OPINION
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
WHAT’S YOUR EDGE?
Mohammed Amin, Senior Vice President - MERAT, at Dell Technologies has penned an exclusive oped for Computer News Middle East in which he examines the impact of edge computing.
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dge computing has been garnering significant attention and has already started making
an impact on how organisations think about working with data, defying boundaries beyond the use of data centers. With the recent shifts to virtual operations and remote working, organisations are being challenged to think of innovative models and infrastructure to cater to these rising needs. Concurrently, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and digital transformation are taking place, and waves of technology have been shaping and changing the IT world and challenging
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how organisations do business. The influx of data is soaring due to the vast adoption and proliferation of smart devices and growing connectivity. With 30 billion end points predicated by 2023, edge infrastructure modernisation, demands platforms that can address the stringent services, environmental, power and physical footprint requirements that IoT solutions demand. Devices such as phones, drones, automobiles, smart watches, utility grids and industrial sensors and machines are churning out large amounts of data, making it increasingly urgent for IT leaders to determine how and where this data will be processed. Accessing and analyzing of distributed real-time data is becoming more important to businesses and is driving the need for different computing strategies and processing
JULY 2020
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