A Review on Edge to Cloud: Paradigm Shift from Large Data Centers to Small Centers of Data Everywhere

In present, Information Communication Technologies is shifting from large data centers to small and micro data centers, bringing data analytics and storage near to the devices at the edge of networks. This helps to deal with latency and data transition overhead that helps to make real-time operations more efficient. Advent of IoT and smart mobile technologies, new devices are joining networks and generating enormous data. Instead of cloud servers performing data analysis and storage, edge devices and edge servers are sharing the load of cloud servers which will enable hyper-efficient and smart ecosystem for enterprises. This research work addresses the key benefits of edge-to-cloud computing, its challenges and limitations. It also explored the edge architecture and application which are applicable in the current scenario and future possibilities of edge to cloud computing.