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Cisco Brings Edge Compute, Storage and Networking to Retailers
Last Updated: Jan 09, 2026
The edge is rapidly emerging as the next major arena for computing, becoming the place where consumers interact with AI through real-time inference. The scale of this shift is enormous. By the end of the decade, more than 77 billion edge devices are expected to be in operation, according to Cisco estimates, each producing vast streams of information and requiring immediate, dependable analysis.









