Delivering the Power of Edge Services – Intel Chip Chat Network Insights – Episode 267

Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Intel Smart Edge products and Pivot Technology Services are delivering the power of edge services for retail via private LTE. This technology partnership is bringing new experiences to the Far Edge of the network, and addressing the market demands for Multi-Access Edge Compute (MEC). […]

Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Intel Smart Edge products and Pivot Technology Services are delivering the power of edge services for retail via private LTE. This technology partnership is bringing new experiences to the Far Edge of the network, and addressing the market demands for Multi-Access Edge Compute (MEC).

Intel acquired Smart Edge in 2019 to continue to drive its vision of networks built on open, industry-standard edge computing. Built on OpenNESS (openness.org), the Intel Smart Edge offering is a MEC platform commercialized for market use cases for on-premise enterprise deployments.

Gary Wood, VP, Intelligent Edge at Pivot Technology Services and Bob Pike, GM, Smart Edge Division, Intel Corporation join Intel Chip Chat Network Insights in this interview recorded as a virtual livecast in lieu of MWC Barcelona.

Gary explains to Pivot Technology’s approach for bringing together networking, hardware and software products and in order to create unified IT solutions based on a broad ecosystem. Learn what Pivot is delivering for the network edge and why is this is a critical focus for customers who are seeking to build out a world-class infrastructure.

Bob highlights how his team drives the Intel Smart Edge products through this strategic partnership with Pivot Technology Services who are delivering the power of edge services for retail via private LTE. Hear more about how this technology partnership is bringing new experiences to the Far Edge of the network, and addressing the market demands for MEC.

In this interview, find out which industry verticals Pivot Technologies and Intel Smart Edge are targeting, and the reason why edge is particularly enticing for various industries. Uncover why security is critical as network operators begin moving workloads to remote locations and how edge solutions and Intel technology enhances the foundation of trust.

For more information, reach out to Gary Wood on LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/garywood1

Visit the Pivot Technologies website:

pivotts.com

Connect with Bob Pike on Linkedin:

linkedin.com/in/bob-pike-7158b82

Read more about Multi-Access Edge Computing, Intel Smart Edge Software MEC Controller and the Intel Smart Edge Software MEC Edge Node here:

intel.com/smartedge

Find out more about Open Network Edge Services Software (open-source edge computing reference toolkit):

openness.org

Resources highlighting Intel’s partner ecosystem driving network transformation, 5G and edge computing can be found here:

networkbuilders.intel.com