2019 Infrastructure Niche

Empowered Edge

What Gartner Predicted

Edge computing would bring computation and data storage closer to the sources of data, enabling faster processing and reduced bandwidth requirements.

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Prediction Accuracy
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Edge computing found niches (CDN workers, some IoT) but the prediction implied it would be much more transformative. Edge devices doing significant local computation remains limited. A useful niche, not the revolution described.