Early 5G networks will deliver more bandwidth, which today means faster network speeds and better performance for more common tasks, such as high-definition video streaming, gaming and telemedicine.   And, with the pandemic forcing millions of people worldwide to work from home and businesses to adjust their operational practices accordingly, managing that disruption pushes more advanced applications to the back burner. Driverless cars, for now, are stuck in park…

To better define the edge of the network, Vertiv studied more than 100 edge use cases and focused on those considered to have the greatest impact on businesses and end users. Evaluating these based on multiple factors, including workload requirements and criticality, as well as the importance of latency, availability, scalability and security, Vertiv experts ultimately identified four edge archetypes:

Data Intensive…
Human-Latency Sensitive…
Machine-to-Machine Latency Sensitive…
Life Critical
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