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The goal of edge computing, Gamble told our podcast audience, is to bring data and compute closer to the applications that consume it.
Used in conjunction with Couchbase Lite, a lightweight, embedded NoSQL database used with mobile and IoT devices, Capella App Services synchronizes the data between backend and edge devices.