Summary
In this chapter, we reviewed what Industry 4.0 is and why it is at the forefront of public and private organizations’ technology strategies. We covered the benefits it is predicted to yield, as well as the challenges it is likely to present as the demand for such applications scales exponentially in accordance with expected developments in near-future device technology.
Next, we shifted to a discussion of things you should take into account now as you architect and deploy your distributed edge computing applications to ensure they are ready for future developments, both within the industry and AWS in particular. This includes leveraging AWS Cloud Foundations and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Lastly, we covered some recommended best practices as well as pitfalls to avoid as you get started building your edge compute applications on AWS. This included examples of advantages and disadvantages of the types of AWS services you choose to build with, as well as...
