Blog Edge Everything You Need to Know About Edge Networks Mike Elissen is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Akamai, focused on helping developers unlock the full potential of Akamai’s distributed cloud platform. With a rich background in Developer Advocacy, Presales, and Professional Services — consulting with Akamai's customers worldwide — Mike makes complex technical solutions accessible and actionable. His expertise empowers developers to build, deliver, and secure applications that drive and protect the digital experiences of billions around the globe. Together, edge networks and edge computing can significantly improve performance and benefit end users. What is an edge network? An edge network is a networked architecture containing “edge” devices — such as computers, smartphones, sensors, and routers — that share processing duties and offset some of the work done by main servers.…