Network Effects: In 2019 IoT And 5G Will Push AI To The Very Edge

Almost thirty years ago, when the internet was launched onto an unsuspecting world, even inventor Tim Berners-Lee and colleagues at CERN could not have predicted the upheaval that would follow. It has been the greatest technology revolution since the industrial original. The combination of Cloud, IoT and AI is driving opportunity and threat in equal measure. Decisions made within organizations will have an impact for years to come. The way in which IoT-Edge links to the broader cloud backend, and the way in which AI integrates across the full processing chain, will be the key to unlocking material innovation and value. After many years of rationalization and stretched infrastructure investments, the IoT represents a tipping point for telcos, the cellular networks on whose backbones the new IoT offerings will be delivered.