Fabrizio Magugliani from E4 attended IDCS2019: the 12th International Conference on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems, delivering the E4 presentation. The speakers listed in the rich agenda detailed how the rapidly evolving technology for Distributed Computing Systems enables using more computation and ‘intelligence’ at the Edge, and how to maximize the effectiveness of different architectures and components. While these components are ideal for analyzing data at the Edge, more elaborate analysis demands the use of more powerful systems. Having the same Instruction set at the Edge (running Arm devices) as well as in the centralized computing facility is definitely a value, making the EPI processor ideal for seamless integration of the data streams with the EPI-powered centralized facility.