November 201819 Singapore's enterprises have been actively adopting technology to meet future-forward demands, following the Government's Smart Nation push for greater digital innovation and adoption. This has included the uptake of cloud adoption, with over 30 percent of organisations here implementing cloud computing, and the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA)'s Cloud Readiness Index recently ranking Singapore as the second most cloud ready environment in Asia. Yet, many organisations are bumping up against the limitations of the cloud's centralised nature. Specifically, its inability to keep up with the real-time responsiveness demanded by today's connected devices. For some applications, milliseconds matter, especially when moving processing power from a central location to the edge of a last-mile network. On top of that, organisations also face pressures of implementing new technologies that demand sub-second response times, an explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and user expectations for consistent high-quality online experiences. While traditional cloud computing will continue to play an important role in the technology ecosystem, the latency that arises when data travels still needs to be reduced.The solution: edge computing, a new architecture that addresses these challenges by moving processing power from a central point closer to the source. What's driving the Proliferation of Edge Computing Today?Organisations have flocked to cloud solutions including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) because they provide fully managed services in an attractive OpEx model, without the significant up-front costs and hassles of buying, installing, maintaining and upgrading hardware and software in the data center. However, depending on data usage patterns, transfer and transaction costs could still add up to a significant amount -- to the surprise of many organisations. Additionally, modern cloud computing centralises processing for applications, with the resulting distance between the data center and the user or data source creating significant problems, depending on the application's latency requirements and user expectations.That's not all. Where milliseconds matter, taking too long to process the data makes it useless. While the cloud excels at performing complex computations, sending data from digital devices, like drones, cars, and healthcare monitors that generate vast amounts of valuable data through IoT sensors, to the cloud for processing would take simply too long.Seizing the Power of Edge ComputingMany sectors and corporations stand to gain from the implementations of edge computing.EDGE COMPUTING - THE ANSWER TO THE LIMITING CENTRALIZED NATURE OF CLOUDCXO NSIGHTSBY JAHEER ABBAS, SENIOR SALES DIRECTOR SE ASIA & INDIA, LIMELIGHT NETWORKSJaheer Abbas
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