Edge Computing

In the last five years, web searches for edge computing have increased by a colossal 473%. Clearly, there’s an appetite for understanding the edge but the technology has yet to be widely deployed in industrial applications. Here are some misconceptions and barriers of edge computing, as well as the strong case for manufacturers to embrace the edge now, says Nevzat Ertan chief architect & global manager for digital machining architecture at Sandvik Coromant.

Amaro, Italy – Eurotech, an enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT) in mission-critical applications, and WaterView, a company specialised in computer vision and AI for meteorology, hydrology, and environmental modeling, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a strategic partnership to enable real-time weather condition monitoring applications.

Seattle – With significant growth projected in the global IoT market over the next 6 years, the need to subsequently secure devices at the edge from attacks, safe and secure through the manufacturing process, and managed securely throughout the life of the product will follow a similar trajectory, predict experts at Sequitur Labs.

London, UK. 30 November 2021 – Analysys Mason a specialist telecoms, media and technology consulting and research firm has released its annual industry predictions on the major trends it expects to make an impact in 2022.

RALEIGH, N.C. 22 November, 2021 – Red Hat, Inc., the provider of open source solutions, announced the availability of Red Hat OpenShift Data Science as a field trial, as well as an expanded partner ecosystem focused on this new cloud service offering.

Edinburgh, UK.17 November, 2021 – IOTech, the edge software company, announced five predictions for edge computing in 2022. Among its forecasts, the company foresees a proliferation of AI and machine learning at the IOT edge and edge-cloud architectures as the norm. 

Unterschleissheim, Germany. 21 October 2021 – Moxa Europe GmbH and Crosser, a provider of edge analytics for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announce their cooperation. Together, Crosser’s edge analytics platform and Moxa’s reliable network, connectivity and edge computing solutions will help manufacturing companies to connect their devices to offer better collaboration between systems, processes, and people.

Gartner predicts that around 75% of enterprise-generated data will be created and processed at the edge by 2025. Edge computing is a rapidly evolving market, and while there are many benefits, there are still some hurdles to adoption.

Laserfiche announced the availability of Laserfiche Cloud in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation’s cloud offering delivers an innovative and trusted system for securely managing content and automating business processes across the enterprise.

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.