Margo is developing an open standard that defines interoperability mechanisms for edge applications, edge devices, and edge orchestration software. This standard aims to simplify and scale multi-vendor edge environments, accelerating digital transformation.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Industrial automation environments face challenges in achieving seamless interoperability between edge applications, devices, and orchestration software, especially in multi-vendor setups. This lack of interoperability increases costs and delays, hindering the deployment, scalability, and operation of edge solutions. The increasing complexity of managing diverse compute devices and applications from multiple suppliers further exacerbates these issues.
Solution
Margo is an open standard initiative that defines mechanisms for interoperable orchestration of edge applications, workloads, and devices at scale. It delivers an open standard, a reference implementation, and a compliance testing toolkit to simplify and scale multi-vendor edge environments. Margo aims to unlock innovation barriers in industrial automation by establishing a common architecture and interfaces for edge applications and devices. The initiative promotes collaboration and adoption of existing IT standards, enhancing them to meet specific OT requirements, and facilitates rapid and agile development cycles for industrial edge solutions without compromising critical controls.
Target Audience
Margo targets industrial automation providers, device manufacturers, software vendors supplying edge applications, and orchestration software vendors seeking to simplify and scale multi-vendor edge environments.
Features
- Open-source reference implementation demonstrating the standard's realization
- Open-source specification defining a standard architecture and interfaces for edge orchestration
- Open compliance test suite with publicly traceable compliance test results
- Focus on application patterns addressing common industrial use cases
- Collaboration with other communities to advocate for industrial edge use cases in cloud-native technologies
- Leverages existing IT standards, enhancing them to meet specific OT requirements
- Governance structure including a Steering Committee and Working Groups