While distributed computing has been a common practice for decades, the edge has emerged as a different way to deliver IT services nearer to the user, thanks to key enablers like highly distributed intelligent compute, the modularization of the computing environment, and smart IoT devices.

Sensaphone introduced a combination temperature, humidity and CO₂ sensor that measures and provides real-time values to any Sensaphone monitoring device that accepts a 4 to 20 mA or MODBUS signal.