Intelligence at the edge is exciting. The edge allows devices to compute and analyze data closer to the user as opposed to a centralized data center far away, which benefits the end user in many ways. It promises low latency as the brains of...
IT modernization for 5G key to hybrid, multi-cloud strategy
With the shift to 5G, early investments in network functions virtualization are paving the way to what will ultimately be an IT-centric network that takes advantage of centralized and distributed compute power to support new types...
In recent years, cloud computing has revolutionized enterprise IT. Widespread access to the cloud’s scalable, reliable, powerful computing resources have unlocked countless opportunities for businesses and their customers.
But this decentralization has resulted in vast distances between data centers and end-users, making latency inevitable. These...
IT-centric 5G networks require a new approach to architecture, organization
With 5G, traditional mobile network operators need to draw from the hyperscale playbook to facilitate dynamic network management and rapid service development and delivery. This will require a new approach to network architecture with an...
How does edge computing fit into a broader telco cloud strategy?
The telco cloud conversation has been ongoing for some time as communications service providers look to build networks that provide the agility and dynamic service delivery generally associated with web scale players. But, as...
NXP and Nvidia both investing in AI for edge use cases
The vision for the combination of 5G and the internet of things revolves around leveraging the low latency of next-generation cellular networks with sensor data to create efficiencies through lightning fast data processing in...
HPE CEO discusses 5G and edge computing opportunities
With virtualization and distributed compute both instrumental in the long-term success of 5G, traditional IT companies are looking to invest and return on supporting service provider roll outs of next-generation cellular systems.
During the recent Dell Technologies...
Automated network slicing--a fully virtualized network infrastructure capable of creating on-demand data pipes that exactly meet the needs of a given application--is a long-term goal of 5G investment. In pursuit of that goal, Verizon recently tested virtualization of the Radio Access Network using Nokia...
Canadian carrier Telus and Deutsche Telekom-backed edge computing company MobiledgeX are working together on a mobile edge computing trial network in Canada. This will be the first Canadian deployment for MobiledgeX.
Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO at Telus, said that partnering with MobiledgeX to pilot its...
MS Build developer conference keynote: "Go for that moonshot"
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the company's annual MS Build developer conference this week in Seattle by describing the opportunity available to software developers as connectivity changes not only the consumer world but also drives...
Product announcements from Dell Technologies World
Dell Technologies has been telling the "hybrid, multi-cloud" story for some time and this year, at the company's flagship event in Las Vegas, reiterated that messaging and layered end the need for an IT modernization strategy that considers the...
VMware takes open, interoperable approach to enterprise IoT
LAS VEGAS--The proliferation of internet of things devices will create the data enterprises, regardless of vertical focus, need to gain operational efficiencies and realize new revenue opportunities. But the IoT is marked by a deep level of...
Digital transformation requires a cohesive edge, core, cloud strategy
LAS VEGAS--Seven years ago, the company that would become Dell Technologies saw the potential for hybrid, multi-cloud computing models. At the time, “We got beat up on mercilessly,” Dell Technologies CTO John Roese said in...
The value of 5G comes from ‘giving voice’ to the internet of things
LAS VEGAS--As hybrid, multi-cloud IT strategies gain adoption by enterprises, including communications service providers, 5G is “knocking on the door,” according to K.C. Choi, Dell EMC’s SVP of Global Systems Engineering. And...
Dell Technologies has product breadth to deliver on superpowers with 'disruptive scale,' VMware CEO says
LAS VEGAS--VMware's vision, according to CEO Pat Gelsinger, remains connecting any device to any application running in any cloud. With the combined offerings of the companies that sit under Dell...
Dell SVP discusses 5G as driver of AI, network disaggregation
LAS VEGAS--Digital transformation, driven by the intersection of distributed multi-cloud computing, internet of things devices generating data and powerful 5G connectivity, is key to the long-term viability of Dell Technologies’ global customer base--that’s a prominent...
Edge computing dominated MWC 2019 along with 5G and all the robots at the show. In fact, according to some analysts, edge computing could be worth almost $7 billion within the next three years. Much of the new architecture’s advantages stem from the capacity...
Distributed AI part of unlocking 5G value
Some of the primary enhancements associated with 5G are major increases to cellular speed and similarly significant reductions to latency. This combination is seen as the enabler of applications like mobile augmented and virtual reality, as well as...
After almost five years of talk, 5G is finally arriving. I had an opportunity to attend MWC Barcelona this year, and the innovations and challenges of 5G were on full display. A number of operators announced their 5G launch plans for 2019, and several...
For 5G, HPE focused on enabling virtualization, edge services
While 5G certainly led most conversations during the recent Mobile World Congress, next in line were supporting technology sets like virtualization and edge computing. At a high level, to successfully build out 5G, operators will need...
AT&T, Intel, Ericsson, Warner Brothers showing off 5G-powered mixed-reality at MWC Barcelona
Augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality--from here on out we're going to use Qualcomm's umbrella term, extended reality (XR), have long been hyped as a major 5G application given the high-capacity and...
The edge computing company founded by Deutsche Telekom, MobiledgeX, is now live with its first public edge network that aggregates existing network operator resources -- from parent DT -- to host application cloud containers.
Telekom Deutschland CTO Walter Goldenits called the news "an important moment...
With the race to 5G heating up around the world, it’s tempting to focus on the hype being generated about the applications and services the next-generation network will enable. Much attention has been given to what the blazing fast speeds and super low latency...
Given huge mobile gaming market, 5G and cloud could provide a big boost to on-the-go gamers
Spurred by mega-hit games like Fortnite and PUBG, mobile gaming is quickly becoming a massive market that operators and the telecoms ecosystem at large can not only support but...
