Vendor strategies for public edge hardware

Most public edge nodes are being built using public cloud providers' (PCPs’) hardware by either PCPs themselves or by operators. Content delivery network (CDN) providers are also in-sourcing their servers. Nonetheless, there remain substantial opportunities for independent hardware vendors at the public edge, which we identify and evaluate in this report.

Information included in this report

• Analysis of the competitive landscape for edge hardware providers at the public edge
• Opportunities available to edge hardware providers at the public edge despite the trend for in-sourcing hardware
• Typical architecture of a public edge node and a typical public edge deployment