26 I ICT TODAY
DEFINITION OF AN EDGE DATA
CENTER—404 NOT FOUND
By Sean Kelly,
RCDD
Most people in the ICT industry hear and probably use buzzwords, such as 5G, internet
of things, (IoT), industrial internet of things (IIoT), edge, cloud, smart, latency, micro
data center (MDC), Industry 4.0, and many others. What do these techno-terms mean
and what will they mean as they continue to develop and evolve? What will be their
eventual capabilities? Each of these buzzwords carries a bit of the unknown, a bit
of hype, and a bit of excitement for what they may provide in a world destined for
an interconnected ecosystem.
