edge computing

What is the IoT edge?  Where is the IoT edge? I want to put a stake in the sand on my definition of this oft misunderstood term. Having just completed a podcast with Qualcomm discussing IoT edge computing (take a …

Viavi Solutions has introduced what it calls the first “true” 5G base station analyzer, designed to support large-scale network deployments. CellAdvisor 5G brings Viavi’s longtime CellAdvisor base station analyzer line for validating and troubleshooting the Radio Access Network into the …

Distributing machine learning is key to latency-sensitive applications Today, the vast majority of machine learning algorithms are run in centralized cloud computing facilities. But as 5G opens up a new set of latency-sensitive applications, doing machine learning just in the …

Focus 5G use cases include AR/VR and robotics An international consortium of interests from the European Union and Taiwan are working to explore end-to-end 5G use cases and recently completed a trial in Taiwan that examined network services that rely …

Edge computing infrastructure needs assets tower companies already have If moves from two major tower companies are any indication, existing tower sites, given built-in access to power and backhaul, are well-positioned to support edge computing infrastructure. A move of compute …

  Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom will invest in areas including edge computing and quantum cryptography German telco Deutsche Telekom and Korean carrier SK Telecom have entered into a cross=investment agreement, aiming to strengthen their competitiveness in 5G. Under the …

ESW Capital’s ZephyrTel seeks to build a $100M telco software group Edge specialist Vasona Networks has been acquired by private equity-backed telecom software ZephyrTel, which has been snapping up mobile and enterprise software-related companies in a series of recent acquisitions. …

CEO says edge infrastructure rollout will be ‘customer-driven’ Crown Castle continued its investment in edge specialist Vapor IO with its participation in a Series C funding round led by private equity firm Berkshire Partners, itself an investor in Crown. In …

Edge clouds combine radio and core functions Reduced latency is a key feature of 5G networks, and both consumers and enterprises stand to benefit. But for operators investing billions in densifying their networks and moving intelligence out to the edge, …

The Google Cloud Next 2018 conference took place July 24-26, bringing together the tech giant’s cloud leaders to talk about how the company is transforming businesses digitally. From the internet of things (IoT) through to artificial intelligence (AI), there was …

Oil and gas will become one of the driving forces in industrial IoT (IIoT). Oil and gas facilities generate tremendous amounts of data, and only a fraction of it gets used. Companies like Shell – which tracks over 7 million …

Semiconductor maker Intel has applied predictive maintenance to monitor the health of its fan filter
units (FFUs) in its semiconductor production facilities through deployment of industrial IoT (IIoT) sensors and edge computing. The idea was to alert technicians to potential problems, …

Over the last decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has allowed organizations to gather data from machines that have never produced data before. As time has gone on and the cost of technology has decreased significantly, this data is now …

OpenFog Consortium’s fog computing architecture becomes an IEEE standard The IEEE Standards Association has adopted OpenFog Consortium’s work on a reference architecture for fog computing, which extends cloud computing concepts to the network edge for data-intensive applications. The OpenFog Reference …

Where is the edge of the data network, where compute power increasingly resides? This is the question industrial operatives are asking, as they look to combine advanced connectivity technologies and analytics techniques to bring new intelligence to their systems and …

To understand visual fog computing, it is important to first understand fog computing. Let’s take a look at how the physical world connects to the cloud. Think of the physical world at the bottom of a pyramid, and the cloud …

HPE CEO on importance of edge computing: ‘Data is our most valuable asset’ While there’s variation in how you define the edge—is it a consumer device, an enterprise LAN, a physical location, all three?—there’s clearly consensus that it’s going to …

Vapor IO working with Crown Castle to deploy edge data centers Large, centralized data centers house the racks, servers and other hardware needed to support cloud services, content delivery networks, customized enterprise workloads and other functionality. With the emergence of …

Today’s IT landscape is all about moving towards the microdata centers, as the demand for edge computing pushes through the need for quick and instant access to data. Edge computing is localized computing for systems that operate away from the …

AWS exec lays out four principles guiding edge computing vision According to Satyen Yadav, general manager, IoT and edge services, Amazon Web Services, the network edge is all around us—at our homes, along our roadways, at the hospitals we visit and …

Mesh networks are essential ingredients in almost every IoT platform, as they use short-range wireless standards to communicate with each other and send their data to the “outside world.” So, it’s important to understand how they differ from their counterparts, …

PTC, Hitachi and SAP have come top of Gartner’s inaugural ‘magic quadrant’ for IIoT platforms, ahead of IBM, Software AG and Accenture. But the analyst house warned also that major challenges remain for IoT providers in the industrial space, including …

As net neutrality appears in U.S. news again, a product in trials now could ease carriers’ financial issues in the fight. It could also help justify investing in the 5G stepping-stone mobile edge computing (MEC). AUSTIN, Tex.–Mavenir estimates that U.S. …

American Tower and Crown Castle both exploring colocation of edge computing appliances at cell tower sites Latency-dependent services command not just network densification, but also distribution of data center-type compute and storage functionality to the network edge. In the telecom …

Revenues from internet-of-things (IoT) device management will top $20.5 billion within five years, with 70 per cent coming in the industrial, automotive, and telematics sectors, according to ABI Research. Revenues from device management services – including device provisioning, software and …