What is
Edge Computing?

As businesses are forced to adapt faster than ever to the constantly changing world that we live in, the need for a computing topology that allows for real-time responsiveness, minimal to no latency, increased data security, massive scalability, and more, is an absolute necessity to stay ahead of the competition.

Edge computing enables data to be processed as close to the things and people producing or consuming that information as possible, allowing for a faster response to streaming data.

Edge Computing

Definition Features + Benefits Education Insights In Action

Edge Computing is a networking topology that allows for the placement of compute power close to the devices and sensors that make up the Internet of Things. These devices are often away from the data center out in the “real world”.

Analysis occurs locally, on large sets of data without incurring the latency overhead that would be experienced if this analysis needed to be done in the cloud. Local connectivity also adds higher resiliency and ensures better responsiveness to critical situations, ensuring large volumes of data can be analyzed and scrubbed with only interesting data being sent to the cloud for additional analysis.

What are the Features and Benefits of
Edge Computing?

Real-Time Responsiveness

Respond to streaming data as it occurs without latency concerns, utilizing mesh architectures to enable simultaneous computing capabilities

Resiliency

Ensure the operation of and communication between edge devices continues even when connection to the internet is lost or is temporarily unavailable

Increased Data Security & Privacy

Locally process sensitive information directly on edge devices to limit both the amount of data transmitted back to data centers and data at risk in any one location

Scalability

Quickly iterate, expand, and evolve edge applications as requirements change or operations grow without needing to go back to the drawing board

Embedded Intelligence

Utilize increased local processing power to run more sophisticated and intelligent features directly on devices, at the source of data

Data Efficiency

Decentralize data processing to run as close to the source as possible and filter unnecessary data before sending back to the main system

"By 2023, more than 50% of enterprise-generated data will be created and processed outside the data center or cloud, up from less than 10% in 2019. "

Gartner - Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2020: Empowered Edge

Edge Computing Education

Distributed
Edge-Native
Applications

Learn how event-driven architecture enables businesses to quickly develop, partition, and deploy distributed edge applications.

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Distribution and Federation
in Real-Time, Event-Driven
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Edge Computing Insights

Blog

Data Should Go Where It’s Most Effective: The Benefits of Edge Computing

Choosing which data to monitor and act on can be a difficult task for conventional system architectures. To keep up with the speed of business today, data must be processed and analyzed where it is most effective, on the edge.

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Video

What Does a Smart City Look Like With Vantiq?

A city is a perfect sandbox for real-time technology to show its true power. By integrating edge devices, AI algorithms, and more, see how Vantiq makes next-generation Smart Cities possible.

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Applications Built On Vantiq Can Detect And Respond To Events As They Happen – And, Protect Privacy In The Process

With such rapidly advancing tracking technologies, an ongoing debate has been reignited around balancing data collection, privacy, and civil liberties. Luckily, edge computing technology addresses these concerns.

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What is Edge Computing and How Does it Work?

See why Gartner predicts that by 2025 75% of enterprise-generated data will be created and processed outside of the cloud.

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Edge Computing in Action

Case Study

Real-Time
Edge Monitoring

By utilizing the power of edge computing, a regional utilities company is able to effectively monitor and maintain the district heating service for an area of over 25,000,000 square meters.

Case Study

1300+ Sensors
in Real-Time

See how SoftBank was able to integrate edge devices, AI algorithms, cameras, and more to create the smartest city in the world.

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