How a Company Optimized its Image Delivery Solution using Cloudfront & Lambda@Edge

1. Top Story: The Latest in Edge Computing Trends

• Where is your data stored? Organizations are adopting edge computing to increase data privacy via the data residency laws. Shift from Cloud to Edge Computing marks the next Evolution of AI Models. Latency and processing data closest to users is the key. Check out in detail from Mckinsey….

• Rise of IoT Devices , 5G Networks, Real-Time Applications and Bandwidth Efficiency are 4 major driving factors behind the growth of Edge Data Centers . Diverse industries like healthcare , manufacturing , entertainment to smart cities are rapidly driving the need to build more edge DC facilities . Dive deep here…

2. Edge Computing Solution on AWS - Let’s Explore a Use Case

                  AWS Cloudfront & Lambda@Edge

In this issue we will be covering Zalando, a leading fashion, beauty and lifestyle focused online platform based in Berlin. Managing rich media contents has been a major challenge for developers and initial solution was not providing enough developer visibility and control. Initially starting with Lamba@Edge a Cloudfront Solution to run code closer to users of application, Zalando managed to optimise their image delivery solution using Cloudfront to manage, transform and deliver images to end customers with greater control. This caused Zalando to hit daily cache hits of 99.5%. More details…

3. News from AWS Edge Solution Products & Updates

• AWS Announces launch of New Amazon Cloudfront Edge location in Doha, Qatar. Details…

• Configurable flexibility with TCP idle timeout to be between 60 to 6000 seconds with AWS Network Firewall. Details…

4. Security & Compliance Watch in Edge

In this issue lets look at the Core Principles we can use to enhance security at the Edge.

• Secure Content Delivery

• Network and Application Layer Protection

• Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) Mitigation

A amazing benefit that comes with using public cloud providers like Amazon is that it comes with its own world class security practices as they have to protect a lot of customers and individual companies may usually find it more expansive to develop their own security solutions if that is not their core business element. Dive further…

5. What Else is happening in the Edge Computing Space

In Edge we have smaller devices with compact and purposeful design functionality. This means we would like to eliminate unnecessary resources as much as possible. A key element is how do we reduce the size of data transmitted. This will help to save space on disk, reduce bandwidth consumption and latency making the device more reliable and faster. A company called Atombeam has developed Neuropac which is a Data-As-Codewords product that reduces the size of data transferred by 75% , how good is that. Read more…

7. Let’s dive into one AWS Edge Service

Amazon Cloudfront - is a content delivery network service. With multiple POP’s present worldwide in various location, you are fully empowered to reach your customers worldwide at fractions of cost and infrastructure development. Have the lowest latency possible, high security , reduce cost and be able to run code on Edge with Cloudfront feature called Lambda@Edge.

Cloudfront on its own is a huge service with great potential to keep discussing many aspects of it. We will keep this as a major repeated coverage to dive into many different aspects of this technology.

8.Sensor of the Day - Lets build on our knowledge for Sensor’s

                        Humidity Sensors

Humidity sensors - are transducers that convert the amount of water vapor into measurable parameter. This measures the humidity of air at certain temperature. It works by detecting electrical current in the air. Lets dive deep into humidity sensor …

9. Open Source Tool/Project Highlight for Edge Computing

Please book mark this link : LFEDGE . Its an umbrella organization that establishes an open , interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating systems. With billions of devices running M2M in future , there should be no space for proprietary technology . Open source will pave pathway to rapid innovation making many external technologies to interoperate and boost the rate of innovation.

9. AI on the Edge

• Pushing AI to the Edge - allowing real time analysis without relying on central server. Check out on how a company called EdgeScale AI & Palantir partnered to launch a new Live Solution. Details…

• Broadcom to enable enterprises to Support Edge AI Workloads by further enhancing its Software defined Edge product Portfolio. Check out more…

10. Closing Thought / Quote of the Day

“In order to have what you really want, you must first be who you really are.” - Tim S. Grover

If you want to dive deeper into the edge computing , think like a sensor , feel like a sensor, eliminate unnecessary resources, become more useful like a sensor and subscribe to our newsletter to get connected to more edge technology 😀