The Differences between Edge Computing and Cloud Computing

Processing and data storage happen on edge systems over the cloud. But network constraints may be the best way to distinguish edge from cloud.

At the core, the key difference between edge computing and cloud computing comes down to one concept: network connection constraints. If internet connectivity were to be continuously available everywhere and data could be transferred immediately without any delays, there would be no need for edge computing solutions. But, since network connections are neither constant nor omnipresent, and both bandwidth and latency are limited, edge computing solutions have emerged to address each of these issues.

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Cloud computing

With cloud computing, an internet connection lets users leverage processing power and data remotely. For most purposes, users can act as if the processing power and storage is infinite, even if computing capacity is actually constrained by a finite number of data centers. Need ...