Cloud Computing · Storage and Caching at the Edge · QoS & QoE at the Edge · Artificial Intelligence and ML at the Edge · Edge Computing for Vehicular System & Network · Edge Computing for 5G/6G Network & Systems IMPORTANT DATES (ANYWHERE ON EARTH) * December 1, 2022: Easy Chair open for DRAFT submissions * February 12, 2023: Easy Chair closes for submissions (e.g., HARD submission deadline) * April 2, 2023: Acceptance notification * July 2-8, 2023: SERVICES Congress in Chicago ORGANISING TEAM IEEE EDGE 2023 GENERAL CHAIRS Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University Omer Rana, Cardiff University IEEE EDGE 2023 PROGRAM CHAIRS Flavia Delicato, Fluminense Federal University Nirmit Desai, IBM TJ Watson Research Center IEEE EDGE 2023 PUBLICITY CHAIRS Nitin Auluck, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas, Brazil Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy Gautam Srivastava, Brandon University, Canada -- Dr. Nitin Auluck / डॉ. नितिन औलक Associate Professor / सह - प्राध्यापक Room #114, S. Ramanujan Block / कमरा #११४, एस. रामानुजम ब्लॉक Department of Computer Science & Engineering / कंप्यूटर विज्ञान और अभियांत्रिकी विभाग Indian Institute of Technology Ropar / भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान रोपड़ Rupnagar, Punjab, India, 140001 / रूपनगर, पंजाब, भारत, १४०००१ Email / ईमेल: nitin(a)iitrpr.ac.in Web / वेब: http://www.iitrpr.ac.in/cse/nitin -- **CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited.* *

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PTG session recording is now available
by Ildiko Vancsa 12 Nov '22

12 Nov '22

Hi All, Please find the recording of the recent OpenInfra Edge Computing Group PTG session on our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Virtual_PTG_Recording.… The next weekly call of the group is scheduled for next Monday (November 14) at 6am PST! You can find more information about our meetings and resources here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Re: [Edge-computing] Edge Computing Group sessions at the PTG - ON NOW
by Ildiko Vancsa 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we’re having the Edge PTG session running now. We’re in the Girzzly room, you can find the dial-in link here: https://ptg.opendev.org/ptg.html For further information please see our etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2022 Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation > On Oct 12, 2022, at 21:21, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I’m reaching out with a quick update regarding the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group sessions at the upcoming PTG next week. > > The group settled on booking a Monday time slot that overlaps with our usual meeting hour: __Monday (October 17) at 1300 UTC - 1600 UTC__. > > Our main discussion topics will include: > * Edge use cases in production > * Day 0 - prepare your edge deployment > * Roadmap for the working group > > Beth Cohen from Verizon will also give a presentation during our scheduled time. > > For further information please see our etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2022 > > Looking forward to seeing you at the event! > > Best Regards, > Ildikó > > ——— > > Ildikó Váncsa > Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem > Open Infrastructure Foundation > > >

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Edge sessions at the upcoming OpenInfra Project Teams Gathering
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Oct '22

13 Oct '22

Hi All, I’m reaching out with a quick update regarding the edge sessions at the upcoming OpenInfra Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event[1]. Based on earlier discussions the group settled on booking a Monday time slot that overlaps with our usual meeting hour: __Monday (October 17) at 1300 UTC - 1600 UTC__. Our main discussion topics will include: * Edge use cases in production * Day 0 - prepare your edge deployment * Roadmap for the working group Beth Cohen from Verizon will also give a presentation during our scheduled time slot. For further information please see our etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2022 Looking forward to seeing you at the event! Best Regards, Ildikó [1] openinfra.dev/ptg ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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PTG Preparation - RESPONSE NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 04 Oct '22

04 Oct '22

Hi All, The next OpenInfra PTG is approaching fast, the event will be held in a fully online format on October 17-21. We already have an etherpad to collect discussion topics for the event: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2022 If you have further topics, please add them to the above etherpad, so we can include that in the planning. Please also add your name to your topic, so we know who to reach out to for further details. An important detail, that we haven’t yet decided on, is how much time and what time slots we would like to grab at the event for edge related discussions. What would you all prefer? Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge Infrastructure Orchestration on the next weekly call
by Ildiko Vancsa 18 Sep '22

18 Sep '22

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we will continue the Edge Infrastructure Orchestration discussion on our next weekly call on __Monday (September 19) at 6am PDT__. Rob Hirschfeld will talk about the approach they are taking with RackN and we will then go into an open discussion about the topic. Join us for the lively discussion if you would like to learn about solutions in this space or have experience and stories to share about your use case and existing or planned deployments. You can find more information about the call including the dial-in details on our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings See you on Monday! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge compute requirements
by Eva Mishra 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Dear All, What are the compute requirements (processor,memory etc) to run 5G on an edge server ? Regards, Eva M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ C-DAC is on Social-Media too. Kindly follow us at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDACINDIA & Twitter: @cdacindia ] This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Plans and upcoming sessions
by Ildiko Vancsa 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Hi, I’m reaching out to you with a small update about upcoming Edge Computing Group sessions. As Fall is approaching we are getting back into deeper level discussions about today’s edge infrastructure challenges and solutions. Automation and orchestration will remain in the spotlight as key components of successful and sustainable edge deployments. On the upcoming call we will start planning for the upcoming OpenInfra Project Teams Gathering (PTG)[1] event to ensure good and diverse discussions in the area of edge computing. We will also look into the last quarter of 2022 and build out our agenda for the remainder of the year. Join use if you have any topics that you would like to discuss with us! I would also like to draw your attention to our call on the 19th of September, where will dig deeper into the solutions space. We will touch on Infrastructure as Code, GitOps and Rob Hirschfeld will guide us through the approach that RackN is taking in this area. For further details about the working group and our upcoming meetings please visit our wiki page[2]! Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://openinfra.dev/ptg/ [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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edge requirements
by Eva Mishra 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

What are the requirements for a server to qualify as an edge server ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ C-DAC is on Social-Media too. Kindly follow us at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDACINDIA & Twitter: @cdacindia ] This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Orchestration, Day-2 Operations and StarlingX session recording
by Ildiko Vancsa 21 Jul '22

21 Jul '22

Hi, We had a great call this week where discussed the challenges of maintaining edge infrastructures and workloads. During the call we also touched on solutions and went into details about how the StarlingX open source cloud platform is solving the needs of users and operators. You can find the recording here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Orchestration.2C_Day-2… For more information about StarlingX, please see the project website: https://www.starlingx.io On our next call (Monday, July 25 at 6am PDT) we will continue this conversation and will look into further projects and solutions. For further details about the weekly calls, please see our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group See you next Monday! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly Call Meeting Minutes
by Ildiko Vancsa 12 Jul '22

12 Jul '22

Hi, We had a slow paced call today where we were mainly looking into plans for the second half of the year. The working group will keep focusing on production use cases and requirements. There are challenges and gaps in the infrastructure space in the area of operations, automation and remote maintenance that the industry needs to work on to address. The working group is seeking feedback and input from production edge environments to share that with communities who are working on open source solutions in this space. We also talked about upcoming events that are in the interest of the working group: * OpenInfra Project Teams Gathering ** The event is schedule for October 17-20 in Columbus, OH ** Registration is already open: https://openinfra.dev/ptg ** Team sign up deadline is August 12 *** I create a poll to see who’s around to attend the event to see if we can organize dedicated edge sessions **** Please fill out the poll by __July 31__: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/epgqMxpd * Open Networking and Edge (ONE) Summit ** The event is schedule for November 15-16 in Seattle, WA ** CFP is closing on July 29 ** Working group members are looking into submitting proposals for the conference For further details about the weekly calls, please see our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group On the next call we will continue discussing the infrastructure operations related challenges and solutions, including the StarlingX project!! See you on the call next Monday (July 18)! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge infrastructure orchestration discussion on July 18
by Ildiko Vancsa 08 Jul '22

08 Jul '22

Hi, I’m reaching out to draw your attention to the working group’s upcoming call on July 18. We are planning to discuss infrastructure orchestration and its challenges in large-scale, geographically distributed edge environments. We will touch on challenges as well as solutions, such as the StarlingX project. If you have any questions or specific topics within the main area of the discussion please share it on this thread so we can add it to the agenda! You can find further information about the group and our calls on this wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge sessions at the upcoming OpenInfra Project Teams Gathering
by Ildiko Vancsa 05 Jul '22

05 Jul '22

Hi, I’m reaching out to you about the next Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event. The PTG is returning in person and will be held in Columbus, Ohio on October 17-20. For more information about the event, please see https://openinfra.dev/ptg/ This event is a great opportunity to bring back the edge discussions in person and to have a closer collaboration with the OpenInfra projects in the area of edge computing. I created a poll to see how many people are available to travel to attend the event: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/epgqMxpd Please mark all the days in the poll when you would be available in person to attend and participate in edge sessions at the PTG! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Help with the OpenInfra presentation on Edge
by Cohen, Beth F 23 May '22

23 May '22

Folks - For many reasons, all very valid, Rob will not ba able to attend the Summit in June. I am willing to do the presentation on Edge complexity myself, but if anyone on this list will be attending the conference and would like to share the responsibilities, I welcome the opportunity. Here is the topic: Wed, June 8, 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Berlin Congress Center - B - B09 Complexity at the Edge – A knotty problem 5G, NFV & Edge Edge computing has been part of the emerging technology landscape for over five years now, yet somehow, it remains somewhat of a mystery (or possibly just a Byzantine maze) to many users. Like Cloud computing before, Edge was touted as being able to simplify complex use cases. In reality, Edge has only magnified the essential complexity of the cloud by highlighting the need for better security, development, deployment and management tools that work over a highly distributed network environment. Using real world examples and painful lessons learned -- what do mean we will have to take the system, which is serving as the sole network connection for hundreds of branch offices, down for 2 hours to upgrade the hypervisor? -- We will explore how the principles of simplicity and ease of management collide with the inherent complexity of managing Edge architectures, with some possible ways that Open Source tools and techniques can address these issues. -- -- *Beth Cohen* SDN Network Product Strategy Verizon Business Group M 781.434.8553

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Canceling the meeting on Monday (May 16)
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 May '22

13 May '22

Hi, I got a last minute conflict for Monday at the time of the meeting call. As it is also the week of KubeCon EU I couldn’t find anyone who would facilitate the call and therefore I need to cancel it. __Our next call is on May 23!__ For further details about the weekly calls, please see our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly Call Meeting Minutes
by Ildiko Vancsa 10 May '22

10 May '22

Hi All, Thank you for the great call earlier today. We started our discussion today with revisiting the container orchestration topic that a few of the working group members brought up last week. With listing the various groups in the CNCF ecosystem, just as a starting point, we quickly stumbled over to talk about the edge computing landscape. The attendees on today’s weekly call shared the desire to have a central place where you can discover what projects exist in the open source and standards space to address edge needs and challenges. While the group understands the challenges of keeping the information up to date, we still prefer to maintain a list so we can always look up information as a starting point, even if it turns out to be in need of an update! The group decided to use our already existing wiki page where we started to collect the adjacent groups and communities that we work with, and just extend that list to serve multiple purposes at the same time: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group/Adjacent_Edge_Projects The most recent Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event concluded just over a month ago. If you would like to catch up on the edge discussions you can now read the first article of a 3-piece series that got published today. The series will guide you through the conversations about the journey to take and run your edge use case in production: https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/what-does-it-take-to-bring-and-ope… For further details about the weekly calls, please see our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group See you next Monday (May 16)! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly Call Meeting Minutes
by Ildiko Vancsa 18 Apr '22

18 Apr '22

Hi, We had a short call today, but we still made some progress. We identified areas to untangle for the next few weekly calls: * April 25: We will be discussing license management at the edge: requirements and solutions * Onwards: The PTG uncovered quite a few interesting topics with regards to Day 2/n operations that have been overlooked in the past. * It is important to look into how the infrastructure as well as the applications will be operated as that creates new requirements to take into account at the design and rollout phases. We will discuss this at the upcoming weekly calls to understand the requirements better. For further details about the group and our weekly calls, please visit our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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