Edge computing adoption is on the rise. As noted by InfoWorld, 50 percent of organizations plan to deploy edge computing solutions within the next 18 months to help manage Internet of Things (IoT) devices, improve data processing and capture actionable insights.
The shift might make sense from a business perspective, but in what scenarios could higher education benefit from edge networks? Here’s a look at what edge servers can actualize for higher education.
What Is an Edge Computing Network?
To understand potential use cases for higher education, it is important to first understand what edge computing is.
“Edge computing is an architecture,” says ISACA ambassador Ramsés Gallego. “In the world of distributed computing, it brings infrastructure such as servers and network devices closer to data.”
In practice, edge networks move hardware such as computing and storage servers closer to the people and processes that produce data. This shortens the distance that data must travel to get processed and stored. Instead of sending data to a centralized cloud or onsite server for processing, the processing occurs when the data is collected.
Edge server systems eliminate the need for a computing middleman and reduce total latency.
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