We often think of edge computing and cloud computing as widely separate functions, but this recent article in Automation World explains how hardware and software trends have emerged to facilitate a cloud-to-edge pipeline that allows companies to tap the benefits of cloud computing while keeping data and processing in-house whenever possible.
The article, to which Emerson’s Derek Thomas contributed, goes on to explain, “enabling edge technologies to perform what was once done largely in the cloud can be difficult without software containerization – a process that bundles an application’s code with related configuration files, libraries, and other required dependencies. Essentially, containers can be used to scale and deploy cloud-native applications on local edge computing systems.”
Read more about how edge computing technologies can give your systems the best of both worlds, check out the article here.
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