Classifying The Modern Edge Computing Platforms

A decade ago, edge computing meant delivering static content through a distributed content delivery network (CDN). Akamai, Limelight Networks, Cloudflare and Fastly are some of the examples of CDN services. They provide high availability and performance by distributing and caching the content closer to the end user's location. The definition of the edge has changed significantly over the last five years. Today, an edge represents more than a CDN or a compute layer.