Why do we need Edge Computing for a sustainable future?
Centralized data centers consume a lot of energy, produce a lot of carbon emissions and cause significant electronic waste. While data centers are seeing a positive trend towards using green energy, an even more sustainable approach (alongside so-called “green data centers” [1]) is to cut unnecessary cloud traffic, central computation and storage as much as possible by shifting computation to the edge. Ideally, Edge Computing strategies use efficient technologies like ObjectBox to harness the power of already deployed available devices (like e.g. smartphones, machines, desktops, gateways), making the solution even more sustainable.
IoT, Edge Computing, and Digitalization in Healthcare
The digitization of healthcare is accelerating, driven by AI and empowered by Edge Computing. Rising IoT adoption and exploding health data volumes are enhancing efficiency and patient experiences while cutting costs. Meanwhile, privacy concerns and stricter regulations are shifting focus from cloud to Edge Computing, enabling faster, safer, and more reliable healthcare solutions.
What is an Edge Database, and why do you need one?
Edge Databases are a new type of database rising to the needs of the decentralized Edge Computing topology. They deliver specific feature sets making it easy for application developers to implement edge solutions quickly and successfully without being detered or even stopped by fundamental functionalities like fast local data persistence and decentralized data flows (Data Sync).
Green Coding: Developing Sustainable Software for a Greener Future
Every line of code – scaled up to hundreds, thousands, or even millions of devices (desktops, smartphones, tablets…) worldwide – has the potential to significantly reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions.
Digitization helps to save CO₂ – many experts agree on that. But things are not that simple, because the creation of software and its use contribute to greenhouse gas emissions too.
All code creates a carbon footprint. Software development and use affect the environment from the energy consumed while running to the associated electronic device waste. Choosing a sustainable architecture matters, but developers also can make a difference with green coding, creating envrionmentally sustainable software. And those that build developer tools can help even more so.
Working student developer relations — part-time, remote, flexible
Please note: We only consider applications that have a cover letter specific to this job offer. The funded and growing team at ObjectBox is seeking a developer relations talent. ObjectBox (Techstars ’17) is a company on a mission to bring joy and delight to app...
Embedded databases – what is an embedded database? and how to choose one
What is an Embedded Database? What is a database? While - strictly speaking - “database” refers to a (systematic) collection of data, “Database Management System” (or DBMS) refers to the piece of software for storing and managing that data. However, often the term...
What is Data Synchronization + How to Keep Data in Sync
What is Data Sync / Data Synchronization in app development?Data Synchronization (Sync) is the process of establishing consistency and consolidation of data between different devices. It is fundamental to most IT solutions, especially in IoT and Mobile. Data Sync...
Building a Business on Open Source
Building a business on open source comes with unique challenges and benefits. Take a in-depth look at licensing + open source market overview.
Why database performance creates business value
* database speed is the key to compute more data faster and make data -based decisions speedily
* database speed translates into ressource efficiency – saving ressources (like battery, CPU, memory) saves money and reduces waste
* database speed affects end user response rates significantly – smooth and fast user experiences keep people happy and more productive
Why Edge Computing is More Relevant in 2021 Than Ever
The world has been forced to digitize more quickly and to a greater extent in 2020 and 2021. COVID has created the need to remodel how work, socializing, production, entertainment, and supply chains function. Despite decades of digitization efforts, with the pandemic...
Digital Healthcare – Market, projections, and trends
Healthcare is experiencing a rapid digital transformation; we look at the market, its projections and most important trends to watch. Plus, there is an extensive whitepaper for free download that includes an extensive market review, a look at the challenges, drivers, and use cases.
ObjectBox Recognized as a Sustainable Profitable Tech Solution by the Solar Impulse Foundation
ObjectBox is proud to be officially recognized as a sustainable and efficient solution by the Solar Impulse Foundation. Although we have self-identified as a #sustainabletech company since our induction, we’re proud to be recognized as an “efficient, clean and...
What are Time Series Database Use Cases?
What are time-series databases?
Why and when do you need a time-series database?
What are time-series use cases?
All answered in this comprehensive overview.
Time-series databases are optimized to scale well for time-series data and more and more people are adopting them…
What Drives Edge Computing?
What drives edge computing? New use cases and the need to make use of the ever growing data masses in a sustainable and economic way.
How Building Green IoT Solutions on the Edge Can Help Save Energy and CO2
The internet of things (IoT) has a huge potential to reduce carbon emissions, as it enables new ways of operating, living, and working [1] that are more efficient and sustainable. However, IoT’s huge and growing electricity demands are a challenge. This demand is due...
Time Series & Objects: Using Data on the Edge
Many IoT projects collect, both time series data and other types of data. Typically, this means they will run two databases: A time-series database and a traditional database or key/value store. This creates fracture and overhead, which is why ObjectBox TS brings...
What is Edge Computing?
Today, over 90 percent of enterprise data is sent to the cloud. In the next years, this number will drop to just 25 percent according to Gartner. The rest of the data is not going anywhere. It is being stored and used locally, on the device it was created on - e.g....
How EV Charging Benefits from Edge Computing
Edge computing allows data to be stored and used on local devices. Integrating Edge Computing directly within electric vehicle charging infrastructure improves station usability and also allows for real-time energy management.Car charging and electric vehicles The era...
MoodSpace Mobile App Use Case
We speak with Ian Alexander, founder and lead developer at MoodSpace, a beautiful app making mental health exercises accessible to everyone. MoodSpace was released in 2019, and has over 150k+ downloads. The COVID-crises highlights the importance of digital support for...
Sync.Drone: a drone in-flight synchronization project
This spring, a student group from Augsburg University of Applied Sciences build a drone application based on ObjectBox Database and Sync. This is a guest blog post by Michelle from the sync.drone project group, describing the project from start to finish and sharing...
