As technology continues to advance in leaps and bounds, there are now numerous devices that are designed to connect to the internet and thus its functions are much more efficient. However, just a few years ago, All those millions of artifacts connected to the internet faced a problem, they couldn’t generate an immediate solution with all the information they had gathered. Instead they had to send it to data centers to be analyzed.

Even home and personal devices continue to function in the same way, but These are machines and systems for industrial use that work with a new technological trend that gives them greater autonomy and real-time analysis capabilities.

is approx edge calculation which consists of a series of computer processes carried out in the same artifact, be it an industrial machine or autonomous car.

And although it has already been mentioned that this technology is currently a “trending topic”, giving ordinary people the impression that this is something very new, in fact it is not so recent.

Adrian Cambarer, RHEL Business Unit Director for Latin America at Red Hat, explains that “the truth is that Technologically, Edge Computing does not add new, It actually provides the evolution that makes the cost of implementing automation and data analytics systems possible today. But mainly as a concept, Edge Computing It aims to bring the user closer to the point of decision making and data creation.”

As additional data, just 4 years ago it was used by all kinds of industries Cloud Computing which was a platform that received data and then analyzed it. now, The goal is for the same devices to have the ability to analyze without needing to from a system located miles away.

with that Cloud computing has gone from being a very useful technology to a process, somewhat obsolete, when the ability to analyze data closer to where it is collected is put on the table., that is, all kinds of elements that are part of the Internet of Things. Therefore, companies and especially the world’s largest industrial sectors could process and analyze real-time data to make immediate decisions.

Adrian Cambarer offers an example Oil companies have a plant in the middle of the ocean that is part of the Internet of ThingsSuch as sensors that receive information about the drill, the temperature or the direction in which it is drilled, then these elements can process the collected data and make decisions through some algorithms in real time without the need to move the information. “Data Center” and send the response offshore again.

What are the benefits of Edge Computing and its future impact

Today’s devices have reached a level of independence never seen before, saving Costs in machines, sensors and devices. Because “a good distance will be reduced in the data processing route” and save these resources. Even internal elements of the Internet of Things, such as typical Smart watches or TVs can achieve higher levels of power, capacity and functionality.

The last example of how edge computing works and its advantages, Cambareri reveals it once again, the most obvious and famous case of recent years is smart cars, because in the end they are “computers with a lot of sensors that collect information from the environment to make decisions. Real time .

If it didn’t work that way, they wouldn’t be able to avoid accidents, solve problems, and avoid obstacles like humans do when driving.

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