{"id":13871,"date":"2019-11-06T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opsweb.wpengine.com\/?p=13871"},"modified":"2021-07-01T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T17:06:29","slug":"edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have come to rely on technology and interconnected devices for tasks that are both trivial and life-saving. Devices track how many steps we take in a day. Some tell us about heavy traffic on our commutes. Others alert us if burglars show up on our front porch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The usefulness of a device depends on its ability to collect\nand process data, such as a security camera\u2019s video feed and its ability to\ninterpret the data. With more data being collected by more devices,\nconventional processing methods are becoming impractical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At present, a typical device collects its data, sends it to\na central repository for processing, gets the interpreted data back and\npresents it to the user. However, repositories and the networks may one day not\nbe able to handle all of the data. Information systems, including the internet,\ncould be crippled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this challenge, edge computing pushes data\nprocessing from a central location to where the data is collected; that is, to\nthe \u201cedge\u201d of an interconnected network of devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond its usefulness in everyday lives, edge computing\ncould be critical for federal agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some agencies already are benefiting from edge computing. At\na September 10 event co-hosted by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz\nAllen Hamilton, Federal Emergency Management Agency Chief Technology Officer\nTed Okada said his agency is working with state, local and tribal governments\nto encourage the use of edge computing technologies that will integrate\ngeospatial and visual data and result in getting better information to citizens\nduring emergencies and disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As more agencies consider how edge computing could help them\nachieve their mission, experts at the September 10 event recommended they\nshould:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Invest in edge computing systems that can evolve\nas the technology matures.<\/li><li>Design information systems with security and\nprivacy rights in mind. <\/li><li>Continue to invest in data storage and network\nbandwidth to ensure that information held by legacy systems remains accessible.<\/li><li>Consider how the data collected during\nday-to-day operations\u2014if analyzed in real-time rather than stored and\nunanalyzed, even forgotten\u2014could serve the public. <\/li><li>Work with other agencies to support the adoption\nof edge computing throughout the government.<\/li><li>Seek support from policymakers to fully harness\nthe potential of edge computing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond edge computing, technologies including artificial\nintelligence and augmented and virtual reality are reshaping government\noperations, and disrupting how agencies achieve their missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help agencies take advantage of such technologies, the Partnership and Booz Allen are hosting four more events between November 2019 and April 2020. Each event in the series explores a different technology, discusses its possibilities, outlines barriers to adoption and ways to overcome them, and provides immediate steps agencies can take to get ahead of the technology curve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sign up for the next event, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/events\/future-forward-harnessing-the-exponential-power-of-technology-2\/\">AR\/VR: Envisioning the Future of Immersive Experiences<\/a><\/strong>, on <strong>November 19 from 8:30 &#8211; 10:30 a.m.<\/strong> To get more information about the events, please email Madeleine Lowe at <a href=\"mailto:mlowe@ourpublicservice.org\">mlowe@ourpublicservice.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Meroe Park is the former executive vice president of the Partnership for Public Service.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Julie McPherson is a senior vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on emerging technologies, read the Partnership&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cracking-the-Code.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cracking the Code<\/a>&nbsp;report, which includes information about other success stories and best practices for how agencies can adopt new technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to learn more about emerging technologies, check out these blog posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog-immersive-technologies-a-future-way-to-train-and-prepare-employees-for-achieving-agency-missions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Immersive technologies: A future way to train and prepare employees for achieving agency missions<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog-using-artificial-intelligence-to-fight-wildlife-crime-more-effectively\/\" target=\"_blank\">Using artificial intelligence to fight wildlife crime more effectively<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog-four-medical-care-innovations-for-veterans\/\">Four medical care innovations for veterans<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have come to rely on technology and interconnected devices for tasks that are both trivial and life-saving. Devices track how many steps we take in a day. Some tell us about heavy traffic on our commutes. Others alert us if burglars show up on our front porch. The usefulness of a device depends on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sort-date":"","content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7593],"tags":[9127,9126],"class_list":["post-13871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation-tech","tag-edge-computing","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edge computing: The future way to store and process data &#8226; Partnership for Public Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Edge computing has the potential to transform how federal agencies process and analyze data. Read on to learn more about edge computing and how government is already harnessing its potential to enhance operations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that strives for a more effective government for the American people.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Partnership for Public Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partnershipforpublicservice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-06T17:54:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-01T17:06:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@RPublicService\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@RPublicService\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-06T17:54:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-01T17:06:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/\"},\"wordCount\":590,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"edge computing\",\"technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Innovation and Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/\",\"name\":\"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data &#8226; Partnership for Public Service\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-06T17:54:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-01T17:06:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that strives for a more effective government for the American people.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/\",\"name\":\"Partnership for Public Service\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Partnership for Public Service\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PPS-logo-with-tag.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PPS-logo-with-tag.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":58,\"caption\":\"Partnership for Public Service\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partnershipforpublicservice\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/RPublicService\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rpublicservice\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/partnership-for-public-service\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data &#8226; Partnership for Public Service","description":"Edge computing has the potential to transform how federal agencies process and analyze data. Read on to learn more about edge computing and how government is already harnessing its potential to enhance operations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data","og_description":"The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that strives for a more effective government for the American people.","og_url":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/","og_site_name":"Partnership for Public Service","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partnershipforpublicservice\/","article_published_time":"2019-11-06T17:54:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-01T17:06:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1800,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@RPublicService","twitter_site":"@RPublicService","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data","datePublished":"2019-11-06T17:54:05+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-01T17:06:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/"},"wordCount":590,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg","keywords":["edge computing","technology"],"articleSection":["Innovation and Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/","url":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/","name":"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data &#8226; Partnership for Public Service","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-06T17:54:05+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-01T17:06:29+00:00","description":"The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that strives for a more effective government for the American people.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edge-computing.jpg","width":1800,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/edge-computing-the-future-way-to-store-and-process-data\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Edge computing: The future way to store and process data"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/","name":"Partnership for Public Service","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#organization","name":"Partnership for Public Service","url":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PPS-logo-with-tag.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PPS-logo-with-tag.png","width":300,"height":58,"caption":"Partnership for Public Service"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partnershipforpublicservice\/","https:\/\/x.com\/RPublicService","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rpublicservice\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/partnership-for-public-service"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}