AWS IoT Edge runtime that extends cloud capabilities to local devices, enabling them to act locally on data while still using the cloud for management and analytics. Like having a local manager at each location who can make immediate decisions while still reporting to headquarters.
Manufacturing plants use Greengrass to process sensor data locally for real-time quality control, while periodically syncing aggregated data to the cloud for long-term analysis.
AWS IoT Greengrass and Azure IoT Edge both run containerized/packaged workloads on edge devices, support local processing, and integrate with cloud management. GCP no longer offers a direct first-party IoT edge runtime; edge is typically implemented with Kubernetes at the edge (e.g., Anthos) or partner/OSS runtimes. OCI does not have a widely recognized, direct Greengrass-style edge runtime service.