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148 different reasons . Another big current project involves a very popular online gaming company : “ They are expanding their footprint like crazy , and they need to get to the edge . Edge computing has been a huge driver : any business where there ’ s consumption of streaming content or which is bandwidth-intensive like streaming media , music or online gaming needs to push its network out to the edge , closer to its end users and subscribers . That is good news for colocation because with edge computing you need to control the location of your data center equipment .” The mantra of ubiquity , where it no longer matters where the physical equipment is as long as you have access to your application , does not work for edge computing architecture he noted . “ Many businesses of this nature are moving towards hybrid models now . 20 years ago it was all about location , then it shifted to the notion of ubiquity : now we ’ ve come full circle .”
Blockchain is another major disruptor , he continued . “ You can ’ t have your blockchain nodes on a public cloud platform : the whole point is to have the controls in place for all the
“ It ’ s vital for any entrepreneur to make sure he is not outpaced by the market he is in ”
— Dany Bouchedid , CEO , COLOTRAQ
AUGUST 2020