This presentation is intended to provide clarity around Edge Computing by providing an overview of the edge computing ecosystem and providing context of it’s possibilities through a discussion around use-cases and highlighting opportunities for developers, enterprises, and large companies. We will focus more on practical implications of Edge Computing on business and consumer ecosystems rather than implementations.
Speaker: Faraz Hoodbhoy, Director Outreach Ecosystem & Innovation, AT&T
3. Edge Computing is Mostly About Deciding WHERE
Computing Occurs
Traditional Cloud
(Mega data center)
Regional Data Centers
(Central Offices)
Cell Towers Network Transmission Points
On-premises Compute Clusters
(High Performance Compute, Akraino,)
End Point
(Your PC, Phone, Thermostat, Connected Device)
4. Networks Let You Shift Components To Enable New
Economic Models
Traditional Cloud
(Mega data center)
Regional Data Centers
(Central Offices)
Cell Towers Network Transmission Points
On-premises Compute Clusters
(High Performance Compute, Akraino,)
End Point
(Your PC, Phone, Thermostat, Connected Device)
EconomiesofScale
SensitivitytoLatency
6. Use Cases: Disrupt Enterprise Desktop Computing Lease
Roll Model
Situation:
• Enterprises spend $ billions on acquiring, distributing, updating, securing
enterprise desktop computers.
• Updates in technology result in cyclical update cycles
• Inefficient process, opens potential security concerns around malware
exposure, information theft, work disruption/backup
Opportunity:
• Use 5G and ultrawideband, ultra-reliable, and ultra-low latency connections to
shift to thin clients connected over 5G
• Pure virtual desktop infrastructure gives massive economies of scale
• Ultra-high performance that scales easily over time
• Hardware consolidation
• Information security
• Significantly Simpler management & deployment
7. Implications
Business models will be disrupted.
• Compute, Storage, and Network will all be available as utilities (i.e. OpEx vs
CapEx+OpEx)
• BOM costs of end-point clients will change
• Distribution models of content & experiences will change
Available resources for building new experiences will grow by orders of magnitude
• Cost of able endpoints will go down
• Building high-end experiences will be less limited by technology
Big Areas of short-medium-term opportunities
• Distributed computing platforms/Software Tools for developing/taking
advantage of new infrastructure
• Display hardware for higher quality, lighter weight displays
• Infrastructure software for building more resource efficient workload
management across distributed centers
