Edge intelligence enables enterprise stakeholders to power their edge environments with real-time analysis and decision-making. Expect many benefits to surface over the next two to four years as developments occur in chipset functions, form factors, 5G networks, IoT deployments, and more powerful on-device and on-chip ML models. However, there are benefits to profit from now. This report is part one in a series and describes edge intelligence drivers, benefits, and major use cases across six industries. Part two in this series describes the enabling ecosystem.