Schneider Electric is betting on a burgeoning market for tools to reliably manage edge resources, at massive scale. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Nor is an IT service, and with edge computing facilities playing an ever increasing role in the delivery of IT services of all kinds, including IoT, there needs […]
Meeting the challenge of life at the edge of IoT
Edge computing is very much flavour of the month, driven by the need to avoid pumping masses of data generated by IoT devices all the way to distant data centres, and by the need to make rapid decisions based on IoT data and then act on those decisions. IT vendors of all kinds are seeking […]
Where exactly is ‘The Edge’?
As we’ve reported several times recently, edge computing is tipped to be big, driven largely by the demands of IoT. And it seems every vendor is jumping on the edge computing bandwagon. In June this year Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announcing plans to invest $US4 billion in intelligent edge technologies and services over the […]
The edge is back, but it will be hacked.
A resurgence of interest in edge computing will create new vulnerabilities and open up a new avenue for hackers, says Nick Savvides, Symantec’s chief technology officer for APJ. Setting out a series of predictions for cyber security developments in 2019, Savvides declared “The edge is back … And IoT is driving it.” According to Savvides, […]
Nutanix joins the IoT edge computing bandwagon
Hyperconverged infrastructure specialist, Nutanix, has entered the fast growing market of edge computing for IoT, announcing general availability of Nutanix Xi IoT edge computing technology that integrates with the company’s just-announced Xi Cloud Services. Xi Cloud Services is billed as “a new suite of offerings designed to create a more unified fabric across different […]
What it takes to be leading IoT edge platform
IoT research firm Machnation has produced a free whitepaper Five requirements of a leading IoT edge platform that identifies what, in Machination’s view are five capabilities needed for an IoT edge platform. extensive protocol support for data ingestion robust capability for offline functionality cloud-based orchestration capabilities to support device lifecycle management hardware-agnostic scalable architecture comprehensive analytics […]
Edge Computing Consortium gathers momentum
The – predominantly Chinese – Edge Computing Consortium announced at the end of November is gaining momentum with the release of an English language version of its first white paper and the launch of its web site. The consortium was launched during a 2016 Edge Computing Industrial Summit in China. Its formation of the ECC […]
Edge computing gets foggier
A few years ago Cisco coined the term ‘fog computing’ for edge computing in IoT networks. The industry recognised the need for harmonising this component of the IoT ecosystem, the name caught on and the OpenFog Consortium was formed in November 2015 with ARM, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Microsoft and Princeton University as founding members. One […]
VHA and Nokia to develop mobile edge computing platform
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) and Nokia have announced plans for a proof of concept demonstration of how mobile edge computing on an LTE networks can improve public safety. They plan to trial the technology during 2017. VHA has also signed a MoU to join Nokia’s Mission Critical Communications Alliance, a global body made up of […]
PTC teams with HPE to offer packaged edge computing for IoT
PTC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have teamed up to offer PTC’s ThingWorx IoT platform integrated with HPE’s Edgeline range of edge computing devices designed for IoT. The combinations are being demonstrated at the IoT Solutions World Congress from October 25 to October 27 in Barcelona. They say the result will be the availability of […]
