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Kathleen Martin
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dge computing is gaining traction across industries thanks to its ability to provide new ways for businesses to maximise operational efficiency, automate core processes and improve overall performance. In essence, edge computing refers to computing that takes place close to the physical location where data is collected and monitored, instead of on a server or in the cloud.
ITWeb, in partnership with Dell Technologies and Intel, conducted an edge computing survey during December/January to investigate whether South African companies are considering infrastructure modernisation to take advantage of edge, 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as As-a-Service models.
In a rapidly digitalising world, it comes as no surprise that the overwhelming majority of survey respondents (97%) believe that edge computing is essential to digital transformation. Tony Bartlett, Director Data Centre Compute at Dell Technologies South Africa, says: “We believe edge computing will be heavily sought after in 2022. With a multitude of IoT-enabled applications and their requirements for low latency, autonomy and security, it is becoming critical to get the compute function physically closer to where the data is being generated.”
Security, privacy and regulatory compliance were regarded as the top challenge when planning, deploying and managing edge solutions. Other challenges, listed in order of priority, were: difficulty managing IT operations across multiple environments; lack of expertise to turn analytic insights into actionable outcomes; environmental factors; lack of expertise to align business goals with use case-based solutions; and inability to capture, manage and organise large amounts of data.
5G set to transform IT operations
Almost all of the survey’s respondents (96%) said 5G would transform IT operations within the next three years. Just under a third (30%) of respondents said their organisations had invested in 5G technologies, while 37% said their organisation had plans to invest in 5G technology in the next 18 months.
Asked to rank the most important benefits of 5G, respondents placed the ability to accelerate application and network performance at the top of the list, followed by empowering workers through the use of emerging technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality applications. Next was ranked enabling a hyper-connected world, followed by achieving freedom from hard-wired infrastructure and enabling resilience to augment hardwired networks.
Continue reading: https://www.itweb.co.za/content/G98Yd7LYAB6MX2PD
ITWeb, in partnership with Dell Technologies and Intel, conducted an edge computing survey during December/January to investigate whether South African companies are considering infrastructure modernisation to take advantage of edge, 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as As-a-Service models.
In a rapidly digitalising world, it comes as no surprise that the overwhelming majority of survey respondents (97%) believe that edge computing is essential to digital transformation. Tony Bartlett, Director Data Centre Compute at Dell Technologies South Africa, says: “We believe edge computing will be heavily sought after in 2022. With a multitude of IoT-enabled applications and their requirements for low latency, autonomy and security, it is becoming critical to get the compute function physically closer to where the data is being generated.”
Security, privacy and regulatory compliance were regarded as the top challenge when planning, deploying and managing edge solutions. Other challenges, listed in order of priority, were: difficulty managing IT operations across multiple environments; lack of expertise to turn analytic insights into actionable outcomes; environmental factors; lack of expertise to align business goals with use case-based solutions; and inability to capture, manage and organise large amounts of data.
5G set to transform IT operations
Almost all of the survey’s respondents (96%) said 5G would transform IT operations within the next three years. Just under a third (30%) of respondents said their organisations had invested in 5G technologies, while 37% said their organisation had plans to invest in 5G technology in the next 18 months.
Asked to rank the most important benefits of 5G, respondents placed the ability to accelerate application and network performance at the top of the list, followed by empowering workers through the use of emerging technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality applications. Next was ranked enabling a hyper-connected world, followed by achieving freedom from hard-wired infrastructure and enabling resilience to augment hardwired networks.
Continue reading: https://www.itweb.co.za/content/G98Yd7LYAB6MX2PD
