The document discusses the significance of edge computing in the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution, highlighting its role in reducing latency and enhancing security and privacy. It introduces the concept of a distributed edge cloud that simplifies resource management and ensures persistent availability while addressing challenges in deployment and routing. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of secure communication and storage at the edge, along with the potential for improved commercial returns in edge computing investments.

1. Distributed Edge Cloud: Empowering the
IoT Revolution
by Samy Fodil
samy@taubyte.com

2. Outline
● What is Edge computing, and why it's important
● Edge problems
● IoT communication
● Not just distributed compute but also storage
● WebAssembly
● Us

3. The Cloud (1/2)
● Todays goto for online apps and websites
● Expensive
● Slow
● Heavy load on the backhaul

4. The Cloud (2/2)
Let’s focus on those two problems:
● Slow
● Heavy load on the backhaul

5. Content Delivery Network (CDN) (1/2)
● Acts as a cache for websites, video, …
● Can proxy live streaming
● Reduce considerably previous issues

6. Content Delivery Network (CDN) (2/2)
One key characteristic of CDNs is
Located at edge locations
PoPs, ISPs, ...

7. Multi-CDN
Is a Load Balancing approach that uses different metrics to solve:
● Not available everywhere
● Not same performance everywhere
● Downtime

8. Edge Computing (1/2)
● Moves actions as close as possible to the source
● It is the point where the physical world interacts with the digital
world

9. Edge Computing (2/2)
● Why is it important?
○ Latency
○ Privacy
○ Security
● Example:
In IoT, saving battery life is crucial. Let’s assume an IoT device can conduct the
transaction in 20ms round trip time (RTT), instead of 200ms RTT. As a result, it can
use 10 times less battery.

10. Edge = “Distributed Infrastructure”
● It does sound like a problem, and it actually is!
● With all those benefits compared to centralized approach
○ The distributed nature of the Edge introduces complex
■ Deployment
■ Routing
Imagine you have to manage hundreds of regions!

11. Billions of Devices!
● We are living in a hyperconnected world
○ Everything is expected to interact with the internet
● The world of the Internet of Things (IoT) driven by objects will far
supersede these data figures
● For example, a connected airplane will generate around 5
Terabytes of data per day

12. Security & Authenticity
● Was the data sent securely?
● Does it come from the source that claims to send the data?
● Was it altered along the way?
● Can it be altered after being received?

13. Storage at the Edge
● Compute is not the only service needed at the Edge!
● Why?
○ Few reasons
■ Privacy
■ Parallel computing
■ Large raw/perishable data (example video, vehicle logs, ...)

14. WebAssembly
● A binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine
● Portable target for compilation of high-level languages
● Efficient and fast
● Safe
● Modular
● Embeddable

15. Introducing
The Distributed Edge Cloud

16. No need to manage regions. Your
compute and storage will be available
where the clients are without any
configuration.
#smart

17. Deployed at diversely resilient networks
at the edge, our platform enables
persistent availability. In case of natural
disaster, our platform is capable of
tapping into vertical peers, enabling
apps and websites to work
disconnected from the backbone.
#resilient

18. In addition to encrypting traffic and
data stored on our servers, we also
provide out-of-the box WAF protection
for all our hosted resources!
#secure

19. Authenticate and secure IoT
communication through our distributed
Tangle-based ledger.
#ledger

20. QUIC ready!
#quic
Lean more https://youtu.be/RIFnXaiRs_o

21. Please visit us at taubyte.com and sign up for beta access!
#beta

22. Discover new revenues!
● Realize commercial returns
● Overcome challenges in edge computing
investments
partnership@taubyte.com
#partnership