An edge device is a physical device located at the edge of the network. It collects and processes data, for example from IoT devices or sensors, in real time. The edge device is responsible for connecting a LAN network to an external WAN network so that data is available everywhere and at all times. Examples include routers, edge gateways, or edge servers, which, in addition to high performance, must have different connectivity capabilities to transfer data across different networks depending on requirements.They are often used within edge computing solutions to reduce the distance between data processing and the source of the data. This helps to avoid bottlenecks in the transmission of large amounts of data and to initiate faster actions based on the data. aedifion provides you with a pre-configured edge device that can be put into operation in an uncomplicated plug-and-play manner. Within minutes, relevant data is securely and encrypted on the cloud platform. This allows you to conveniently uncover inefficiencies, identify potentials and realize optimizations.
