When will the edge bring the cloud closer to you?
The original idea of the “edge cloud” was to extend the reach of data center services in telecommunications networks, by positioning compute and storage resources closer to customers. That’s part of what 5G was supposed to be about. But now that content providers are leading the way in fiber optic cable investments, will the edge eventually be closer to them instead? Scott Fulton reports. Read more: https://zd.net/302L2NF
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