Data Center Downtime at the Core and the Edge: A Survey of Frequency, Duration and Attitudes and Vertiv Position Paper

Ponemon-Vertiv - Edge computing is expanding rapidly and re-shaping the data center ecosystem as organizations across industries move computing and storage closer to users to improve response times and reduce bandwidth requirements. While forms of distributed computing have been common in some sectors for years, this current evolution is distinct in that it is enabling a broad range of new and emerging applications and has higher criticality requirements than traditional distributed computing sites.