FINDING YOUR EDGE IN THE APP-DRIVEN FUTURE
Read what a research firm found 250 U.S. IT leaders are looking for when it comes to secure app delivery 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.
Where is the edge in edge compute?
29%
Cloud data centers
23%
Internet of Things devices
18%
On-premises data centers
14%
End-user devices
4%
Routers/Gateways
Your edge is faster compute and closer connections
IT pros are turning to cloud edge for faster compute because traditional clouds aren’t close enough to support today's latency-sensitive data and data-intensive apps.
86% say edge compute is the best environment for apps that are latency-sensitive
86% say edge compute is the best environment for apps that are latency-sensitive
86% say edge compute is the best environment for apps that are latency-sensitive
86% say edge compute is the best environment for apps that are latency-sensitive
What is the minimum latency required by your most mission-critical application?
Currently
5 years from now
2%
17%
20%
33%
36%
18%
24%
10%
9%
10%
What are the benefits of off-premises edge compute?
Lowering latency
Handling data-intensive workloads
Lower TCO
Your edge is where performance matters most
Which of the following has your organization already implemented?
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 U.S. IT decision makers expect more than 50% of their organizations’ compute to be at the edge sometime in the next five years
What organizations look for in an edge solution
53%
Highly available 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 U.S. IT decision makers want a hybrid application ecosystem and single management tool for all their cloud, on-prem and edge environments
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 breadth, data center footprint, private and public cloud partnerships, low-latency distributed compute nodes and managed services to accelerate and secure your path to the edge.
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