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EDGE COMPUTING...
Edge computing: smarter
equipment for smart factories
Machine and Equipment Builders seek new ways to offer more value to
customers whilst creating new revenue streams for themselves. Enter,
edge computing, as Stratus Technologies’ Greg Hookings explains
usiness models and company methods improvements over its predecessor. In the same way
vary widely between OEMs and the that the introduction of PLCs and PACs marked a
industries they serve, but there is one step change for automation in the plant a generation
Bthing that is always the same; they ago, Edge Computing, as part of the digital
operate in competitive environments. Spurred on to transformation era, is revolutionising industrial
continuous improvement, each generation of enterprises today. OEMs can now employ Edge
machines offers value and performance Computing directly, allowing end users to operate at
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