{"id":269906,"date":"2024-01-05T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webscale.com\/blog\/the-complexities-of-building-and-operating-edge-networks-and-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:28:00","slug":"the-complexities-of-building-and-operating-edge-networks-and-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webscale.com\/blog\/the-complexities-of-building-and-operating-edge-networks-and-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complexities of Building and Operating Edge Networks and Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the final post in a three-part series digging into the complexities that developers and operations engineers face when building, managing, and scaling edge architectures. In the first post, we looked at <\/span>the complexities of replicating the cloud developer experience at the edge<\/span><\/a>. In the second part, we discussed how to approach application, selection, deployment, and management for the edge. In this post, we\u2019ll focus on the complexities of managing the network, infrastructure, and operations in a distributed compute environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are in the midst of a foundational technological shift in communications infrastructure. IDC predicts that by 2023, <\/span>more than 50% of new enterprise IT infrastructure will be deployed at the edge<\/span><\/a> and the edge access market is predicted to drive $50 billion in revenues by 2027. To interconnect this hyper-distributed environment, which spans on-premise data centers, multi-clouds, and the edge, the network is in the process of evolving and becoming more agile, elastic, and cognitive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s dive into a high-level overview of some of the critical components you need to consider when building and operating distributed networks. Areas that we\u2019ll cover include:<\/span><\/p>\n