The edge. It’s the redefining of infrastructure and network to cope with the demands of the Internet of Things (IoT), the limitations of existing architecture and the potential of the cloud. It is, according to Forrester, a new layer of edge processing infrastructure and supporting software services driven by ever-increasing capacity demands that few architectures are equipped to handle. It is the future of designing the corporate architecture to support the potential of IoT and the slew of technologies that automate, generate data and transform processes.

Edge computing is when the cloud emerges from the sea, sheds its gills and develops opposable thumbs. It’s the use of computing power placed at the edge of the network that allows for data from devices to be processed at greater speeds and efficiencies – without necessarily going through a datacentre. It’s the instantaneous analysis of data, in near real-time and it has inordinate benefit to the company and the customer.