Fundamentals of Edge Computing
If you’ve chosen this book, chances are you already know what Edge computing is and why it’s important. That’s good because this book is about taking you to the next step – building and deploying an Edge project.
However, if you need a quick refresher on this, we’ll get you up to speed on that in a minute. Regardless, with some 15 billion connected devices already in place, and potentially growing to 35 billion or more over the next few years1, what is clear is that Edge computing is here and, for fundamental reasons that we will discuss throughout this book, is here to stay.
1 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183457/iot-connected-devices-worldwide/
https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/tip/Top-edge-computing-trends-to-watch-in-2020
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