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How Edge Computing Is Transforming IT Infrastructure

March 9, 2018/in Executive/by Mark Harris

New technologies such as IoT and cloud architectures are driving computing to the edge. Companies must embrace this trend in order to survive.

The definition of computing infrastructure is changing. While large traditional data centers have been the mainstay of information technology for the past 60 years, we’re seeing a perfect storm today where mobility, economics, and technology are all converging to fundamentally redefine the IT challenge as well as the IT solution. In a nutshell, most everything we learned as IT professionals about leveraging economies of scale as it pertains to the delivery of IT in the corporate world is being turned on its side, and instead being viewed from the users’ perspective.  Read the Full Story Here.

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