Edge computing: The battle between cloud providers, industrials and telcos continues

June 2021 | 63 pages | ID: E3BF08D9E87CEN
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Abstracts

This report provides a global overview of edge computing, the top tone today in the ICT arena. It explains why the concept is gaining so much traction in industry, and the current high expectations there from deploying it.

Alongside a review of the broad ecosystem of edge computing, the report examines the various approaches being taken by key stakeholders.

Moreover, an assessment of expected market revenues between 2021 and 2026 by region and by type of stakeholders.

An Excel file accompanies the report, covering some hundred publicly available implementations of edge computing.

Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. INTRODUCTION

2.1. Edge computing, responding to IoT, AR/VR, video, AI, robots, analytics
2.2. The concept of edge computing
2.3. Key interests for deploying edge computing
2.4. Technical expected benefits
2.5. Assessment of edge computing capabilities’ priorities

3. APPLICATIONS

3.1. The killer apps are still under investigation
3.2. Current edge computing use cases

4. BENCHMARK ANALYSIS

4.1. Number of implementations of edge computing and major verticals in the benchmark
4.2. Applications of edge computing
4.3. Focus on manufacturing/ factory?
4.4. Focus on media/entertainment
4.5. Initiative stage of edge computing development
4.6. Countries with implementation of edge computing in the benchmark

5. ECOSYSTEM

5.1. Ecosystem
5.2. Partnerships
5.3. Major initiatives in edge computing

6. PLAYERS’ STRATEGIES

6.1. Telecom world: Telcos’ strategies
6.2. Telecom world: Network Equipment Providers’ strategies
6.3. IT world: Hardware suppliers’ strategies
6.4. IT world: Cloud providers’ strategies
6.5. Industry world: Industrial providers’ strategies
6.6. Edge pure players: Edge hardware and software suppliers’ strategies

7. KEY PLAYERS’ PROFILES

7.1. Ericsson
7.2. Nokia
7.3. Dell
7.4. Vapor IO
7.5. ABB
7.6. ADLINK
7.7. Rittal
7.8. Microsoft
7.9. AWS
7.10. Lumen (CenturyLink)

8. MARKET TRENDS

8.1. Drivers and barriers of edge computing market development
8.2. Global edge computing market and breakdown by region
8.3. Breakdown by stakeholder

9. ANNEX: ACRONYMS

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

2. Introduction
  The concept of edge computing
  Key interests for deploying edge computing
  Technical expected benefits
  Assessment of edge computing capabilities’ priorities
3. Applications
  Current edge computing use cases
4. Benchmark analysis
  Breakdown of verticals by number of implementations
  Breakdown of applications by number of implementations
  Manufacturing subverticals
?  Breakdown of edge computing implementations by initiative stage
  Regional distribution of edge computing implementation in 2019 and 2021
5. Ecosystem
  Edge computing value chain
  The “Who does what” among the stakeholders
  Several agreements within the broad ecosystem to provide edge computing solution since 2018
8. Market trends
  Drivers and barriers of edge computing market development
  Global market revenues for edge computing
  Market revenues of edge computing by segment
  Market revenues from software and services and hardware for edge computing by region
  Revenues from edge computing by type of stakeholder
  Share of stakeholders in hardware market for edge computing
  Share of stakeholders in software and services market for edge computing