CLOUD AND EDGE: PERFORMANCE MEETS PROXIMITY
Read what a research firm found 1,700+ U.S. IT leaders are looking for when it comes to cloud and edge.
Cloud IT is agile IT
The migration to cloud showed enterprises they don’t have to operate IT infrastructure, freeing them up to focus on developing and deploying innovative new apps—and the majority want to keep it that way.
prefer to only manage apps and never manage infrastructure
say on-prem infrastructure is expensive and consumes necessary space
would remove ALL computing from their organization’s premises
Off-prem is on-trend
Early adopters chose on-premises edge because the central cloud didn’t provide the performance, low latency and scale enterprises need for edge applications. But for many, a more agile, hybrid distributed model that extends cloud is now the answer.
28% plan to keep on-prem computing as an integral part of their business
28% plan to keep on-prem computing as an integral part of their business
Closer than cloud
Applications with an ultra-low latency requirement—like robotics—don’t have time to travel to the public cloud to get the performance they need. Applications with a high volume of reads or writes, like streaming analytics platforms, face egress charges that add up quickly.
agree that edge compute is the best environment for apps that are latency-sensitive
agree that edge compute is the best environment for apps that are latency-sensitive
agree that migrating their high-performance apps from the cloud to edge compute locations will reduce lag time and improve performance
agree that migrating their high-performance apps from the cloud to edge compute locations will reduce lag time and improve performance
Edge compute is cloud complete
The cloud edge, a unique combination of local compute and storage with high-capacity fiber, built-in security and unified orchestration, offers the best of both worlds.
say edge solutions provide the best balance of cost and performance between on-prem and cloud
of IT decision makers want the ability to move apps between major CSP data centers, co-lo facilities, edge compute nodes and on-prem hardware
agree an off-prem metro edge data center would meet their critical latency needs
Where IT leaders say edge computing outperforms the cloud
Lowering latency
Lowering latency
Improving app performance
Improving app performance
Handling data-intensive workloads
Handling data intensive workloads
Lowering TCO
Lowering TCO
Meet the platform built for low-latency cloud and edge
Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions are an ideal complement to cloud, unifying distributed hybrid infrastructures into a seamless solution for deploying next-gen applications, compute or data with maximum interoperability, speed and low TCO. Our broad edge node reach, low latency and open platform approach make it affordable to deploy edge in the fewest sites possible and maintain flexibility by avoiding lock-in.
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Read the full Quadrant Research Report for insights into maximizing cloud agility with edge performance and how IT leaders are planning to use new edge solutions to meet the challenges and opportunities of powering leading next-gen technologies.
