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Digital Transformation of traditional business processes is taking place across the data centre sector and Edge Computing is a fundamental contributor to this overhaul . Rick Vanover , Senior Director of Product Strategy at Veeam , explains why this technology is critical to ensuring a seamless transition from the traditional workplace setting to the future of work .
The democratisation of the workplace through Edge Computing
It ’ s been a year and a half since we first learned about COVID-19 , but the pressure on businesses to accelerate their Digital Transformation efforts has not abated . Of particular note is the rise of the hybrid work model .
There are two things the pandemic has proven about the ‘ new ’ workplace : 1 ) Digital Transformation in businesses is essential , and 2 ) Technology was intrinsic to a transformational overhaul of this scale .
That technology is Edge Computing : the ability to optimise and extend the capability of cloud computing by bringing computation and data storage closer to the devices where it ’ s being gathered . It ’ s a fairly amorphous concept that has been www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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