Edge Computing

Upon taking a “small step” onto the surface of the moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong uttered what would become one of history’s most famous phrases. It’s easy to dismiss taking small steps as a lack of real progress but starting small can often lead to those “giant leaps” later in time.

Pulsant, the UK’s hybrid cloud specialists, announced that Antin Infrastructure Partners has acquired Pulsant from Oak Hill Capital and Scottish Equity Partners. The comnpanies have owned Pulsant since 2014. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Mouser Electronics Inc. has released the third instalment of the 2021 series of its award-winning Empowering Innovation Together program. The series’ third installment dives deep into artificial intelligence (AI), through an engaging collection of video, long-form articles, blog and infographic content.

As the 4th Industrial Revolution continues to accelerate business demand for high-speed broadband and presence in the cloud, Lumen Technologies has expanded its fibre network infrastructure in Europe, strengthening its service capabilities in France, Switzerland and Spain.

Tribe Payments, a payment technology company, reveals that 67% of fintechs believe artificial intelligence (AI) is the technology that will have the biggest impact on the sector over the next five years.

DataQube Global Ltd, digital infrastructure specialists spearheading an innovative approach to data analyses and storage challenges, has successfully deployed a fully operational edge data centre system at its campus in Cambridge.

Research from market insight provider IoT Analytics has revealed that making edge computing systems ‘smart’ by integrating intelligent tools is a key driver of the technology’s continued growth.

Hybrid cloud provider Pulsant has expanded its offering to enable channel partners to develop and deliver edge and multi-cloud opportunities to clients, through its partnership with Zayo Group Inc. the strategic drive will be newly appointed industry veteran Rob Darby as director of channel sales, the latest in a series of Pulsant senior management hires.

ETSI publishes a White Paper titled MEC security: Status of standards support and future evolutions written by several authors participating in MEC and other related ETSI groups. This White Paper, the initiative in this domain, aims to identify aspects of security where the nature of edge computing leaves typical industry approaches to cloud security insufficient.

A group of 27 CEOs of European companies has submitted to the European Commission a roadmap outlining technological priorities for investment needed to strengthen Europe’s leadership in cloud and edge technologies.

Impulse Embedded a provider of industrial computing systems and solutions announces the availability of the new NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX single board computer. The Jetson TX2 NX delivers the next step in AI performance for entry-level embedded and edge products.

The pace of technology innovation continues to accelerate. One breakthrough after another quickly supersedes what recently was considered to be state-of-the-art technology.

PaperCut, an innovative print management software provider that allows users to track, control, and enable more thoughtful printing, has announced the public launch of its cloud-native print management solution, PaperCut Hive.

Zscaler, Inc., a provider in cloud security, has announced innovations for the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform and new programs designed to secure digital businesses.

 Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced a set of cross-portfolio edge-to-cloud security integrations for Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform).

The 5G Future Forum, based in London, UK, called for new members, The forum is a global industry group focused on driving rapid adoption of 5G and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), specifically targeting mobile network operators.

Enterprises around the world are being confronted by a basic law of physics — distance neutralises speed, causing latency or a delay between an action and an application’s response.

The pandemic has shown that workplaces can be particularly challenging to curb the spread of the virus. As Sastry Malladi, CTO of FogHorn reports, edge computing, specifically edge artificial intelligence (AI), can help make up for the error-prone shortcomings of resource-intensive manual audits and provide real-time insights and centralised visibility into workplace health and safety.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that network operator spend on MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) will grow from US$2.7 billion (€2.21 billion) in 2020, to $8.3 billion (€6.79 billion) in 2025. This comes as operators invest heavily in upgrading network capacities and infrastructure to support the increasing data generated by 5G networks.

Remark Holdings, Inc., a diversified global technology company with artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions and digital media properties, announced that Remark’s KanKan AI business successfully released its edge computing systems, the S and T Series Smart Boxes, AI-based edge computing boxes equipped with NVIDIA’s new generation of high-performance edge computing modules, with a smaller size and lower power requirements.

In 2017, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released a report which cited ‘Big Tech’ as a greater threat to banks than fintech. Three years later, says Eelco-Jan Boonstra, managing director of EMEA at Mambu, this continues to hold true as we’ve seen technology giants such as Google, Apple and Facebook move deeper into the world of finance.

Transforma Insights unveils the results of its extensive analysis of the strategies of 12 IoT Application Enablement Platform providers.

The Centre for Data Innovation is hosting a conversation with Ryan Abbott on his new book The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law.

According to the latest study published by an ESOMAR-certified market research and consulting firm, suggests remote desktop software market will record 12.3% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) through 2030, reaching US$5.8 billion (€4.96 billion) by 2030.

Multi-access edge computing (MEC), formerly called mobile edge computing, is an ETSI-defined network architecture concept that enables cloud computing at the edge of a network. In layman’s terms it brings cloud advantages at the edge of the network or closure to customer services outside regular cloud deployments hereby reducing latency and bringing in efficiency.

Capgemini has unveiled its first set of Intelligent Industry offerings that utilise the group’s capabilities in data, digital and industrial technologies. Focused on 5G and Edge, the new services will enable Communications Service Providers (CSPs), Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) and enterprises across industries to implement 5G and Edge technologies at scale, so that companies’ products, assets and processes can unlock innovation and efficiencies within their business.

Intelligent edge computing company, Litmus, is collaborating with Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global provider of enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology on a smart manufacturing solution.