The document discusses how the scale and volume of data generated by the Internet of Things (IoT) requires a shift from centralized to distributed architectures. It notes that distributed processing and analytics have already been necessitated by large networks like the internet, content delivery, and cybersecurity. As more devices connect to the IoT, there will need to be new approaches to access, process, and analyze the large amount of streaming data at the network edge rather than solely in centralized locations. This shift is being driven by the immediate need to react to the high volumes and real-time analytics demands of the IoT.