FINDING YOUR EDGE IN THE APP-DRIVEN FUTURE
Explore highlights from a new survey of IT leaders on how they’re planning to secure low-latency app delivery and high-bandwidth, distributed data processing at the edge.
Edge is wherever you need it
Edge isn’t a location. It’s a new way to deliver apps through a combination of distributed compute, high-performance network, automated security and open orchestration for latency-sensitive, bandwidth-intensive applications like IoT, ML, AI and streaming analytics. It goes wherever your data or customers need it and it’s enabling massive change on industries at every level of society.
of US C-Suite ITDMs say Edge Computing will have a significant impact on the future of business
say edge with have a positive impact on spurring innovation
say Edge Computing will deliver a better way to manage vast volumes of data
say Edge Computing provides the best mix of performance and cost compared to cloud or on-prem IT services
Where is the Edge in Edge Compute?
70%
End User Devices
69%
Cloud Data Centers
68%
On-premises Data Centers
62%
Routers/Gateways
61%
Virtual Machines (VMs)
60%
Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices
Your edge is faster compute and closer connections
IT pros are turning to cloud edge for faster compute because traditional cloud aren’t close or efficient enough to support today’s latency-sensitive data and apps that drive innovation and growth and generate amazing customer experiences.
84% of US ITDMs agree that today’s application demands require something different than a centralized cloud model
86% of US ITDMs agree that Edge Compute is the best environment for apps that are latency-sensitive
4 in 5 (82%) of US ITDMs say Distributed Compute is critical to the performance of their applications
½ of US ITDMs say that, in 5 years, their most mission-critical application will require 5 milliseconds of latency or less
What is currently the minimum latency required by your most mission-critical application?
Currently
5 years from now
Practical benefits of off-premises Edge Compute
On-prem infrastructure
Lowering latency
Improving overall application performance
Handling data-intensive workloads
Lower TCO
Keeping data secure
Your edge is where performance matters most
63%
Network security
54%
Data storage and backup
52%
IoT and IoT management
48%
Big data / machine learning
40%
Device management / monitoring / maintenance
34%
App hosting and delivery
32%
AI
Your edge is distributed capabilities
Nearly 1 in 3 US ITDMs expect more than 50% of their organizations’ compute to be at the edge sometime in the next five years
What percentage of your organization’s applications are or will be distributed (e.g. exist in more than one place) in the following time periods?
Your edge is closer than you think
Lumen is ideally positioned to deliver edge computing solutions that seamlessly orchestrate your applications with an end-to-end edge ecosystem that leverages our owned fiber network breath, data center footprint, private and public cloud partnerships, low-latency distributed compute nodes and managed services experience to make your path to the edge—and your data—inherently fast and secure.
What organizations look for in an Edge solution
Most US ITDMs say an edge computing solution must have a highly available and reliable network connectivity for them to consider purchasing it
53%
Highly avail and reliable network
48%
Robust security
44%
Low latency edge services
43%
High amount of coverage with low TCO
41%
Flexibility between public cloud providers
36%
Private connectivity between my premises and edge site
8/10 organizations want a hybrid application ecosystem and single management tool for all of their cloud, on-prem and edge environments.
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See what else 1,100 international IT leaders have to say the full report about edge and how they plan to use it in the full Quadrant Research Report.
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