Attitudes and deployments might well change over time, but in our early stage of movement to edge computing, enterprises and connectivity providers differ in views on where edge computing will happen. Enterprises are much more convinced edge computing will happen on premises or at an enterprise data center. Telcos are more likely to believe edge computing happens at multi-tenant data centers or regional data centers.
That makes sense, considering the real estate advantages enterprises and telcos may believe they possess, as well as the attractive use cases. Enterprises think vertically (my business in my industry). Telcos think horizontally (services we sell to everyone).
So “multi-tenant” is not crucial for enterprises, but makes more sense to a telco. But neither group tends to believe edge computing will often happen at street cabinets, aggregation points within the network or cell sites.
At this point, almost everyone believes edge computing is important. A Heavy Reading survey found 80 percent of respondents believe edge computing is important for their business. But the reasons vary.
For telecom operators, the top use cases and business drivers for edge computing are 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), ultra-reliable/ultra-low latency use cases, and high-performance content delivery, the Heavy Reading survey suggests.
For enterprises surveyed, the top use cases and business drivers are artificial intelligence applications, ultra-reliable/ultra-low latency use cases, and IoT.
Enterprises overwhelmingly link edge computing with AI use cases, whereas telecom operators place AI nearly at the bottom of their edge drivers list.
When asked which applications are most likely to drive their initial edge deployments, both telecom operators and enterprises agreed on industrial or factory automation as the biggest initial application.
Some 57 percent of mobile service provider surveyed by Forrester Research said they have edge computing on their roadmap for the next 12 months.
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