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Published inNov 2018
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ISBN-139781789537222
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Giacomo Veneri
Giacomo Veneri
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Giacomo Veneri

Giacomo Veneri graduated in computer science from the University of Siena. He holds a PhD in neuroscience context with various scientific publications. He is Predix Cloud certified and an influencer, as well as SCRUM and Oracle Java certified. He has 18 years' experience as an IT architect and team leader. He has been an expert on IoT in the fields of oil and gas and transportation since 2013. He lives in Tuscany, where he loves cycling.
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Antonio Capasso
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Antonio Capasso

Antonio Capasso graduated in computer automation in 1999 and computer science in 2003 from the University of Naples. He has been working for twenty years on large and complex IT projects related to the industrial world in a variety of fields (automotive, pharma, food and beverage, and oil and gas), in a variety of roles (programmer, analyst, architect, and team leader) with different technologies and software. Since 2011, he has been involved in building and securing industrial IoT infrastructure. He currently lives in Tuscany, where he loves trekking and swimming.
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Connecting a device with IoT Edge

Azure IoT Edge is the Edge Gateway and Edge computer of Azure. In the previous section, we implemented a simple Edge Gateway with the Azure Device SDK and Node.js. Azure IoT Edge simplifies the development process and enhances the computation capabilities of the Edge, distributing business logic to devices through standard containers and monitoring them from the cloud.

The following screenshot summarizes the main features of Azure IoT Edge from three different perspectives—computation, gateway, and development:

Azure IoT Edge reference architecture

The preceding diagram can be explained as follows:

  • Computation: With Azure IoT Edge, we can deploy Azure Stream jobs and Azure ML Analytics on the Edge to perform simple or advanced actions. Azure IoT Edge runtime supports C#, Node.js, Java, Python, and C.
  • Gateway: Azure IoT Edge can connect...
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Giacomo Veneri

Giacomo Veneri graduated in computer science from the University of Siena. He holds a PhD in neuroscience context with various scientific publications. He is Predix Cloud certified and an influencer, as well as SCRUM and Oracle Java certified. He has 18 years' experience as an IT architect and team leader. He has been an expert on IoT in the fields of oil and gas and transportation since 2013. He lives in Tuscany, where he loves cycling.
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Antonio Capasso

Antonio Capasso graduated in computer automation in 1999 and computer science in 2003 from the University of Naples. He has been working for twenty years on large and complex IT projects related to the industrial world in a variety of fields (automotive, pharma, food and beverage, and oil and gas), in a variety of roles (programmer, analyst, architect, and team leader) with different technologies and software. Since 2011, he has been involved in building and securing industrial IoT infrastructure. He currently lives in Tuscany, where he loves trekking and swimming.
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