Top 5 things to know about edge computing

TechRepublic August 24, 2021
Tom Merritt

Tom Merritt tells us what to know and how it will help us in the future.

Ever try to buy something online that’s in high demand, like a new phone, only to get shut down because you can’t get the page to load? You’re a victim of distance. Your request had to go all the way to the regional data center and back, and it can’t go faster than the speed of light.

Edge computing can help cut down that distance. Here are five things to know about edge computing.

1. It’s about data you don’t need to store. A lot of processing is spent sending data to a server for it to analyze and then decide to act on....

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