Why the Edge Isn’t Just ‘Cloud Computing, But Closer’

Note: This is an excerpt from “Kubernetes at the Edge: Container Orchestration at Scale,” a new ebook from The New Stack.

During my 30-odd years working in software, I’ve seen five major shifts in how enterprise software is built and deployed: the adoption of higher-level languages like Java and C#; the agile movement; public cloud; DevOps, and particularly continuous delivery; and microservices.

Each ultimately succeeded because it reduced time to value. It enabled someone in a business to go from having an idea to getting it in front…