Information technology -- Cloud computing -- Edge computing landscape

Edge computing is increasingly used in systems that deal with aspects of the physical world. Edge computing involves the placement of processing and data storage near or at the places where those systems interact with the physical world, which is where the "edge" exists. One of the trends in this space is the development of increasingly capable IoT devices (sensors and actuators), generating more data or new types of data, which data benefits from processing close to the place where it is generated.
Cloud computing is commonly used in systems that utilise edge computing. This can involve the connection of both devices and edge computing nodes to centralized cloud services. However, it is the case that the locations in which cloud computing is performed are increasingly distributed in nature, with cloud services being implemented in locations that are nearer to the edge, for the purpose of supporting usecases that demand such close placement for reasons of reducing latency or avoiding the need to transmit large volumes of data over networks with limited bandwidth.
This document aims to describe edge computing and the significant elements which contribute to the successful implementation of edge computing systems, with an emphasis on the use of cloud computing and cloud computing technologies in the context of edge computing, including the virtualization of compute, storage and networking resources.
It is useful to read this document in conjunction with the ISO/IEC TR 30164 Edge Computing (under development in SC 41 - Internet of Things and related technologies), which takes a view of edge computing from the point of view of IoT systems and the IoT devices which interact with the physical world.
The scope of this technical report is to investigate and report on the concept of Edge Computing, its relationship to Cloud Computing and IoT, and the technologies that are key to the implementation of Edge Computing.  This report will explore the following topics with respect to Edge Computing:
- Concept of Edge Computing Systems
- Architectural Foundation of Edge Computing
- Edge Computing Terminology
- Software Classifications in Edge Computing – for example: firmware, services, applications 
- Supporting technologies such as Containers, Serverless, Microservices
- Networking for edge systems, including virtual networks
- Data – data flow, data storage, data processing in edge computing
- Management – of software, of data and of networks, resources, quality of service
- Virtual placement of software and data, and metadata
- Security and Privacy
- Real Time
- Mobile Edge Computing, Mobile Devices
 
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