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The internet of things (IoT) is a network of connected smart devices providing rich data, but it can also be a security nightmare.

The internet of things (IoT) is a network of connected smart devices providing rich data, but it can also be a security nightmare.

While early goals of edge computing were to address the costs of bandwidth for data traveling long distances because of the growth of IoT-generated data, the rise of real-time applications that need processing at the edge is driving the technology ahead. What is edge computing? Gartner defines edge computing as “a part of a distributed computing topology in which information processing is located close to the edge—where things and people produce or consume that information.” At its basic ...