Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 67 | Page 43

FEATURE : EDGE COMPUTING the next 24 months , with 90 % expressing a preference to consume Edge services from a single partner that offers a central point of accountability and having more managed services options being rated as the number one factor in making Edge consumption easier .
“ The growing need for faster processing and a distributed digital architecture is creating increased pressure on networks and infrastructure capabilities , driving both accelerated adoption of private 5G and Edge ,” said Shahid Ahmed , EVP New Ventures and Innovation at NTT Ltd . “ Achieving the Edge advantage will require end-to-end solutions with holistic management and uncompromising accountability . Only through utilising these solutions can enterprises gain instant access to data , where it is generated or collected , with near zero latency , and harness it to drive powerful business outcomes .”
An industry view
The motivation behind Edge adoption can vary from industry to industry . Among manufacturing firms , operational efficiency is the top-ranked Edge investment
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