Edge Computing – Event Horizon Part I
When Intelligence moves to Edge - The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the rich growth of the cloud services have pushed the horizon of a new computing paradigm which processes the data at the 'Edge of the Network.' Edge computing may sound like some hyper-advanced technology, but it is not. It refers to the location where data is processed. Think of a data centre as the hub of a computer network and outside offices or business locations as network edges. Edge computing is the practice of collecting and analyzing data where it is generated – At network edges. Data generated at network edges can come from a variety of sources – Phones, IoT devices, POS systems – [...]