StarlingX: Open-source Software at the Cutting Edge

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Just as the evolution of the smart phone was enabled by the transition from 3G to 4G, use cases for connected devices will evolve with 5G. There will be connected appliances, connected cars, connected factories and even connected cities that will each require the low latency and localized...

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Is 5G Already Transforming an Enterprise Near You?

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Much has been said about the imperative for enterprises to automate operations and jump-start a new era of data-driven insight and near real time business decisions. Edge computing is a means to this end and an industry hot topic, as organizations of all kinds seek to act on...

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Close Encounters with the Third Premises

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Aliens were a big deal when I was growing up, and they featured prominently in pop culture. A lot of great sci-fi alien movies came out in the late 1970s and early ‘80s, including the rather sophisticated Close Encounters of the Third Kind, written and directed by Steven...

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Rethinking Security for the Edge

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Edge computing is driven and defined by a massive proliferation of devices generating, capturing and consuming data outside the traditional data center. Capitalizing on this data is critical for maintaining competitiveness in the data decade but securing an exponentially expanding attack surface presents even greater challenges for IT...

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Looking back at Twenty Years of OEM Solutions

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This year we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of Dell Technologies OEM Solutions division. This milestone is particularly special for me as I also celebrate one year leading this innovative team.Way back in 2000 – when we had to print out directions for a road trip, and never would...

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Can Private Wireless Networks Shape Tomorrow’s Enterprise?

While Mobile 2G and 3G were standards designed to enable and enhance mobile users’ broadband, its inherent technical limitations, and the absence of a consolidated enterprise ecosystem somehow limited private wireless networks’ (PWNs) adoption by enterprises.High latency, low throughput, and a somehow restricted flexibility to scale prevented enterprises...

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Where and What is the Edge?

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Remember Big Data? Even the name seemed bigger than life, because it was usually capitalized. When people first started talking about it, we had the “three Vs of Big Data,” which were volume, velocity and variety. Then the “five Vs,” adding veracity and value to the prior three....

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Delivering AI at the Edge

The edge is not a new place, but it is garnering lots of attention, especially when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI). In fact, AI is the number one workload for the edge, according to Moor Insights & Strategy in the newly published paper, “Delivering the AI-Enabled Edge...

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Simplifying AI at the University of Pisa

In today’s environments, IT organizations need to support growing numbers of artificial intelligence applications, along with many other new and emerging high performance computing workloads. This mission creates challenges that aren’t necessarily solved with conventional IT technologies and approaches. In a typical scenario, IT administrators set up separate...

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Unify IT, OT, and Business for Smart Manufacturing Outcomes

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Industrial progress has been at the center of human advancement for centuries. Three industrial revolutions brought about major societal transformations:◉ Capturing the power of water and steam to mechanize manufacturing.◉ Using electricity to create mass-produced consumer goods.◉ Leveraging electronic systems to enable robotics and automation.Today, we are at the threshold...

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Simplifying Your Edge to Thrive in the Data Decade

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Edge computing is not new.Businesses across diverse industries have been collecting data and deploying IT outside of traditional data centers for many years. But how many of them are satisfied with the value they are deriving at the edge? And how many are truly ready for the data...

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Living on the Edge

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It’s middle of the night and I wake up feeling thirsty. Hearing a faint rhythm of a song I know from years ago, I walk towards the window holding a glass of water. I try to listen and voilà, it is indeed the familiar music of youth. It makes...

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The Future of Software-defined Networking for Storage Connectivity

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A new business paradigm is driving the need for high-speed, software-defined storage connectivity. One in which modern multi-cloud applications use disaggregated infrastructure and where data moves on-demand to where it’s needed most, at the edge. NVMe over Fabrics are ideal for meeting the needs of these next generation...

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