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By Justin Stokes<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Moving the location of where information is processed or is stored in a system can have positive, scalable effects that drastically improve a business\u2019s operations. Just as warehousing produce in regional or local distribution centers ensures fresher produce at the point of sale, increasing the availability of data via edge computing can result in savings of both time and money.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n <\/span>Edge computing moves processing from centralized servers located hundreds or thousands of miles away to localized servers and devices in order to more quickly process data in applications. Instead of relying entirely on cloud computing providers or data centers to process all of the data, edge computing processes data initially on a local server, whether that\u2019s in a personal device or a small data center in the user\u2019s geographical region. As opposed to typical cloud computing where<\/a> different services including servers, storage, and applications are all delivered to the user through the internet, edge computing relies less on a single centralized cloud than decentralized devices much closer to the end user\u2019s geographic location.\n<\/p>\n In terms of computer processing, <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/a> describes edge computing as shortening the distance between data and enterprise applications, which benefits both local edge servers and <\/span>Internet of Things (IoT)<\/span><\/a>. According to IBM, \u201cThis proximity to data at its source can deliver strong business benefits, including faster insights, improved response times and better bandwidth availability.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n Gartner<\/a> estimates that Data Center Frontier<\/a>\u00a0reports that players in the cloud computing space like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS) are already using edge computing strategies to respectively create satellite-connected edge data centers and hybrid edge computing environments to reduce latency to milliseconds.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n However, edge computing isn\u2019t only available to big tech companies\u2014the benefits can be reaped Clearly, edge computing is focused on reduced travel time for data because data storage and processing are more localized. This speedier exchange of data results in quicker processing. The bottom line is reduced time needed to deliver the user’s desired outcome. Edge computing also also produces a number of other benefits, including reduced energy from data centers<\/a> and enhanced security features for computer systems<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n —<\/span>\n<\/p>\n Justin Stokes is a freelance journalist and professional writer based in Nashville, TN. He covers technology and business, along with being content creator for different industries, including the creative community and real estate.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Justin Stokes Moving the location of where information is processed or is stored in a system can have positive, scalable effects that drastically improve a business\u2019s operations. Just as warehousing produce in regional or local distribution centers ensures fresher produce at the point of sale, increasing the availability of data via edge computing can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}