What is edge computing and how can it improve communication systems?

Edge is a destination, not a product or a form factor. It allows us to compute where the data collection is happening. Since the data sets become larger and larger (By 2025 the global datasphere will exceed 175ZB) its very difficault to transport them over the current WiFi and 5G connectivity, so we therefore have to manage the data before sending it to a central point. Edge is at the same time made for a purpose - to get into places where we haven′t had the capability of compute power like Smart Cities, Industrial automation, Healthcare, Retail, Agriculture and Autonomous vehicles It's an evolving technology that is becoming increasingly important as the Internet of Things and other data-intensive applications continue to grow.

I agree with this. When explaining edge to customers, I use a rather extreme example of self-driving vehicles. Imagine you are in your vehicle going down the highway, and suddenly, the vehicle in front of you slams on its brakes. Your vehicle needs to apply the brakes to prevent a potentially fatal accident. Would you rather: Have your vehicle ask, "What do I do?" over the internet before it applies the breaks? OR Would you prefer the vehicle already knows what to do locally with no external dependency and uses the breaks to save your life?

Edge computing will be a platform for development of new products and solutions. In my experience, when customers see an Edge server, it′s a great way to rethink what you do in IT and/or develop new solutions to the benefit of the company/customers. You can enhance a solution but adding computepower and a computeplatform for new applications such as AI/Machine Learning. Real time decition making will be an important topic going forward along side with the exploration of the datasets we are generating every day Data is king - but only if you use it

In this context, Edge computing is also a money-saver. I explain it like this: when you process your data right where it's collected, you don't have to pay the tolls and fees of moving it around in the cloud. It's like being able to refine and pack your suitcase at home so that you can travel light, avoiding those extra baggage fees. You do the heavy lifting at the edge, then you only sync the essentials—the polished, processed data—with your cloud of choice.

I believe, that the brightest future for the edge computing is to move towards enhanced IoT integration, increased use of AI and ml at the edge for real-time analytics, and development of standardized protocols for seamless interoperability between devices and platforms.

Edge computing is an evolving field, and several future trends are expected to shape its development and adoption espeically the massive development in applications, AI workloads and Machine Learning is going to take a big role going forward. Areas like 5G integration, Learning at the Edge, Augmented Reality, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Blockchain and distributed technologies and for sure IoT

My experience is that everything that applies for a central datacenter, applies for Edge. A close analysis of use case analysis, data processing and storage requirements, connectivity, monitoring and management, security, data back-up and recovery. But - going forward the deployment of mulitble devices in areas where no compute has been there before is propose a need for a new way to deploy via industry cloud platforms like AWS outpost and Microsoft Azure