Information Week:
Compared to edge computing, the cloud is very elastic in terms of both compute and long-term storage applications and built to handle surges easily, says Ed Fox, CTO of IT telecom company MetTel. While the edge doesn’t provide the same degree of elasticity as the cloud, the technology can also add to an organization’s maintenance and operations load. “It takes additional work to keep these edges operating efficiently and build high availability and business continuity scenarios.” Other key edge drawbacks, according to Fox, are added network administration and data governance complexity.
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