As with any new partnership announcement, the news isn’t so much about the business deal as it is about the potential of what could come of it. And right now, the AT&T and Google deal signifies that the world is ready for a bigger push for 5G/edge computing.
Meeting HPC Challenges is a Real Issue in Global Health Crisis
Meeting HPC challenges is a real issue in global health crisis environments. Service providers are encountering HPC-based challenges due to factors such as the expansion of interworking with enterprise HPC platforms and exploring how they can optimize their own HPC investments and builds. Here’s a deeper look at why these HPC adoption challenges matter to the digital ecosystem, including the very real need to rapidly accelerate digital responses to the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis.
Google Cloud and AT&T Team to Build 5G Edge Computing Solutions
Google Cloud partnering with AT&T to build 5G edge computing solutions is a move toward helping telcos optimize for 5G wireless applications. It’s also a move that’s central to Google’s strategy of moving the company beyond its core ad business and working to claim a larger share of the enterprise cloud business. What’s most noteworthy about this announcement from Google Cloud is the breadth of its strategy for partnering with 5G carriers, including, but not limited to, AT&T. Here’s a look at that in greater depth.
Microsoft’s Vision for the Multi-Cloud Future
While its new offerings are compelling, it may be equally as relevant that Microsoft is clearly creating a culture that embraces partnership and open development, and one that even extends to competitors.
Why CMOs Need to Be Involved in Privacy Policy Creation
Marketers gather and use most of the data pulled by businesses, however, it’s essential that they begin to take a leading role in crafting privacy policy.
Nokia and VMware Strengthen Ties to Smooth Multi-Cloud Operations in 5G Edge Environments
Nokia and VMware announced an expanded partnership that includes the development of integrated solutions to support communications service providers’ (CSPs) drive for operational improvements and cost efficiency through large-scale, multi-cloud operations. This alliance meets the burgeoning CSP demand to design and deliver their services across a nexus of hybrid data center environments, while also enabling interoperability among competing suppliers. Through their expanded alliance, both companies are enhancing their competitive position by automating complex multi-cloud implementations, as well as streamlining the onboarding of network functions and services.
HPE Bets Big on Edge Computing
HPE CEO announced plans to invest $4 billion to the Intelligent Edge, a collection of initiatives developed to accelerate the company’s AI, IoT, and computing solutions.
5 Advancements 5G Will Enable in The Future
Hot off the heels of the Mobile World Congress 2019, there’s one technology everyone is buzzing about more than any other: 5G. While there were other exciting developments at MWC 2019, 5G was the headliner. Why is everyone so fired up about 5G? Because some of the biggest advancements in digital transformation have been waiting in the wings because they …
2018 Digital Transformation Trends: Where Are We Now?
Every year I put together a list of digital transformation trends we are likely to see in the upcoming year. Now that we are halfway through the year, I wanted to take some time and discuss where we are now. Have any of these predictions come to fruition? Are there some lagging behind? The past six months of 2018 have …
Why Edge Computing and Data Centers Must Work in Harmony
Forget the speed of light. In today’s marketplace, it’s almost impossible for data itself to move fast enough to keep our businesses running. As Cole Crawford, CEO of Vapor IO, has said: “Speed of light sucks.” And since we haven’t yet developed a way to beat it, we have to find a way to outsmart it. Enter: the growing differentiation …