CLOUD & CYBER
“ Edge needs to be treated as part of the hybrid cloud infrastructure ”
STEPHEN NOLAN SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT , TECH DATA
Edge computing supporting IoT and 5G trends Discussing this estimated growth , James Hart , CEO of Business Critical Solutions spoke about other technological trends happening between 2015 and 2020 : “ The Internet of Things ( IoT ) was the dominant trend during these years , with Gartner estimating at the time that more than eight billion connected ‘ things ’ were used , and in order to manage and process the real-time data that the devices and sensors were providing , fuelled the development of the emerging edge computing and its data centre use .”
On top of the “ trend ” of IoT , in the five years of reported edge computing market growth , 5G was also introduced . Hart explains : “ 5G wireless technologies promised high bandwidth and low latency benefits for applications where it is essential . This was meant to be a new world in speed and processing experience focused on the cloud .”
“ However , Edge Computing strategies with 5G were being worked on to further improve real-time processing speed , especially in mobile devices , autonomous cars , and self-service . 5G work is still a catalyst for this type of technology .
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