A system for configuring an edge component (108, 200), the system comprising; the edge component (108, 200) having a configuration, the edge component (108, 200) being coupled to each of a device (106, 400) and a network backend system (104, 300), wherein the edge component (108, 200) is configured to act as a bridge between the device (106, 400) and the network backend system (104, 300); the network backend system (104, 300) having a source configuration used to update the configuration of the edge component (108, 200); the edge component (108, 200) having subcomponents (202, 204, 206) comprising: a device adapter to adapt a data signal received from the device (106, 400) to a readable form, a data processor to adjust the adapted data signal according to network requirements, and a network module to transmit the adjusted data signal as a readable signal to the network backend system (104, 300); the edge component further comprising a connector configuration portion which is configured to interface with the device adapter, the data processor and the network module; wherein at least part of the configuration is implemented into the device adapter, the data processor and the network module to adapt the data signal received from the device at the edge component into the readable signal tor storage on the network backend system (104, 300); wherein upon storage the readable signal is made available to at least one application and wherein at least part of the configuration is implemented into the connector configuration portion to configure the edge component; wherein the configuration of the edge component (108, 200) is updated when the source configuration is changed; and wherein the connector configuration portion of the edge component (108, 200) is configured to obtain the configuration from a configuration portion of the network backend system (104, 300) by: querying, according to an update interval set in the edge component, the configuration portion of the network backend system (104, 300) for an edge component configuration, wherein the edge component (108, 200) is configured to query the configuration portion for those operations necessary to update the current configuration of the edge component (108, 200) to a state of a configuration stored in the configuration portion, and receiving, in response to querying the configuration portion, only the operations necessary to update the configuration on the edge component (108, 200) to the state stored in the configuration portion, wherein the operations comprise at least one of downloading and installing component binaries, updating at least one subcomponent configuration, and updating the edge component configuration. a device adapter to adapt a data signal received from the device (106, 400) to a readable form, a data processor to adjust the adapted data signal according to network requirements, and a network module to transmit the adjusted data signal as a readable signal to the network backend system (104, 300); the edge component further comprising a connector configuration portion which is configured to interface with the device adapter, the data processor and the network module; wherein at least part of the configuration is implemented into the device adapter, the data processor and the network module to adapt the data signal received from the device at the edge component into the readable signal tor storage on the network backend system (104, 300); wherein upon storage the readable signal is made available to at least one application and wherein at least part of the configuration is implemented into the connector configuration portion to configure the edge component; wherein the configuration of the edge component (108, 200) is updated when the source configuration is changed; and wherein the connector configuration portion of the edge component (108, 200) is configured to obtain the configuration from a configuration portion of the network backend system (104, 300) by: querying, according to an update interval set in the edge component, the configuration portion of the network backend system (104, 300) for an edge component configuration, wherein the edge component (108, 200) is configured to query the configuration portion for those operations necessary to update the current configuration of the edge component (108, 200) to a state of a configuration stored in the configuration portion, and receiving, in response to querying the configuration portion, only the operations necessary to update the configuration on the edge component (108, 200) to the state stored in the configuration portion, wherein the operations comprise at least one of downloading and installing component binaries, updating at least one subcomponent configuration, and updating the edge component configuration. querying, according to an update interval set in the edge component, the configuration portion of the network backend system (104, 300) for an edge component configuration, wherein the edge component (108, 200) is configured to query the configuration portion for those operations necessary to update the current configuration of the edge component (108, 200) to a state of a configuration stored in the configuration portion, and receiving, in response to querying the configuration portion, only the operations necessary to update the configuration on the edge component (108, 200) to the state stored in the configuration portion, wherein the operations comprise at least one of downloading and installing component binaries, updating at least one subcomponent configuration, and updating the edge component configuration.