Edge computing is one of the areas where we see startup vendors offering innovative solutions, enabling applications to operate where the business operates rather than where the IT team sit. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast focuses on the melting pot of edge computing and features Guy Currier, John Osmon, Ivan McPhee, and host Alastair Cooke, all of whom attended the recent Edge Field Day in September. To accommodate the unique nature of the diverse and unusual locations where businesses operate, many different technologies are brought together to form the melting pot of edge computing. Containers and AI applications are coming from the massive public cloud data centres to a range of embedded computers on factory floors, industrial sites, and farm equipment. ARM CPUs, sensors, and low-power hardware accelerators are coming from mobile phones to power applications in new locations. Enterprise organizations must still control and manage data and applications across these locations and platforms. Security must be built into the edge from the beginning; edge computing often happens in an unsecured location and often with no human oversight. This melting pot of technology and innovation makes edge computing an innovative part of IT.
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Panelists
Alastair is a Tech Field Day event lead at the Futurum group, specializing in Cloud, DevOps, and Edge.
Chief Analyst at Visible Impact and Research Director in the Ecosystems, Channels, & Marketplaces practice at The Futurum Group, specializing in AI, DevOps–cloud-native, CPUs-GPUs-xPUs, enterprise applications, and cloud.
A techy at heart, Ivan thrives in navigating evolving business innovation and technology trends and crafting technical and marketing messaging that creates awareness, educates target audiences, differentiates businesses, and fulfills complex requirements.
Network architect and interconnection advocate working in the Internet’s hinterlands to keep local traffic local and make regional networks behave better.