EDITOR ’ S QUESTION
FÁBIO HENRIQUE , REGIONAL DIRECTOR ,
PANDUIT CENTRAL AMERICA , SOUTH AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN
The 5G Internet services are already a fact . They are here not only to change how we communicate but also to invite enterprises to get on the path of Edge Computing , which has been around for a few years but only now are we giving it the respect it deserves .
This infrastructure gives security , speed and capacity to our connections . The COVID-19 pandemic has indeed brought evolutions to many companies on a technological level , not only in devices but also
It is important to invite CIOs and IT managers to invest in
Edge Computing .
a hacker or a data breach can turn into a reputation crisis . One of the clearest examples is the hacking of government entities in Latin America .
It is important to note that Edge Computing will have steady growth until at least 2025 and that in these three years , communications , new devices and the need to connect everything to a single cloud will advance - not only in work but also in everyday life .
It comes down to more volumes of data and changes that we must keep up with to bring processing power as close as possible to where the data originates and it requires state-of-the-art protocols to work .
We must allow ourselves to be won over by what technology brings us as practicality in our lives .
in infrastructure , but we still have a long way to go to keep up with what is to come with issues like the Blockchain , Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), Internet of Things ( IoT ), cloud computing and cybersecurity among other implementations to come .
That said , it is important to invite CIOs and IT managers to invest in Edge Computing , which in the end , translates into better customer service and fewer interruptions in your e-commerce , websites , apps and social media due to latency in speed .
Who has not tried to show a video to a potential customer from a cell phone , tablet or iPad to the TV in the meeting room , for it only to stop ? Well , this is not exclusively the fault of the Internet speed .
We need to understand that there is a framework that supports the operation of the technology in the companies behind IoT and that being vulnerable to
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