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The Linux Foundation announced the launch of Margo, a new open standard initiative for interoperability at the edge of industrial automation ecosystems. Drawing its name from the Latin word for edge, Margo defines interoperability mechanisms between edge applications, edge devices, and edge orchestration software. The open standard is designed to bring much needed flexibility, simplicity, and scalability – unlocking barriers to innovation in complex, multi-vendor environments and accelerating digital transformation for organizations of all sizes.
The Margo initiative defines mechanisms for interoperable orchestration at scale of edge applications/workloads and devices. It is designed to deliver the interoperability promise through an open standard, a reference implementation and comprehensive compliance testing toolkit, simplifying solutions development for faster deployment, improved scalability, and easier, scalable, repeatable deployment and operation.
Hosted by the Joint Development Foundation, a part of the Linux Foundation family, the initiative is supported by some of the largest automation ecosystem providers globally, including founding members ABB (including B&R), Capgemini, Microsoft, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric (including AVEVA) and Siemens. The group invites like-minded industry peers to join the collaboration and contribute to building a meaningful and effective interoperability standard that will help customers achieve their digital transformation goals with greater speed and efficiency.