--- title: SixSq | The Blog | near data processing description: near data processing | The latest thoughts from the cloud and edge experts --- [![sixsq.png](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sixsq-an-ekinops-company-red-on-transparent-1024px.png?width=1024&height=512&name=sixsq-an-ekinops-company-red-on-transparent-1024px.png "sixsq.png")](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/) - [NUVLA.IO](https://sixsq.com/products-and-services/nuvla-io/overview) - SOFTWARE - [**NUVLABOX:** SOFTWARE THAT TURNS YOUR HARDWARE INTO A SMART EDGE DEVICE](https://sixsq.com/products-and-services/nuvlabox/overview) - [**NUVLA:** THE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE BEHIND NUVLA.IO](https://sixsq.com/products-and-services/nuvla/overview) - CASESTUDIES - [**CITY:** EDGE, CLOUD AND IOT SOLUTIONS FOR SMART CITIES](https://sixsq.com/casestudies/city/overview) - [**OUTPOST:** RAPID INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REMOTE AREAS](https://sixsq.com/casestudies/outpost/overview) - [**RETAIL:** IN-STORE (REAL-TIME) ANALYTICS](https://sixsq.com/casestudies/retail/overview) - [**SCIENCE:** BIG DATA AT THE EDGE AND IN THE CLOUD FOR SCIENCE](https://sixsq.com/casestudies/science/overview) - MEDIA - [OVERVIEW](https://sixsq.com/media/overview) - [NEWS](https://sixsq.com/media/news) - [VIDEOS](https://sixsq.com/media/videos) - [BLOG](https://media.sixsq.com/blog) - ABOUT - [ABOUT US](https://sixsq.com/about/about-us) - [CONTACT](https://sixsq.com/about/contact) - [CUSTOMERS](https://sixsq.com/about/customers) - [PARTNERS](https://sixsq.com/about/partners) - [R&D](https://sixsq.com/about/r-and-d) - [JOBS](https://sixsq.com/about/jobs) - [TERMS](https://sixsq.com/about/terms) - [SIGN-IN](https://nuvla.io/ui/sign-in) - [SIGN-UP](https://nuvla.io/ui/sign-up) # Blog ### Subscribe to Email Updates Subscribe Entries related to: near-data-processing 30 March 2021 ## [Scale test your edge with our 10k virtual testbed](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/scale-test-your-edge-with-our-10k-virtual-testbed) By [Marc-Elian Bégin](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/author/marc-elian-bégin) To ensure your edge computing system scales smoothly, scale and stress testing is a good idea. SixSq will soon release a virtual edge testbed dedicated to scale testing, integrated in the Nuvla.io edge management platform and marketplace. [Read More](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/scale-test-your-edge-with-our-10k-virtual-testbed) 19 March 2021 ## [Always Know How Your Edge is Doing with Notifications and Alerts](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/edge-computing-notifications-and-alerts) By [Marc-Elian Bégin](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/author/marc-elian-bégin) Don't stress about the state of your fleet of edge computing devices or your edge system. Instead, depend on a reliable alert and notification system which tells you when your edge requires your attention, or if everything is good. [Read More](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/edge-computing-notifications-and-alerts) 15 January 2021 ## [Governance for smart cities using Edge Computing and Open Data](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/smart-city-governance-for-open-data-and-edge-computing) By [Marc-Elian Bégin](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/author/marc-elian-bégin) Citizens and innovators increasingly demand open data, that anyone can access, use and share, to better understand how the city pulses and improve policy decisions. An effective, secure, non-intrusive and flexible way of providing open data is to leverage edge computing. Edge computing provides a way to deploy realtime services, that avoid data intrusion issues, while enabling an evolutive approach for the city. However, in order to scale and deliver its full innovation potential, edge computing and open data must form the integral part of a governance policy. This blog explores some of the aspects such a governance policy must address and how. [Read More](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/smart-city-governance-for-open-data-and-edge-computing) 9 January 2021 ## [Data fusion at the edge, killer apps for smart cities and more](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/data-fusion-at-the-edge) By [Marc-Elian Bégin](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/author/marc-elian-bégin) Edge computing, with its ability to process data near its source, delivers secure and future proof solutions, without a round trip to the cloud. In this blog post, we explore examples of how data coming from a variety of simple sensors can be combined to produce better and new smart city services. [Read More](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/data-fusion-at-the-edge) 8 November 2019 ## [What is Edge Computing?](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/what-is-edge-computing) By [Marc-Elian Bégin](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/author/marc-elian-bégin) Edge Computing is one of the latest buzz expressions in the ICT world, along with IoT, big data and artificial intelligence. [Read More](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/what-is-edge-computing) 8 March 2019 ## [The AI rocket is powered by Edge to Cloud](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/ai-rocket-powered-by-edge-to-cloud) By [Marc-Elian Bégin](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/author/marc-elian-bégin) If AI were a rocket, the first stage would be the cloud, the second the edge, and data would be the fuel Strategic leaders investing in AI will need a complete rocket to boost business [Read More](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/ai-rocket-powered-by-edge-to-cloud) 10 October 2018 ## [Cloud and Edge are part of the same Continuum](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/edge-cloud-continuum) By [Marc-Elian Bégin](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/author/marc-elian-bégin) There have been wild predictions recently that the edge will overtake if not kill the cloud in terms of volume of data processed. While it is helpful to raise awareness of the potential of edge computing, which is undoubtedly huge, it is also an oversimplification. Instead of adding fuel to this dispute, I prefer to offer peace and bring those two fundamental building blocks together. [Read More](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/edge-cloud-continuum) [1](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/topic/near-data-processing/page/1) [All posts](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/blog/all) [![sixsq.png](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sixsq-an-ekinops-company-red-on-transparent-1024px.png?width=1024&height=512&name=sixsq-an-ekinops-company-red-on-transparent-1024px.png "sixsq.png")](https://hubspot.sixsq.com/) © 2026 SixSq