KEY TAKEAWAYS
1 83% of our survey respondents believe that edge computing will be essential to remaining competitive in the future but only 65% are using edge today.
2 Super Integrators — edge adopters that tie edge to business in transformation adoption — comprise just 6% of edge adopters across the globe and 5.5% of those in Europe, but gain the most in terms of efficiency, cost reduction and capitalising on revenue opportunities.
3 Our three-step framework for optimal edge adoption includes strategising for edge, scaling edge across the enterprise and strengthening allied capabilities such as operations and human resources.
Edge computing, in step with an overall cloud strategy, can play a major role in bending enterprises' innovation curve. Much of innovation today comes from companies that adopt solutions informed by the staggering amounts of data generated in branch offices, on individuals' health trackers, retail stores, remote oil rigs, manufacturing plant sites, hospitals and even satellites. In most cases, it is inefficient to move all of this data back to a central data centre for real-time analysis. And real-time complex analytics right where the data is produced – be it on the factory floor, on an individual's health tracker or at the store checkout counter – have the potential to drive the next wave of performance improvement across industries.
