EDGE UTILITY MANAGEMENT

There is provided a computer-implemented edge utility management method, the method comprising: receiving an application (200) to be deployed on an edge device (100), wherein the application comprises a plurality of separately-deployable application parts (202-206); obtaining application profiles for one or more of the applications parts; obtaining hardware profiles for one or more hardware resources of the edge device; deploying the application parts (202-206) to selected hardware resources based on the application profiles and the hardware profiles; and facilitating communication between the deployed application parts during execution of the application.