Edge Computing

Sandro Tavares, Director, Telecom Systems Marketing at Dell, presents the company’s breakthrough XR9700 server, the industry’s first outdoor-capable system that eliminates the performance gap between traditional and cloud-based radio systems while running cloud RAN and edge AI applications with Intel Xeon 6 processors. Dell is engaged in productive customer discussions and expects significant cloud RAN deployments as network architecture evolves toward cloud-native environments for AI and next-generation networks.

Paul Savill, Global Practice Leader for Network and Edge Computing at Kyndryl, discusses the challenges enterprises face modernizing decade-old legacy MPLS networks to SDWAN, SASE, and zero trust architectures, including complexity, business process integration, and poor inventory records.

Cristina Rodriguez, VP and GM of Network & Edge Group at Intel, forecasts widespread AI deployments using CPU native capabilities for radio algorithms and infrastructure optimization, enterprise adoption of on-premises edge computing with multi-tenancy support, and intensive industry focus on defining 6G standards and monetization strategies.

Cyril Chouviat of Lanner Electronics, presents the company's comprehensive product portfolio, featuring Edge Compute Appliances with Intel Granite Rapid CPUs and GPU acceleration, ruggedized IEC-compliant cybersecurity solutions, and IP67-rated 5G UCPE units for outdoor deployment. The showcase includes systems supporting Intel Xeon 6, Nvidia MGX architecture with Grace CPU, and Jetson Thor appliances for robotics.

Shekar Ayyar, CEO of Arrcus, outlines how networking infrastructure supports AI's progression from training to distributed inference applications through their multi-platform networking fabric and operating system. He discusses Arrcus's IPsec offloading for AI data centers and cost management solutions, while highlighting Ethernet's expanding role in connecting GPU stacks to edge computing.

Cyril Chouviat, Sales Manager at Lanner Electronics, presented their Intel Granite Rapids solution. Through partnerships with Sparkle and ARQIT, Lanner Electronics is expanding its network solutions portfolio while implementing secure encryption for European cable connections.

Eddie Ramirez, VP of Marketing, Infrastructure Business at Arm, leads the AI RAN Alliance which has expanded to nearly 70 members across industry, academia, and telecom sectors since its MWC 2024 launch. The alliance prioritizes enhancing AI RAN efficiency, enabling AI-driven network configuration, and developing dual-purpose platforms, while showcasing Arm's CPU and Neoverse capabilities for edge AI applications.

Stephan Rettenberger, SVP of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Adtran, forecasts that by 2025, bandwidth demands will surge due to streaming, gaming, and AI, while networks shift from 10G to 100G using coherent technology. His analysis indicates the residential broadband market will maintain strong growth, especially in underserved regions, with XGS-PON and software automation leading deployment strategies.

Evangelos Eleftheriou, CTO of Axelera AI, draws from his extensive IBM Research background to predict a significant movement from cloud to edge AI computing by 2025, citing benefits in latency reduction, efficiency, and data privacy. He anticipates that conventional AI applications, especially in computer vision, will lead edge computing growth, while Axelera AI develops advanced chips to support both current and future edge AI needs.

Archana Khetan, SVP of Product Management and Technical Marketing at Ericsson Enterprise Wireless, anticipates major networking shifts in 2025, including wider WAN adoption and expanded AI capabilities beyond operations. She expects the integration of 5G and AI will enable new edge computing applications, particularly for mobile scenarios, while emphasizing distributed security solutions for AI implementations.

Marc Cohn outlines three major technology initiatives for 2025: private networking for industrial and enterprise applications, edge computing for enhanced service delivery, and AI for operational improvements. His analysis emphasizes how these technologies will shape network infrastructure development while addressing key challenges like AI power consumption in data centers and the need for distributed computing models.

Arpit Joshipura, GM Networking + Edge IOT at Linux Foundation, outlines three significant predictions for 2025 spanning domain-specific AI, network API monetization, and Edge compute adoption. His analysis shows how specialized AI models, profitable network APIs, and Edge computing are reshaping telecommunications and industrial sectors through projects like Po and Kamara.

Ed Fox, CTO of MetTel, forecasts substantial IT infrastructure expansion in 2025, with edge computing and AI leading the advancement across cloud, enterprise, and satellite networks. He anticipates the emergence of small modular nuclear reactors for powering cloud infrastructure, while highlighting the critical role of encryption and decentralized identity management in securing these evolving systems.

Parm Sandhu, VP Enterprise 5G Products & Services at NTT Data, outlines three key predictions for 2025 focusing on private 5G networks, edge computing, and industry integration. His analysis highlights the expected growth in SI-managed private 5G deployments across manufacturing and defense sectors, while emphasizing how edge AI and cloud technologies will enhance operational efficiency and security frameworks.

Jim Lenox, Vice President of Systems Solutions at Sony Semiconductor, outlines predictions about Vision AI's shift toward edge computing and user-friendly deployment tools. He highlights how AI model development will become more accessible to frontline workers through simplified tools, enabling broader workplace adoption of Vision AI solutions.

Devin Yaung, SVP of Global Enterprise IoT at NTT Data, highlights the critical role of Edge computing in AI models, emphasizing that AI effectiveness depends on the data collected at the Edge - the layer closest to the physical environment. He warns of companies exhausting processing power on the Edge due to cloud over-reliance, underlining the necessity for IoT sensors for data automation, and concludes that the right network, devices, and Edge compute are vital for AI development.

At MWC 2024 Barcelona, Parm Sandhu, VP of Enterprise 5G Products & Services at NTT Data, emphasized the growing importance of AI in the enterprise sector, with NTT leading the way in using AI for data intelligence and transformation across industries like manufacturing, pharma, transportation, and logistics. Sandhu also hinted at an upcoming partnership between NTT and Schneider, leveraging Schneider's ecostructure capabilities and NTT's Edge as a service infrastructure for AI transformation at the edge.

Shamik Mishra, CTO of Connectivity at Capgemini, predicts the rise of disaggregated networks, standalone 5G services, and Network as a Service becoming mainstream monetization strategy due to cost pressures at carriers. Mishra anticipates significant transformations in the telecom industry through AI, edge computing, cybersecurity, and the emergence of non-terrestrial and specialized networks.

Özer Dondurmacıoğlu, VP Marketing at Nile, predicts a future of increased complexity in enterprise IT infrastructures due to more products at the edge, a shift towards consuming technologies as a service, and the rise of AI in services architecture.

Parm Sandhu, VP of Enterprise 5G Products & Services at NTT, predicts increased adoption of 5G technology, including private 5G networks, the continued growth of software-defined networks for more flexible network management, plus shares his thoughts on security, sustainability, and edge computing.

Kevin Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer at Clearfield, addressed Fiber Connect 2023, predicting that the next industry disruption will be in edge computing due to fiber technology's ability to push data center functions closer to end users. Morgan highlighted that the expansion of fiber networks, driven by increased investment, will facilitate home and business services for gigabit and 10 gigabit services, as well as the aggregation of high capacity links from various devices, with fiber's capacity to meet lower latency requirements being the next significant disruption.

Nokia has established a leading position in the private wireless arena with traction at many industrial sites in Europe and beyond. What comes next? In this #MWC2023 video, Nokia's Stephan Litjens talks about integrating industrial applications with high-performance networking.

Cloud applications rely on physical network infrastructure. What’s next for applications as edge computing facilities and network access expands? Couchbase's Wayne Carter makes their predictions for cloud databases in 2023.

A lot of people having privacy concerns regarding image capturing in public settings. Could on-device AI help address these concerns? Processing at the edge? Sony's Mark Hanson makes their predictions for imaging and vision systems in 2023.

Amar Kapadia, CEO of Aarna Networks, identifies manageability, cost, and purpose as the three key elements hindering the growth of private 5G networks. To address these issues, Aarna Networks is developing an orchestration and management solution for private 5G, aiming to make it as manageable as Wi-Fi, cost-competitive, and a network that connects edge computing applications to end devices.

Parm Sandhu, VP of Enterprise 5G Products & Services at NTT, highlighted that customers are more interested in achieving business outcomes such as automation, worker safety, and productivity, rather than just purchasing a network or edge compute. NTT has been successful in meeting these needs by starting with the desired business outcome, working out the financials, and offering private 5G as a service, which allows customers to switch to a monthly subscription model, with a focus on providing secure, robust, and reliable communication for mission-critical use cases.

Amar Kapadia, CEO of Aarna Networks, highlights three key trends in edge networking: the need for flexible networking due to the distribution of applications across multiple edge and public clouds, the growing trend towards on-demand or cloud-like consumption of networks, and the increasing importance of private 5G in enterprise environments. Aarna Networks responds to these trends by offering orchestration and management for edge environments and private 5G, providing on-demand flexible connectivity between edge and public clouds, and managing networks on demand.

Telcos need to be in a lot places and have the most demanding requirements, says Zachary Smith, Head of Edge Infrastructure Services, Equinix. The high-intensity workloads driven by billions of packets are what powers the underlying rails of our digital lives. The telco environment usually is a multi-tenant, multi-application proposition. All of these factors point to bare-metal as an enabling solution for telco clouds.

The management challenges of telco cloud, private 5G and edge compute depends on the complexity of the deployment and on the geographic footprint. Here's a perspective from Paul Savill, Global Practice Leader of Networking & Edge Compute, Kyndryl.

Orange Business Services is pursuing a global Telco Cloud strategy with major hubs now in 45 cities worldwide and soon expanding to the hundreds. Capabilities will include advanced services powered by Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) nodes, as well as hosting cloud-based solutions from multiple vendors. Here is an overview from Franck Morales, Vice President, Evolution Platform, Orange Business Services.

What’s hot at MWC 2022? Intelsat demonstrated a private cellular network with Microsoft Azure Private Multi-Access Edge Compute and FlexEnterprise, Intelsat’s satellite-based global connectivity service. Jean-Philippe Gillet, SVP Global Sales Media & Networks of Intelsat, provides details. Download AvidThink's MWC 2022 Report Collection to explore exclusive insights and research findings on hot topics covered at MWC 2022.

Prayson Pate, CTO, Edge Cloud at ADVA, shares predictions for 2022. Download AvidThink's 2021 Select Report Collection to explore strategies and opportunities in the Telco, Private Mobile Networks, Service Assurance, SD-WAN and Open RAN space.

Cliff Grossner, Vice President, Market Intelligence at Open Compute Project, shares predictions for 2022. Download AvidThink's 2021 Select Report Collection to explore strategies and opportunities in the Telco, Private Mobile Networks, Service Assurance, SD-WAN and Open RAN space.

Todd Rychecky, VP of Sales at Opengear, shares predictions for 2022. Download AvidThink's 2021 Select Report Collection to explore strategies and opportunities in the Telco, Private Mobile Networks, Service Assurance, SD-WAN and Open RAN space.

As networks become more virtualized, both at the far edge and near edge, Open RAN is drawing more interest and participation from hyperscalers. In this video, Raj Singh, EVP Processor Business Group at Marvell, discusses the opportunities Open RAN offers networks and the emerging trends in the market. Download AvidThink's 2021 Open RAN Report to explore key infrastructure considerations for Open RAN and O-RAN adoption.

As customers look to deploy open RAN systems they’re thinking about incorporating open compute capabilities for hosting applications on the edge. In this video, Steve Douglas, Head of Market Strategy at Spirent, takes a look at the open RAN roadmap with attention to how service providers will utilize open RAN and the key technology capabilities that need to be brought into the system. Download AvidThink's 2021 Open RAN Report to explore key infrastructure considerations for Open RAN and O-RAN adoption.

SASE is an approach to ensure you have a secure-end environment for an application, device, or infrastructure component. However, we need to figure out how to roll out SASE in a manner complementary to our current cloud or network offerings. Marc Halbfinger, CEO of PCCW Global, discusses the importance of security for applications closer to the edge.

Telcos don’t have the skill and appetite to manage tens of thousands of edge clouds, but the public cloud vendors do. Amar Kapadia, Co-founder at Aarna Networks, shares his top 5 ideas for the new telco cloud.

The opportunity that lives at the edge is not just about speed and performance, but the consistent, unwavering delivery of that performance. Kaela Loffler, VP of Marketing at Accedian, talks about the demands next-gen edge applications will place on the network. She highlights the importance of visibility into performance across complex, multi-vendor, multi-operator, and multi-cloud environments. With the USD 190B gaming industry as a backdrop, she discusses the importance of achieving speed, low latency, and consistent, guaranteed performance at the edge.

As we think about moving computing from the core data centers to the edge, portability will be key to building out edge infrastructure. In this video, Chris Bergey, SVP/GM Infrastructure Line of Business at Arm, talks about the concept of portability as illustrated in Arm’s Project Cassini which brings cloud-native technologies to the edge to enable a secure and portable computing environment.

Over 50 billion devices are expected to come online next year, driving the need for edge-located control points to manage these devices in real-time and near real-time. For service providers, this makes edge compute a critical and strategic area of focus. Sally Bament, VP of Marketing at Juniper Networks, discusses the role operators can play in the edge value chain.

Edge computing helps businesses further their digital transformation journey. However, getting from pilot to production at scale can come with many pain points. In this video, Jean-Marius Antonica, Software Product Line Manager at Lenovo, talks about the challenges customers are facing when trying to productize edge deployments and how Lenovo’s edge devices and automation tools help address these challenges.

With the open, disaggregated RAN as a potential key use case for the edge, the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is taking the next step to develop open source software to plug into the new O-RAN Alliance architecture. Timon Sloane, VP of Marketing and Ecosystem at the Open Networking Foundation, provides a 3-minute introduction to the ONF's new SD-RAN project (Software Defined Radio Access Network) and describes how it will bring excitement to the edge.

The buildout of edge data centers will be one of the big investment trends for 2021. In this 3-minute clip, Mike Capuano, Chief Marketing Officer of Pluribus Networks, outlines 4 key things to know about edge data center networking.

David Hutton, Chief Engineer at Telecom Infra Project (TIP), discusses edge computing benefits as well as the ongoing efforts of TIP project groups such as Open Core Network and OpenRAN. He shares how there's a real opportunity for operators to unite on a platform-based approach for edge computing and discusses how an open ecosystem can evolve to serve new use cases.

Data centers are becoming more distributed and smaller, says Mike Capuano, Chief Marketing Officer at Pluribus, moving into central offices or even radio base station aggregation locations. This makes network automation absolutely critical. These smaller data centers have to become software-defined.