Processing and data storage happen on edge systems over the cloud. But network constraints may be the best way to distinguish edge from cloud. At the core, the key difference between edge computing ...

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Increasing amounts of processing are being done on the edge, but how the balance will change between what’s computed in the cloud versus the edge remains unclear. The answer may depend as much on the ...

Akamai today announced the launch of its Gecko “Generalized Edge Compute” platform. This new initiative will increase the company’s cloud-computing network with an additional 10 regions worldwide in ...

But what does this mean in practical terms—what, specifically, can edge computing help consumers, businesses and specialists do? Below, 20 members of Forbes Technology Council detail some current and ...

2021 will showcase the real power of distributed computing, with significant processing taking place not in centralised servers in the cloud, but on the “edge” of the network, where much of the data ...