IBM and mimik technology, Inc. are collaborating on an AI-enabled hybrid, distributed computing architecture that allows client devices to act as servers. Using the IBM Edge Application Manager, mimik’s edgeCloud platform, and containerized workloads, clustered edge applications can run on QNX, Android, iOS, and Windows-based mobile devices as an extension of the enterprise cloud.

The IBM Edge Application Manager runs on Red Hat OpenShift and facilitates the management of IoT and edge devices like smartphones, gateways, FreeRTOS-based sensors, PCs, routers, and game consoles. The mimik edgeCloud allows heterogenous devices, applications, and processes with serverless cloud capability to communicate autonomously in localized clusters, regardless of OS or network. Together, manageable super clusters that can communicate directly or through server/gateway infrastructure will enable high-performance edge computing without the need for significant capital investment.

For more information, visit www.ibm.com/cloud/edge-computing or developer.mimik.com.