HPE’s new edge platform, the HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System was developed to enable connectivity provider edge computing. How important that might be hinges on roles beyond connectivity, within the information technology or application ecosystems, are key parts of service provider strategy. Not every supplier must do so.
Still, argues HPE, “The telecommunications industry has been going through a fundamental shift for several years.”
Service providers “are changing their business model from solely providing connectivity, to providing digital services to their customers,” HPE says Tom Bradicich, HPE VP and GM for servers, edge and IoT systems.
And Bradicich believes computing at the edge is essential, for reasons ranging from latency performance to data protection.
Latency performance always tops the list of reasons why edge computing is needed. “What good is an Internet-connected car if there's a lag between when a child appears in front of the car and when the system actually tells the car to stop?” says Bradicich.
But bandwidth volumes, which bring wide area network transport costs, are another valid reason for edge computing. One study found significant cost savings from avoided capacity charges.
Compliance can be an issue in countries that ban export of data for processing.
Storage costs are another area of possible savings, especially when the bulk of data has little to no value. Processing at the edge can mean eliminating the need for remote storage and transmission.
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