Company
Date Published
Author
Mark Gamble, Director of Product & Solutions Marketing
Word count
499
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Edge Computing represents a fundamental shift in architecture to power the next generation of business-critical applications, enabling sub-second response times and high availability by moving data processing closer to clients. This approach eliminates risks associated with centralized cloud computing, such as network latency and unreliable internet connectivity, by bringing data processing to where it is needed. The distributed, micro data-center architecture has the potential to revolutionize industries that require real-time consumer experiences, life-or-death decisions, and secure application performance in isolated environments. A robust Edge Computing model requires a scalable infrastructure that can support applications at every tier, from cloud to edge, ensuring critical information never stops moving between applications and users. Only a few companies, such as Couchbase, support this distributed model at every tier.