LAS VEGAS, Nov. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced at AWS re:Invent 2016
that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., intends to
support Amazon Web Services (AWS) Greengrass across a variety of
portfolio solutions and will announce in the future specific
Qualcomm platform support. AWS Greengrass is a new platform from
Amazon that extends AWS IoT and Lambda for local execution on
customers' own gateways and devices, with the same programming
model as used in the cloud. Combining AWS Greengrass with
Qualcomm Technologies portfolio solutions is expected to allow for
the use of both local device and cloud-based storage, as well as
the execution and messaging for critical IoT applications that
cannot rely exclusively on the cloud, such as medical equipment,
industrial machinery and building automation.
Enabling processing at the "edge" of an IoT solution may provide
a breadth of benefits, from cost savings realized through reduced
data signaling and cloud storage, to reduced latency for
time-sensitive automated decision making, to compliance and privacy
support through local data storage. In a gateway application,
the integrated connectivity of Qualcomm Technologies portfolio
solutions combined with AWS Greengrass, is expected to support a
heterogeneous connection to the cloud. This is anticipated to allow
multi-protocol edge nodes to communicate, even without IP
connectivity, which brings new possibilities to commercial,
industrial, medical and smart city solutions. The combined
platforms are expected to enable device manufacturers, system
integrators interested in developing and commercializing IoT
applications, and software solution providers to efficiently manage
systems through a combination of local and cloud storage, execution
and messaging.
"Qualcomm Technologies is driving new generations of smart
connected edge devices such as 'Gateways' to enable edge processing
for IoT implementations, especially in industrial, commercial and
medical spaces," said Jeffery
Torrance, vice president, business development, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc. "Qualcomm Technologies is excited to see AWS, a
leader in IoT cloud offerings, launch AWS Greengrass, which is
expected to further help customers realize the benefits of IoT edge
processing and gateways. With AWS we intend to build a robust IoT
ecosystem and enhance this IoT architecture with smart, connected
edge devices as a central element, addressing key challenges such
as privacy, security, latency, reliability, and data cost
affordability in the growing diversity of IoT ecosystems."
At AWS re:Invent 2016 Qualcomm Technologies will feature a live
demonstration showcasing efficiencies that could be gained with AWS
Greengrass in a facilities management use case employing the
DragonBoard™ 410c by Arrow Electronics. Qualcomm Technologies
worked with Solstice (www.solstice.com), an innovation and emerging
technology firm and AWS IoT Competency Partner, to enable AWS
Greengrass on DragonBoard 410c.
About Qualcomm Incorporated
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G, 4G
and next-generation wireless technologies. Qualcomm Incorporated
includes Qualcomm's licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority
of its patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary
of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries,
substantially all of Qualcomm's engineering, research and
development functions, and substantially all of its products and
services businesses, including its semiconductor business, QCT. For
more than 30 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the
evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more
closely to information, entertainment and each other. For more
information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and
Facebook pages.
Qualcomm and DragonBoard are trademarks of Qualcomm
Incorporated, registered in the United
States and other countries.
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Qualcomm Contacts:
Pete Lancia, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Sinnott, Investor
Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
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