Fastly’s Lakshmi Sharma on Edge Computing and Distributed Applications

[Kathleen Martin]

I spoke with Lakshmi Sharma, Chief Product Officer at Fastly, who offered a wide ranging tour of today’s edge computing sector, and discussed the challenges with distributed applications at the edge.
Among the topics we covered:

• As you survey the edge computing market, what forces are driving the market?
• What are the challenges involved with building distributed applications at the edge? Any advice that you would give companies?
• How is Fastly addressing the CDN and edge computing needs of its clients? What’s the Fastly advantage?
• The future of edge computing and serverless? What are some key milestones we can expect in the years ahead?

Read more and listen to the podcast: https://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/fastlys-lakshmi-sharma-on-edge-computing-and-distributed-applications/