Description: Every day, connected devices generate an enormous amount of information. Cameras, sensors, vehicles, mobile phones and industrial machines continuously produce data. Sending all of this information to a distant data centre is not always the best solution. Edge computing offers another approach by allowing part of the processing to happen close to the device that produces the data. In a traditional cloud-based arrangement, a device sends information to a central server. The server processes the request and sends a response back. This model works well for many applications, but the communication delay can become important when an immediate decision is required. Edge computing places computing resources closer to the user or device. Consider a manufacturing plant with many sensors. A sensor may detect temperature, vibration or pressure. Instead of sending every reading to a remote server, a local edge computer can examine the information and identify an unusual pa...