Server Computing and the Network Edge  By ServerWatch Staff
(Send Email) Dec 4, 2002  By Carl Weinschenk Edge computing
involves pushing data and computing power away from a
centralized point to the logical extremes of a network. Find out
why this new topology is growing in popularity and what changes
may be in store for some servers.  One could easily make the
argument that no element of the network will be more impacted by
potent edge computing topologies than servers. The pace and
nature of these changes are beginning to crystallize.  Edge
computing, as the name implies, involves pushing data and
computing power away from a centralized point to the logical
extremes of a network. A number of approaches making headlines
today -- mesh computing, peer-to-peer computing, autonomic
(self-healing) computing, and grid computing -- are part and
parcel of the edge computing concept.  This has long been a goal
of network designers, and it is happening. "We dreamed about
this sophistication at the edge for years, and