Edge computing is an emerging paradigm leading to major transformation in the networking world. The prime advantages that edge computing offers are reduced latency, bandwidth optimizations, and faster processing of data which leads to a better user experience. All depends on how time-critical the application in question is.
With COVID-19 and the way the work from home culture got popular — streaming applications used for edutech, the collaborative tools, online healthcare, live trainings, and of course the OTT platforms which were a savior for people socially disconnected due to being in home isolation or taking general COVID precautions — the criticality of edge could be very well seen. All these applications could survive these tough times since the networking infrastructures across the world were mature enough to offer really low latency to these applications. Because of this, edge computing played a pivotal role getting content closer to the real user. Edge use cases were no longer confined to public safety, military uses, or manufacturing sectors — edge had a way bigger role to play in the daily lives of people. This wasn't necessarily evident to a consumer directly, but the service providers offering them network or real-world applications had a huge dependency on these emerging networking techniques.