Conclusions: Hub Vs Edge
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Seeking to understand what is at the hub of a system and what is at the edge proved to be a consistent organizing theme of speakers at the conference, one that naturally emerged from the speakers language. It seems that when encountering any system just asking yourself to determing the difference between the hub and edge of a systems helps clarify the nature of the system. Understanding the different personality of the hub vs the edge helps generate questions and make distinctions. This concept applied to almost every topic discussed.
- Web 2.0: Transactional Hubs vs Emergent Edges
Explain hub/edge in Web 2.0, the tension between the emergent, fuzzy, collaborative edge and the locked down transactional hub, and how the two sides had to communicate.
- RWA
Transactional Hubs vs Edges for Distributed Processing and Intelligence Explain how powerful computing and analysis capabilities must be distributed to the edge to recognize events that are meaningful to the hub.
- IT Security
Hub and Edge systems have different security needs. Hub security must be locked down to protect the value represented in the hub systems. Edge security must be loose enough to allow collaboration and unstructured communication and sharing of data. Some companies are putting employees outside of their own firewalls to enable such collaboration while protecting the hub.
- IT For Growth and Development
The Hub of the Developed world and the Edge of the Developing World share a need for a catalyst But the catalyst suggested for the developed world, public spending, is different than that for the developing world, the pull of individual demand. (This may be stretching hub and edge too far.)
