As the internet of things starts to generate data from far-flung sensors and automate remote equipment, it doesn’t always make sense to house all the intelligence for these systems in data centers.

Edge analytics is promoted as the solution to the analytics problems posed by edge devices. Let's take a harder look at the pros and cons, including security, cost, and integration with cloud ...

Industry 4.0 is not just about automation. It’s about smart systems that sense, adapt, predict and act in real time. One example is inventory control, which was once a centralized back-office function ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. If the past several years have proved ...

Artificial intelligence is now available on the edge, upending traditional models with sophisticated analytics that can occur as part of a VMS system design. Recent technological advancements have ...

Instead of transporting large amounts of information into data lakes to be analyzed,several federal agencies are now processing data as it’s being produced — and where — via edge computing. Data from ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. The cloud is continuing ...