Making a Business Out of (Predictive Application Management in) the Fog*

Abstract

Managing large, highly distributed IoT applications over heterogeneous Fog infrastructures so to meet all their stringent QoS (as well as hardware and software) requirements is intrinsically difficult. Different simulation and predictive methodologies have been proposed to estimate key performance indicators of eligible application deployments and managements so to identify the best candidates. In this paper, we describe the current business model environment and discuss two possible business models for creating value from a company provisioning predictive Fog application management services.