The global fog computing market size was valued to be USD 12.87 million in 2017 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 62.6% during the forecast period. Some of the factors propelling the global market growth of fog computing includes increasing proliferation of smart sensors, widespread usage of smart applications, increase in adoption of IoT devices resulting in gaining traction of fog computing in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and energy & power among others. However, absence of adequate skilled workforce as well as lack of standardization are the few factors responsible for restraining the market growth of fog computing. Additionally, decentralized architecture resulting in technology complexity along with rising cyber threat are significant challenges in the market for fog computing. However, with the rapidly increasing market for IoT-enabled devices, the market is expected to flourish in the near future. The market for fog computing is expected to account for USD 934 million in 2026.
The market for fog computing is highly fragmented with the presence of several local as well a global players operating in the market place. Also, currently the market is at its developing phase and is expected to gain a high pace during the coming years. The players are adopting technological innovation and product developments as their key strategies to expand their customer base and to attain market share.
全球雾计算市场在组件,服务和应用程序的基础上进行了分割。组件段进一步分叉到硬件和软件中。随着若干软件程序能够在单个硬件上运行,软件段预计将以更高的增长率增长。此外,一些现有的软件提供商正在为IOT以及云生态系统提供解决方案和服务,并预计将利用不同层次的架构中的雾计算市场提供的机会,包括应用和平台。此外,由于与硬件进入软件市场的有限资金的要求,新玩家可以轻松进入市场。
Furthermore, on the basis of application, the market for fog computing is segmented into smart homes/smart cities, smart energy, smart manufacturing, connected healthcare, smart transport, and others. The smart manufacturing application is anticipated to grow at the highest CAGR attributed to the increased competition thus, resulting manufacturing companies to demand for process automation. Fog computing facilitates manufacturing companies to increase their operational competence besides real-time monitoring as well as action taking ability.
North America is leading the market for fog computing currently and is further expected to grow significantly during the forecast period. This growth is highly attributed to the presence of developed economies i.e. US and Canada in the region. These countries provides efficient internet infrastructure to thefog computing marketthus, have a wide potential for IoT applications. Being the most technologically advanced region, North America helps new technologies to flourish and provides them with potential opportunities.
在全球雾计算市场中运营的主要行业球员包括GE Digital,Cisco Systems,Inc。,东芝公司,Nebbilo Technologies,Microsoft Corporation,Intel Corporation,Dell Inc.,Fujitsu,Schneider Electric Software,LLC,ARM举行PLC。,和Prismtech Corporation。