Methodology matters quite a lot when conducting market research. Consider a few different surveys that product distinctly-different results about enterprise information technology professional interest in edge computing.
A study conducted by Forrester Research for Vertex Research found 83 percent of IT professionals in the tax software business are interested in a containerized edge tax software solution. That makes sense for tax preparers. If the network goes down, or if the remote computing platform goes down, the core business mission also is shut down.
Among the key advantages is that such a solution eliminates the danger of the checkout process malfunctioning or not functioning. Think of the cash register or payment process for a retailer. The whole business grinds to a halt if payments cannot be processed.
But other surveys produce dramatically different answers.
A survey of 300 North American information technology professionals found some 39 percent of survey respondents say they have “no plans” to use edge data centers. That presumably refers to remote or off-site facilities, not an on-premises “edge” solution.
source: Information Week, Network Computing
How one asks questions shapes the nature of responses.
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