Edge computing isn’t a term Faultline Online Reporter often plucks from the buzzword tree, yet a presentation from IHS Markit caught our eye this week – highlighting video streaming services as the primary driver behind edge services. Multi-access edge computing technologies are often overlooked in the video delivery ecosystem, reserved instead for our cellular colleagues to investigate, while research suggests their emergence may be critical in enabling next generation video services. IHS Markit conducted a survey as part of research commissioned by the Linux Foundation, finding that video content delivery was far and away the top pusher for edge computing, receiving 92% of votes. Peculiarly, VR and AR was a separate option entirely from video content delivery, receiving 83%, which…