CLOUD & CYBER
Cloud
computing meets open source
Edge and fog computing have secured their place as crucial technology for businesses , delivering faster insights , improved response times , and better bandwidth availability by bringing enterprise applications closer to data sources such as IoT devices or specialised local servers .
Industry experts are , however , warning that business leaders must rethink their entire digital strategy to take advantage of these new technologies while simultaneously mitigating the multitude of cybersecurity risks that come with adding millions of new connection points to a company ’ s networks .
The explosion of IoT devices and their increasing computing power have led to a surge in data volumes , and this trend is set to continue with the roll-out of 5G networks .
In the past , the cloud and AI were seen as a solution for automating and speeding up innovation by driving actionable insights from data . Due to the unprecedented
“ CLOUD EDGE ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO ADVANCE TRADING , VR APPLICATIONS ,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT , AND
CLOUD GAMING ”
ANTHONY KESTERTON PRINCIPAL SOLUTION ARCHITECT ,
RED HAT
scale and complexity of data created by connected devices , though , it has outpaced network and infrastructure capabilities .
Sending all this device-generated data to a centralised data centre or cloud causes bandwidth and latency issues , but edge computing offers a more efficient alternative .
70 February 2023