The focus of IDC's Edge Trends and Strategies is on the technology, partners, and best practices in delivering IT service at the edge. Edge infrastructure is a critical, foundational element of all modern business and operations. This program features research that vendors can use to inform their clients and prospects — including IT decision-makers, line-of-business executives, and C-suite executives — about the unique demands of edge computing and how edge supports key business objectives. The program also features research that guides product managers and product marketers in identifying the key elements of a modern edge product and service strategy.
The program covers technology topics such as IT, OT, and CT convergence; AI workloads at the edge; digital-first operations; security and data sovereignty; core-edge and edge-endpoint connectivity; endpoint asset management; infrastructure transformation; and emerging technologies. The program also proposes strategies, models, approaches, and best practices for firms to make the most of their organizationwide edge deployments.
Coverage will include market trends around the technology, business processes, and business models impacted as edge becomes a more integral component of a converged IT, OT, and CT strategy and IoT deployments:
Technology Topics:
- Infrastructure modernization
- Edge-native platforms
- IoT use cases
- IT/OT/CT convergence
- Networking/connectivity
- Containerized and prefabricated edge
- Public cloud–based edge
- Service delivery edge
- Accelerated computing at the edge
- AI/ML at the edge
- Multi-access edge computing (MEC)
Business Topics:
- Role of edge resources in digital-first business and operations
- Capex and opex considerations
- Operational resilience and the role of edge
- IT outreach to lines of business
- Edge ecosystems and partnerships
- Impact of public cloud on the edge
- Data sovereignty and edge computing
- Edge Infrastructure — Why, What, and How?
- Edge Taxonomy and Market Overview
- Market Glance: Edge Infrastructure
- Edge Market Size and Forecast
- Edge Workloads
In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct research on specific topics or emerging market segments via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.
