Performance wise putting things (i.e., data, compute power, networking, etc) nearer clients is the only way to somehow 'beat' mother-nature. That's why latency

Performance wise putting things (i.e., data, compute power, networking, etc) nearer clients is the only way to somehow 'beat' mother-nature. That's why latency really is the main feature in edge computing. Point (1) is already realized by Cloud computing (or autonomic computing, see [1]). (2) has been more focused nowadays but it has also been a problem in Cloud, but it is not really a "feature" in either settings. [1] http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15849g/readings/kephart03.pdf http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15849g/readings/kephart03.pdf (2003)