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The rise of edge computing

The growing momentum around 5G has spurred the rise of edge computing applications designed to crunch and process data at the edge of the network. Telcos and cloud service providers have been capitalising on this opportunity, teaming up in various partnerships to support edge computing workloads. In this e-guide, read more about edge computing developments in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the pros and cons of adding edge computing to a cloud architecture.

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