Processing data and exchange of information across the vast, rapidly changing edge requires standardization and open systems. iStock Edge computing is essential to many digital transformation plans – spanning virtually any industry from retail to telcos to manufacturers. Scalability and manageability represent opportunity and challenges as organizations role out edge deployments, which is where open hybrid cloud may pave the way to achieve critical goals. “As emerging edge computing applications for the enterprise gain momentum, it’s becoming clearer how they converge with digital transformation initiatives,” Stephanie Overby writes for The Enterprisers Project. “In the case of many advancing capabilities – such as machine learning or IoT – edge computing can be the link that supercharges potential business outcomes.”