Intel is acquiring the Smart Edge intelligent-edge platform business from Pivot Technology Solutions Inc., an IT infrastructure and service provider.
Smart Edge is a cloud-native, scalable and secure platform for multi-access edge computing (MEC), designed to allow enterprises and communications service providers to bring cloud-like services closer to the user on the customer-premise or network edge.
The expansion of computing in the network and at the edge is an important growth opportunity for Intel, an estimated $65 billion silicon addressable market by 2023, Intel says.
The Smart Edge platform is built to run on Intel technologies, such as high-performing Intel Xeon Scalable processors today and, going forward, Intel Optane memory, Intel FPGAs and other accelerators. Smart Edge’s software is also highly complementary with Intel’s OpenNESS (Open Network Edge Services Software) project, Intel says.
For enterprises and service providers, Smart Edge enables new opportunities and revenue streams while reducing the total cost of ownership for intelligent edge solutions, says Intel.
For example, retailers could deploy new personalized and location-aware in-store experiences or factories could combine 5G, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) near the edge to drive greater operational efficiencies.
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