What is cloud-native about 5G and why is it considered edge? Overlapping terminology used by telecoms and cloud providers creates a deal of confusion, although the lines separating these technologies are fairly clear. In essence, we’re talking about three distinct technological concepts. It’s worth breaking these down, considering what they bring, and understanding the current […]
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Edge infrastructure has little in common with traditional data center infrastructure. Whilst data centers have well-defined boundaries, edge has many more variables and challenges to take into account. Many edge deployments have revealed this in the worst possible way, by failing miserably in their first attempts. Edge infrastructure adds several layers of complexity when compared […]
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Last week I attended Edge Field Day 1, a Tech Field Day event focused on edge computing solutions. Some of the sessions really made me think. Edge infrastructures are quite different from anything in the data center or the cloud: the farther from the center you go, the tinier devices become. Less CPU power, less […]
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