Where is the Edge in Cloud Computing?

The headline above defines the question the cloud computing industry is in the process of working out right now, and the answer is not what you might think.

When cloud computing and the Internet were initially developed, the primary applications were email and the very beginnings of social media – remember MySpace? Technologists dreamed of a day when voice could be transformed into digital packets and moved over the Internet. This technology – voice over IP (VoIP) – took decades to mature to the point where it became viable but VoIP is now a preferred technology to analog phone lines. The main inhibiting factor was latency, which caused packet loss and loss of voice quality.

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