What is Edge Computing?
Edge computing can be defined as a distributed computing model which takes computation and information storage nearer to the area where it is required, to improve response times and spare bandwidth. The causes of edge computing lie in content delivery networks that were made in the late 1990s to serve web and video content from edge servers that were sent near users. In this context, the word “edge” means literal geographic distribution. This type of computing is done at or near the source of the data, rather than depending on the cloud at a dozen data centres to do so much work. This does not necessarily mean that the cloud will disappear, but means that the cloud is coming to you. Edge computing is changing the manner in which information is being dealt with, handled, and conveyed from a huge number of devices around the globe. The exponential development of internet-connected – the IoT – alongside new applications that require real-time computing power, keeps on driving edg...