Edge is the new cloud: Who will own the edge?

And I can tell you that development of the ‘edge’ — though, technically, a part of the cloud — is leading to as dramatic a revolution.

And a revolution is called for, if only to meet the changes happening in the media industry. VOD, OTT, and music/audio streaming are quickly making traditional media obsolete.

By 2020, more people will watch online video than TV, and 1 million minutes of online video will be consumed every second. Delivery speed, capacity, and quality is key, and media and entertainment companies have increasingly stringent requirements. If they can’t get content to the end users, or ‘eyeballs’ quickly and easily, somebody else will.

The traditional cloud model where workloads reside mainly in…