Despite the heavy adoption of cloud services, chief information officers are finding that data-intensive applications in areas like the internet of things, artificial intelligence, automation, augmented reality and virtual reality are not always a fit for centralized cloud models. Edge computing is a distributed model in which computing activities are performed outside of a centralized data center. IDC anticipates worldwide spending on edge computing to hit $176 billion in 2022, a 14.8% increase over 20211. The largest investments cut across a variety of use cases, including manufacturing operations, production asset management, smart grids, omnichannel operations, freight monitoring, and public safety…
