Prime Guide to LF Edge For Current and New Members

We are creating a common framework for hardware and software standards and best practices critical to sustaining current and future generations of IoT and edge devices.

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LF Edge References

Key Contacts

Arpit Joshipura, Executive Sponsorajoshipura@linuxfoundation.org

Mike Woster, Membershipmwoster@linuxfoundation.org

Brett Preston, Senior Program Managerbpreston@linuxfoundation.org / info@lfedge.org

Jill Lovato, PR and Marketing Leadjlovato@linuxfoundation.org / pr@lfedge.org

Eric Ball, IT Operationseball@linuxfondation.org / helpdesk@lfedge.org

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Key ResourcesWeb Site https://www.lfedge.org/

Wiki https://wiki.lfedge.org/

Mail Lists https://lists.lfedge.org/

Technical Advisory Council:

https://wiki.lfedge.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1671298

Outreach Committee/Marketing:

https://lists.lfedge.org/g/outreach-committee

LF Edge Elected Leadership

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› Governing Board› Chair: Melissa Evers-Hood, Intel› General Member Representatives:

› Keith Steele, IOTech and Rob Hirschfeld, RackN› Technical Advisory Council (TAC)

› Chair: To Be Elected› Outreach Committee

› Chair: Balaji Ethirajulu, Ericsson › Budget Committee

› Treasurer: Tom Nadeau, Red Hat

LF Edge Projects Leadership

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› Akraino Edge Stack› TSC Chair: Kandan Kathirvel, AT&T

› EdgeX Foundry› TSC Chair: Keith Steele, IOTech

› Home Edge › TAC Representative: Myeonggi (MJ) Jeong, Samsung

› Open Glossary of Edge Computing › TAC Representative: Matthew Trifiro, Vapor IO

› Project EVE › TAC Representative: Erik Nordmark, ZEDEDA

Joining LF Edge

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Join the LF Edge Foundation - Membership Benefits

Organizations join LF Edge because they want to take an active role in supporting the growth and evolution of the open source Edge ecosystem.

LF Edge Membership Provides:

Marketing Amplification and Brand Awareness

Community Engagement Thought Leadership

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Premier Members

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General Members

Associate Members

LF Edge Foundation Annual Dues

Premier Member

General Member

$50,000

5,000 employees +: $25,000 500 - 4,999: $15,000 100 - 499: $10,000

Up to 99 employees: $2,500

Existing Linux Foundation Member

$70,000

5,000 employees +: $45,000 500 - 4,999: $30,000 100 - 499: $20,000

Up to 99 employees: $7,500

Not Yet a Linux Foundation Member

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General Membership

Targeted for organizations that want to put their organization in full view in support of LF Edge and our mission. Organizations that join at the General level are deeply committed to using open source technology, helping LF Edge grow, voicing the opinions of their customers, and giving back to the community.

General members are eligible to:

• Participate in elections to appoint one (1) representative to the LF Edge Governing Board per every ten (10) General members, up to

three (3) maximum General representatives.

• Receive greater insight into LF Edge strategy and project roadmaps through increased engagement with the LF Edge Executive Sponsor

and staff.

• Create an individualized press release upon membership announcement with the LF Edge PR team.

• Participate in all Marketing, Community, Thought Leadership opportunities.

• Demonstrate your support for LF Edge by displaying your logo on the LF Edge website and in marketing materials.

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Premier Membership

Highest tier of membership – For organizations who contribute heavily to open source Edge and bringin their own projects to be hosted at the Foundation. They work in concert with LF Edge + LF team members. These companies want to take the most active role in enabling open source Edge.

Premier members are eligible to:

(Enjoy all the benefits of General level, plus;)

• Appoint one (1) representative to the LF Edge Governing Board.

• Appoint one (1) representative as a voting member in any subcommittees or activities of the Governing Board.

• Enjoy most prominent placement in displays of membership including on the website and in marketing materials.

• Increased access to Linux Foundation’s invitation-only Open Source Leadership Summit.

• Create an individualized press release upon membership announcement with the LF Edge PR team.

• Receive ongoing, individual engagement and guidance from LF Edge Executive Sponsor and staff.

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LF Edge Projects

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Akraino Edge Stack

Brief Description:

Akraino Edge Stack aims to create an open source software stack that supports high-availability cloud services optimized for edge computing systems and applications.

Contributed by: AT&T in February 2018

Key Contacts:

Kandan Kathirvel, AT&T, TSC Chair

Tina Tsou, Arm, TSC Vice-Chair

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Key Links:Web Site https://www.lfedge.org/projects/akraino/Wiki https://wiki.akraino.org/Gerrit https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/#/q/status:openDocumentation https://wiki.akraino.org/display/AK/DocumentationMail Lists https://lists.akraino.org/g/main

Technical Steering Committeehttps://wiki.akraino.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4456453

Blueprintshttps://wiki.akraino.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1147243

CalendarVia Wiki: https://wiki.akraino.org/display/AK/Akraino+TSC+Group+CalendarVia Mail Lists: https://lists.akraino.org/g/tsc/calendar

Brief Description:EdgeX is a vendor-neutral, open source, loosely-coupled microservices framework that provides the choice to plug and play from a growing ecosystem of available 3rd party offerings or augment with your own proprietary innovations. With a focus on the IoT Edge, EdgeX simplifies the process to design, develop and deploy solutions across industrial, enterprise, and consumer applications.

Contributed by: Dell in April 2017

Key Contacts:Keith Steele, IOTech, TSC ChairJim White, Dell, TSC Vice-Chair

EdgeX Foundry

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Key Links:Web Site https://www.lfedge.org/projects/edgexfoundry/Wiki https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/GitHub https://github.com/edgexfoundryDocumentation https://docs.edgexfoundry.org/Mail Lists https://lists.edgexfoundry.org/g/main/subgroupsSlack https://slack.edgexfoundry.org/

Technical Steering Committeehttps://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=329436

Getting Started Guidehttps://docs.edgexfoundry.org/Ch-GettingStarted.html

CalendarVia Wiki: https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/EdgeX+TSC+Group+CalendarVia Mail Lists: https://lists.edgexfoundry.org/g/EdgeX-TSC/calendar

Home Edge

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Brief Description:Home Edge Project concentrates on driving and enabling a robust, reliable, and intelligent home edge computing open source framework, platform and ecosystem running on a variety of devices in our daily lives.

Contributed by: Samsung Electronics – Seed Code release 1H2019

Key Contacts:Myeonggi (MJ) Jeong, Samsung,TAC Representative

Key Links:Web Site https://www.lfedge.org/projects/homeedge/Wiki https://wiki.lfedge.org/display/HOME/Home+Edge+ProjectMail Lists https://lists.lfedge.org/g/homeedge-tsc

Open Glossary of Edge Computing

Brief Description:The Open Glossary of Edge Computing project provides a concise collection of terms related to the field of edge computing.

Contributed by: Vapor IO and Packet in June 2018

Key Contacts:Matthew Trifiro, Vapor IO, TAC Representative

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Key Links:Web Site https://www.lfedge.org/projects/openglossary/GitHub https://github.com/lf-edge/glossaryMail Lists https://lists.lfedge.org/g/glossary-tsc

https://lists.lfedge.org/g/glossary-wg-landscape

Landscape Map https://www.stateoftheedge.com/landscape/

Open Glossary of Edge Computing [v0.9.0-Beta]https://edge.docsend.com/view/7rm4d3d

Project EVE

Brief Description:Project EVE (Edge Virtualization Engine) aims to develop an open, agnostic and standardized architecture unifying the approach to developing and orchestrating cloud-native applications across the enterprise on-premises edge.

Contributed by: ZEDEDA in January 2019

Key Contacts:Erik Nordmark, ZEDEDA, TAC Representative

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Key Links:Web Site https://www.lfedge.org/projects/eve/Wiki https://wiki.lfedge.org/display/EVE/Project+EVEMail Lists https://lists.lfedge.org/g/eve-tsc

https://lists.lfedge.org/g/eve

Getting Involved with LF Edge Projects and Committees

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Ways to Get Involved with the LF Edge Projects

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Participate in the development

efforts: Review and submit code

patches, report bugs, request new

features, etc.

Attend developer events for LF Edge

projects

Contribute to documentation

Provide your testing and deployment feedback via

appropriate project channels

Join the projects’ mailing lists and

participate in the discussions

Start a local User Group Meetup

Join the LF Edge Technical Advisory Council (TAC) calls

and subscribe to the TAC mailing

list

Contribute to the Open Glossary of Edge Computing

Ways to Engage with LF Edge Marketing and PR

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Host vendor neutral content via LF Edge blog site

Get support for artwork, web site, content creation, etc., related to LF

Edge and its projects

Contribute to the forthcoming LF Edge Landscape

tool

Coordination at events – speaking proposals, booth

attendance, demos, etc.

Co-promotion of project related

updates, releases, and news via LF

Edge social media accounts

Attend Outreach Committee

meetings and participate in LF

Edge driven marketing and

outreach activities

Publish use cases, case studies, white

papers, and deployment

insights

Marketing and PR support for demos

at meetups and events

Volunteer for planning initiatives such as developing annual marketingplan, preparing for major event, etc.

Identify LF Edge speaking

opportunities in your region and

help secure speakers from the

LF Edge community

Help secure user stories about LF

Edge based deployments.

Volunteer to host LF Edge Day

Ways to Get Involved with the TAC

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Support TAC leadership in

inviting speakers

Attend TAC Bi-weekly calls,

participate in the discussion, volunteer

Share success stories,

opportunities and challenges with the broader technical

community to seek input from peers

Identify opportunities for collaboration on

common interests and initiatives

Support technical leadership for harmonization

efforts with other open source

communities within and beyond LF

Edge

Support TAC in hosting and

sponsors intra-project and inter-project in-persondeveloper events

for LF Edge projects

Support TAC in evaluating new

projects for inclusion in LF Edge

Support TAC Chair who works with the Governing Board to

highlight the Projects’ collective opportunities and

any resource needs

Display Your LF Edge Membership Badge

› These badges are available (svg and png) from the LF Edge Wiki: https://github.com/lf-edge/artwork

› Members can display membership badges on booth collateral and on their website.

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Meet LF Edge Staff and Community Members at Upcoming Events

Internet of Things World Santa Clara, CA May 13-16

Open Source Summit China Shanghai June 24-26 Open Source Summit Japan Tokyo July 17-19

Please visit https://www.lfedge.org/events/ or contact pr@lfedge.org to confirm if LF Edge will have a presence at an event that is not listed here.

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Please follow up with Brett Preston or Arpit Joshipura

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Web site: https://www.lfedge.org/Email: info@lfedge.org