Edge Computing
What is Edge Computing? The word edge in this context means a geographic distribution. Edge computing is computing that’s done at or near the source of the data, instead of relying on the cloud at one of a dozen data centres to do all the work. It does not mean that the cloud will disappear. It means the cloud is coming to you. By placing computing services closer to these locations, users benefit from faster and more reliable services. Edge computing is one way that a company can use and distribute a common pool of resources across a large number of locations. Why do we need edge computing? The explosive growth and increasing computing power of IoT devices has resulted in unprecedented volumes of data. And data volumes will continue to grow as 5G networks increase the number of connected mobile devices. In the past, the promise of cloud and AI was to automate and speed innovation by driving actionable insight from data. But the unprecedented scale and complexity of data that’