According to the IDC, worldwide spending on the edge is expected to hit $176 billion in 2022, representing a 14.8% increase over 2021. Many organizations are headed back to placing compute close to where data is created, as many did in the era before the cloud.

Jason Goth and Vincent Yates discuss why edge computing has become an increasing priority, the primary benefits and drawbacks, and how organizations should (or should not) be using it.