A telecommunications edge cloud (TEC) element comprising a plurality of TEC hardware components comprising a computing component that includes one or more processors, a storage component that includes a memory, a networking component, with the TEC device being deployed between a client and a packet network, the computing component being configured to manage a computing resource in the computing component, a networking resource in the networking component, and a storage resource in the storage component, allocate the computing resource for a first application of the plurality of different applications, execute the first application using the computing resource, allocate the networking resource for a second application of the plurality of different applications, execute the second application using the networking resource, allocate the storage resource for a third application of the plurality of different applications, execute the third application using the storage resource.