It seems there are as many opinions about what these encompass as there are products and technologies moving from the head-end out to the edge. And based on an industry temperature check, those technologies are incredibly diverse. On one hand, you may hear that an edge device is an IP camera or encoder that allows for additional functionality (analytics, pan-tilt-zoom, etc.) to be placed at the edge of the video system. On the other hand, you may hear that an edge device is something that allows for the installation of an IP network in a challenging situation. Or that an edge device absolutely needs to provide some sort of intelligent or analytic capabilities. Or that the term is all-encompassing and includes any device installed at the edge.