Edge use cases and patterns

Edge use cases depend a lot on the industry that is targeted. So do the related applications that get deployed on the devices that generate or collect data. While the software stack might be similar, the form factor of the devices in play will determine the size and complexity of the applications. The applications will depend on the use cases relevant to a particular industry. For example, a camera might be trained differently when acting as a security camera than one looking for welding defects on a manufacturing shop floor. The devices are similar, in that they are both cameras, but the application or workload running on them is different depending on their function.

Edge workloads are often used to describe any edge-hosted service. Any software application that has utility when running in an edge node can be described as an edge workload. Such functionality is usually delivered as microservices running in Docker containers or related container technology...