Expansion of the Edge: The Preeminent Importance of Edge Computing Today

In this contributed article, editorial consultant Jelani Harper discusses how the reliance on edge components and edge processing is becoming more critical to the decentralized big data landscape, especially with the ongoing need to communicate remotely. It’s imperative to ensure edge networks can be remotely provisioned, secured, and available for fringe processing where applicable to continue to support what’s become a burgeoning need for the IoT in general.