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New Research: Barriers, Availability, and Adoption of Edge Computing
Liz Lynch, Marketing Communications Manager, Stratus Technologies, October 7, 2019
Earlier this year, Stratus partnered with CFE Television to
survey Control Engineering and Plant Engineering subscribers who are involved
in the selection and management of products or services designed to deliver
cutting edge computing. We asked engineers about their own skills and career
goals, the performance of their teams and companies, and their relationship to
advanced computing and how it is being implemented.
Is this all overkill?
When new technologies emerge, evangelists and adversaries
appear. We wanted to know how HPC is perceived.
43% of respondents said this benefit represents a huge leap
forward in both manufacturing and manufacturing environments. Just over half supposed
they were either early adopters of advanced computing or plan to act sooner or
later.
We also ask what technologies your companies are
implementing along with advanced computing to improve productivity in
engineering, manufacturing and operating systems. Nearly half have identified
smart sensors, which makes sense - sensors at the edge of the network can
collect real-time data used to improve business.
What's holding back edge computing?
While more than half of the respondents told us they were
already implementing advanced computing, about 40% said they were waiting,
taking a wait-and-see approach. To find out why, we asked what obstacles
advanced computing technology faces in their organizations.
What are the barriers to deploying edge computing in your
organization?
The biggest obstacle to the adoption of advanced computing
is education. There is simply not enough knowledge of how to use advanced
computing and better applications or use cases. Second, the lack of education
was a safety concern. Edge computing, while no less secure than other
architectures, poses different security concerns and requires some additional
steps to keep the network secure.
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