| | June 20188CIOReviewWHEN THE CLOUD IS SWAMPED, IT'S EDGE COMPUTINGhere is a lot of buzz around Edge Computing today but the way I see it, people are still trying to understand this space and it is still evolving. It is largely governed and determined by consumer behaviour ­ by consumer behaviour I mean IoT.Now with technology revolving around changing consumer behaviours, consumers are getting exposed to newer technologies and their adoption of technol-ogy determines how much the technology is going to be used and how it is going to be used. Given this sce-nario, when we talk about IoT and how the consumers are going to adopt it in different countries and regions will depend on the kind of infrastructures available there­based on which people are going to adopt it dif-ferently ­ and in the time and pace which allows them to do so.So, when we talk about Edge Computing, which basically means you are trying to compute away from a centralised point near the source of data generation. In this context, what I see is that, you will have more and more networks which are coming closer and compute capacities coming closer to the consumer. Having said that, in terms of real-time or real life practical scenari-os, let us look at multiple condominiums in Gurgaon. Each condominium will be accommodating 500-1000 flats. Now, when you look at IoT, you can see10-20 devices per flat that are connected on IoT in each and every flat. In all, you are looking at more than 5000 devices in a condominium. The day is not far when you will have a micro data centre or a mini computer centre T IN MY OPINIONBy Sanjay Motwani, Regional Director, Asia Pacific, Raritan-A brand of LegrandSanjay has over 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, and General Management. Industry experience comprises of I.T. & Telecom sectors including four start-ups in APAC region.Sanjay Motwani
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