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Edge computing

What does Edge Computing mean?

Edge computing involves storing and processing data locally, i.e. at the edge of the network, instead of sending it to the cloud or corporate data center. Such an approach can be especially useful when low latency is important—for example, when processing videos from an internal monitoring system onsite at a factory. Edge computing is becoming increasingly popular due to the increasing amount of network traffic and data being generated by the growing number of IoT devices.

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Edge computing and virtualization — living on the edge

Cloud offers considerable benefits to businesses. Yet in some cases where low latency is critical, it has serious drawbacks. An emerging paradigm of edge computing is the answer to these problems. In 2016, Cisco announced the beginning of the Zettabyte Era. Since then, the amount of data produced and processed has increased zettafold, if you will. This is especially true when you look at M2M applications (machine-to-machine or more commonly referred to as Internet of Things—IoT) such as video surveillance, healthcare monitoring, the smart home, smart meters and the like.

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