What is edge analytics?

In order to build on the statement that edge analytics is like the personal computer revolution, but for IoT devices, let's take a technological step back and look at the way application computing used to be done. We'll start by taking a customary look at early computers.

Early computers

Operators of early digital computers accessed the computer through paper punch cards, paper tape readout, blinking lights, and teletype machines adapted for computer use. By the mid-1960s, CRT (known as cathode ray tube) displays were used as displays in place of paper, allowing for better flexibility. CRT displays were the technology of television sets at the time. By the mid-1970s, dumb terminals using CRT...