Over The Edge
88 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago -Over The Edge is a podcast about edge computing and those in the industry who are creating the future of the internet.
On the show we talk to corporate leaders, open-source experts, technologists, journalists, analysts, and the community at large, to discuss technological innovations, trends, practical applications, business models, and the occasional far-flung theory.
Over the Edge is brought to you by the generous sponsorship of Dell Technologies.
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Episodes
Speculating about Spectrum with Jennifer Fritzsche, Head of North American Telecom and Digital Infrastructure at Greenhill & Co
June 01, 2022 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBThis episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Jennifer Fritzsche, Head of North American Telecom and Digital Infrastructure at Greenhill & Co., which is a leading independent investment bank focused on providing financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings and capital raising to corporations, partnerships, institutions and governments. Jennifer has a career record of success in providing thought leadership, strategic vision, and business i...
The Value of IoT and Automation in the Real World with Rob Tiffany, Executive Director at the Moab Foundation, and Founder and Managing Director at Digital Insights
May 25, 2022 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Rob Tiffany, Executive Director at the Moab Foundation, and Founder and Managing Director at Digital Insights. A bestselling author and frequent keynote speaker, Rob serves on multiple boards and is routinely ranked as one of the top IoT experts and influencers in the world by Inc Magazine, Onalytica and other outlets. In this episode we delve deep into how Rob went from a life of driving submarines, to being self taught in tech...
The ‘Machine Economy’ and the Future of Automation, with Rex St. John, Founder of Taroko Technology
May 18, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBThis episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Rex St. John, founder of Taroko Technology. Rex has spent the last decade building developer and innovator ecosystems at Intel, Arm, and NVIDIA. He recently resigned to work full time in Web3 to organize communities and developer programs. While at NVIDIA, Rex built the global software ecosystem for NVIDIA Jetson. At Arm, he built global developer relations programs for IoT and Edge. While working for Intel, Rex was the lead develop...
Rethinking the Technology Lifecycle, with Ali Fenn, a Data Center Infrastructure and Sustainability Leader
May 11, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBThis episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Ali Fenn, a data center infrastructure and sustainability leader. She is the former CEO of IT Renew, which was recently acquired by Iron Mountain. Ali is an expert in green computing, sustainability and is a dynamic and innovative executive with a track record of success in business development, sales and product management. She is currently a board member of Cato, and strategic advisor for Energy Internet Corporati...
Rethinking the Technology Lifecycle, with Ali Fenn
May 11, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBThis episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Ali Fenn. She is the former CEO of IT Renew, which was recently acquired by Iron Mountain. Ali is an expert in green computing, sustainability and is a dynamic and innovative executive with a track record of success in business development, sales and product management. She is currently a board member of Cato, and strategic advisor for Energy Internet Corporation as well as Pentatonic. In this episode Ali Fenn brea...
Shaping the Future of Innovation with Kit Colbert, SVP and CTO at VMware
May 04, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBEpisode Notes: In this episode Matt Trifiro interviews Kit Colbert, SVP and CTO at VMware. Kit started at VMware right out of college as an intern in 2003. He is responsible for ensuring VMware’s long term technology leadership through research and innovation programs, with the primary goal of positively impacting and shaping the future of VMware, its ecosystem, and its customers. Kit talks about how his role as CTO at VMware isn’t typical compared to his peers, and how he’s both looking ...
Driving Change at the Edge with Matt Trifiro, Chief Marketing Officer at Vapor IO
April 27, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBEpisode Notes: This episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Ian Faison, CEO of Caspian Studios and Matt Trifiro, Chief Marketing Officer at Vapor IO. Matt leads Vapor IO’s global marketing, branding and communications efforts. He is an expert in strategic positioning and edge computing, Co-chair of the State of the Edge Report, and Chair of The Linux Foundation’s Open Glossary of Edge Computing. He is an expert at strategic positioning, category creation, and PR. Matt always...
A Sustainable and Systematic Approach to Digital Solutions with Fay Arjomandi, Founder, President & CEO of mimik technology
June 02, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Fay Arjomandi, Founder, President, and CEO of mimik technology. Fay is a serial entrepreneur, multiple-time CEO, and authoritative voice in the tech industry. She is an official member of the Forbes Technology Council, and recently received the State of the Edge and Edge Computing World 2020 Edge Woman of the Year Award. In this interview, Fay discusses the origins of mimik’s hybrid edge cloud computing application development ...
From Kubernetes to the Edge with Craig McLuckie, VP of Product at VMware
May 19, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBToday’s episode features an interview that took place earlier this month at Kubecon’s Kubernetes on Edge virtual conference between Matt Trifiro and Craig McLuckie. As a co-founder of the Kubernetes project and co-creator of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Craig is a modern-day legend in the space. He left Google in 2016 to found Heptio, and currently serves as VP of Product Management at VMware. In this interview, Craig discusses the Kubernetes origin story, his current work in the...
How to Bring a Quality Digital Experience to Emerging Markets with David Xie & Dalerie Wu of Zenlayer
May 05, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBToday’s episode features an interview between your host Matt Trifiro, and David Xie and Dalerie Wu of Zenlayer. David is the Chief Product Officer at Zenlayer. Before joining Zenlayer, he spent eight years at Gartner, most recently as Group Vice President of Digital Products. Dalerie is the Head of Corporate Strategy at Zenlayer. She has been with Zenlayer since 2015 and previously led its global marketing team. In this interview, David and Dalerie discuss the unique challenges of bring...
The Creativity of Designing Edge Solutions for the Enterprise with Nick Barcet, Sr. Director of Technology Strategy at Red Hat
April 21, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Nick Barcet, Senior Director of Technology Strategy at Red Hat. Nick joined Red Hat in June 2014 and now leads the team that helps decide the future of technologies, currently focusing on Telco, Edge, and AI/ML. In this interview, Nick discusses what it means to set edge strategy for Red Hat, where he’s seeing the most edge-related demand right now, why the future of edge must be open, and the floating IP solution he’s constr...
Distributed Edge Cloud: A True Greenfield Opportunity with Lee Hetherington, VP of Technology at Ori Industries
January 20, 2021 10:30 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Lee Hetherington, VP of Technology at Ori Industries. Lee has been in the infrastructure and networking space for over twenty years, and prior to joining Ori, spent the last five years setting strategy and focusing on edge and content delivery for two of the world’s largest hyper-scalers. In this interview, Lee dives deep into the technological challenges of building the next generation of cloud, illustrating his and Ori’s appr...
The Past, Present, and Future of Edge Technology with Jonathan Seelig, Co-Founder and CEO of Ridge & Co-Founder of Akamai
January 13, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBToday’s episode features an interview that took place live at the 2020 Edge Computing World Conference between Matt Trifiro and special guest Jonathan Seelig, Co-founder and CEO of Ridge and Co-Founder of Akamai Technologies. As a co-founder of Akamai, Jonathan is one of the true godfathers of edge computing, having enjoyed an extremely impressive two-plus decade career in technology as a founder, investor, and board member. In this interview, Jonathan and Matt discuss the past, present, ...
Implementing Enterprise Edge Solutions with Rodney Richter, Enterprise Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
January 07, 2021 21:30 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Rodney Richter, Enterprise Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and member of the LF Edge Technical Advisory Council Rodney has been with HPE since 2015, and previously held numerous positions over 19 years with AT&T, including Principal Network Planning Engineer responsible for AT&T Wireless and Wireline access network virtualization. In this interview, Rodney takes us through the technological and logistical challenges of ...
Edge in the Mobile & Wireless Industry with Iain Gillott, Founder and President of iGR Market Strategy Consultancy
December 16, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Iain Gillott, founder and president of iGR market strategy consultancy. Iain is a leading wireless and mobile industry analyst, and since 2000, has run iGR, a market strategy consultancy focused on the wireless and mobile communications industry. In this interview, Iain discusses the many challenges and intersections between wireless, mobile, and edge computing, his views on where the telco operators will fit into edge, the rol...
CBRS, Shared Spectrum, and The Democratization of Wireless Access with Iyad Tarazi, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Federated Wireless
December 09, 2020 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Iyad Tarazi, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Federated Wireless Iyad is a technology industry trailblazer with experience in successful commercialization of disruptive cloud native SaaS technologies. Prior to Federated Wireless, he served as Vice President of Network Development and led the Network Vision modernization project at Sprint Corp. In this interview, Iyad discusses CBRS, shared spectrum, and the massive potential f...
Redefining Networking to Empower Edge Innovation with David Hart, CTO & Co-Founder of NetFoundry
December 02, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBToday’s episode features an interview between guest host Ian Faison, the CEO of Caspian Studios, and David Hart, CTO and Co-Founder of NetFoundry. David has over 20 years of experience in the software industry and is an expert in the IoT space, having led successive generations of remote connectivity platforms and played a key role in realizing innovative connected product solutions. In this interview, David discusses how NetFoundry is redefining networking in order to enable innovation, ...
The Beauty and Promise of IoT and Why We’re Screwing it Up with Stacey Higginbotham of Stacey on IoT
November 25, 2020 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Stacey Higginbotham, Founder and Editor of Stacey on IoT. Stacey has been covering technology for major publications for almost two decades and now produces a weekly podcast, newsletter, and daily articles covering all aspects of the internet of things under the Stacey on IoT brand. In this interview, Stacey explains the intersection between IoT and edge, how to think about IoT from the bottom-up perspective of the devices and...
Three Decades of Vision for Edge with Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Satya) of Carnegie Mellon University
November 18, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Mahadev Satyanarayanan, also known as Satya. Satya is the Carnegie Group Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and one of the true Godfathers of Edge Computing. Over the course of his multi-decade research career, Satya has pioneered many advances in distributed systems, mobile computing, and IoT, and in 2009 he co-authored “The Case for VM-based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing,” the groundbreaking research...
Stateful Computing, Continuous Intelligence, and Edge AI with Simon Crosby, CTO of SWIM.AI
November 11, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Simon Crosby, CTO of SWIM.AI. Simon’s impressive resume spans two decades in technology and includes highlights such as co-founder and CTO at XenSource, co-founder and CTO at Bromium, and CTO of Data Center and Cloud at Citrix. In this interview, Simon discusses how SWIM is solving the problem of stateless computing with its edge intelligence software that focuses on edge-based learning for fast-data and continuous intelligenc...
The Cloud That Will Power and Scale the New Internet with Mahdi Yahya, CEO & Founder of Ori Industries
November 04, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Mahdi Yahya, CEO & Founder of Ori Industries. Mahdi is an entrepreneur, investor, and former telecommunications executive who spent over 10 years building networks in data centers across the globe. In this interview, Mahdi articulates his ambitious vision for bringing cloud-native technology to the edge and building a new kind of cloud with the ability to power and scale the new internet. Key Quotes We're on the eve of a new...
The Future of IoT Deployment at the Edge with Sarah Beaudoin, Head of Customer Advocacy at ZEDEDA
October 28, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Sarah Beaudoin, Head of Customer Advocacy and Early Stage Marketing at ZEDEDA. As an early-stage marketer at ZEDEDA, Sarah is tackling the problems of creating awareness and adoption in a burgeoning industry. In this interview, Sarah discusses her approach to solving those problems, as well as the present and future use cases and challenges of IoT deployment at the edge. Key Quotes “In terms of edge and where we are today, t...
Building the Easy Button for Edge with Cole Crawford, CEO & Founder of Vapor IO
October 21, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBToday’s episode features an interview between guest host Jacob Smith, VP of Bare Metal Strategy and Marketing at Equinix, and Cole Crawford, CEO and Founder of Vapor IO. Cole is also the co-founder of the Open 19 Foundation, founding Executive Director of the Open Compute Project, former Chairman of the Open Data Center Alliance, and co-founder of OpenStack. In this interview, Cole lays out his vision for creating the world’s first intelligent, hyper-modular data center solution, and how V...
How Standards Drive Adoption and Enable the Intelligent Edge with Alex Reznik, Distinguished Technologist at HPE and Chair of ETSI MEC
October 14, 2020 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Alex Reznik, Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Chair of ETSI’s MEC ISG. Alex literally wrote the book on Multi-Access Edge Computing, and as Chair of ETSI MEC he is helping to pioneer the industry standards for enabling the Intelligent Edge. In this interview, Alex explains the role of standards bodies like ETSI, how standards drive market adoption, and why they are important for the future of the ed...
The Path to the Fourth Industrial Revolution with Colby Synesael, Senior Equity Research Analyst at Cowen and Company
October 07, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Colby Synesael, Senior Equity Research Analyst at Cowen and Company Colby has been covering the communications infrastructure and telecom services industries as a senior research analyst since 2006, and recently co-authored Cowen’s extensive Ahead of the Curve report on edge computing and the future of the internet. In this interview, Colby offers his unique perspective on the investment decisions that are powering the growth ...
The Genesis of Edge Computing with Victor Bahl, Technical Fellow at Microsoft Research
September 30, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Victor Bahl, Technical Fellow and Director of Mobility & Networking at Microsoft Research, and one of the fathers of Edge Computing. Across a 23-year career at Microsoft Research, Victor has helped shape Microsoft’s long-term strategy through research, industry partnerships, and associated policy engagement with governments and research institutions around the world. His seminal 2009 paper titled “The Case for VM-based Cloudlet...
A 30,000-Foot View of Edge with Gavin Whitechurch, Co-Founder of Edge Computing World & COO of Topio Networks
September 23, 2020 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Gavin Whitechurch, Co-Founder of Edge Computing World and COO & Co-Founder of Topio Networks Gavin is a technology analyst, media executive & entrepreneur who started Topio Networks and the Edge Computing World Conference to serve as industry catalysts, helping to nurture the industry and accelerate the markets for Edge Computing, IoT, mobility, and more In this interview, Gavin uses his overarching perspective on the Edge land...
The Edge Will Be Bigger Than the Cloud with Mark Thiele, CEO and Founder of Edgevana
September 16, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Mark Thiele, CEO & Founder of Edgevana Following a 30-year career in IT and a post as the executive director of edge cloud at Ericsson’s Edge Gravity unit, Mark founded Edgevana last year with the goal of disrupting the existing processes for selling and buying co-location, edge, and data center services. In this interview, Mark discusses his mission of lowering barriers-to-entry to deploy capability at the edge, the economics ...
Solving the Fundamental Problems of the Cloud with Chetan Venkatesh, CEO & Co-founder of Macrometa
September 09, 2020 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Chetan Venkatesh, CEO & Co-founder of Macrometa. Macrometa is "Geo Distributed Fast Data As A Service" for cross-region, multi-cloud, and edge computing apps. In this interview, Chetan discusses his approach to solving the fundamental problems developers face with cloud-native apps, and how the edge represents a new paradigm for how applications and services are going to be built going forward. Key Quotes “While the cloud is...
Open Source Collaboration is the Only Way to Scale with Jason Shepherd, VP of Ecosystem at ZEDEDA
September 02, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Jason Shepherd, VP of Ecosystem at ZEDEDA, an edge virtualization company offering solutions for IoT Edge orchestration. Jason left his role as CTO of IoT and Edge Computing at Dell Technologies last year to join ZEDEDA, with the stated goal of bringing IoT out of its “AOL stage.” In this interview, Jason discusses the significance of open source collaboration and interconnected ecosystems in scaling IoT and edge adoption. Ke...
The Future of Edge is Messier Than You Think with Dean Bubley, Founder of Disruptive Analysis
August 26, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Dean Bubley, Founder and Director of Disruptive Analysis Dean is an independent technology industry analyst, futurist, speaker and consultant with over 25 years of experience. In this interview, Dean gives us his unfiltered views on Edge, IoT, 5G, their intersection with the telecoms industry, and why the future is going to be a lot messier than you think. Key Quotes “Everything is going to be a messy hybrid; deeply inelegant...
How Open Source is Expanding the Horizon for IoT and Edge with VMware’s Malini Bhandaru
August 19, 2020 09:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Malini Bhandaru, who leads open source IoT and Edge efforts at VMware. Malini has a Ph.D. in Machine Learning from the University of Massachusetts, and prior to joining VMware, worked on big data for autonomous driving and OpenStack for cloud infrastructure management at Intel. In this interview, Malini discusses her work in The Open Source Technology Center at VMware, the valuable role that open source plays in IoT and Edge, ...
Digital Experience Monitoring in the Third Act of the Internet with Mehdi Daoudi, CEO of Catchpoint
August 12, 2020 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Mehdi Daoudi, Co-founder and CEO of Catchpoint. Mehdi’s experience in IT leadership at Google and DoubleClick inspired him to build the digital experience platform he envisioned as a user, and Catchpoint has been at the forefront of digital experience monitoring since it’s launch in 2008. In this interview, Mehdi discusses Catchpoint’s cutting-edge approach to monitoring, the user demands that will drive innovation in the third...
Bringing the Edge to Emerging Markets with Joe Zhu, CEO & Founder of Zenlayer
August 05, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Joe Zhu, Founder and CEO of Zenlayer. Joe founded Zenlayer in 2014 after 8 years of managing global business for ChinaCache, China’s largest CDN provider. In this interview, Joe discusses Zenlayer’s evolution from edge data center provider to the goal of becoming the world’s #1 edge cloud provider, as well as Zenlayer’s focus on being a truly global company and its unique capability and passion for serving emerging markets. Ke...
Bringing Software Into the World of Physical Networks with Jacob Smith, Co-Founder & VP at Packet
July 29, 2020 20:05 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Jacob Smith. Jacob is a co-founder at Packet and currently serves as Vice President of bare metal strategy and marketing. Jacob co-founded Packet in 2014 with the goal of democratizing hyperscale infrastructure capabilities. Since then Packet has been one of the early leaders in edge computing for business, and earlier this year was acquired by Equinix. In this interview, Jacob discusses the founding of Packet and the vision f...
The Mission to Enable Innovation with Galeal Zino, CEO of NetFoundry
July 29, 2020 09:05 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBToday’s episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Galeal Zino, CEO and Founder of NetFoundry. Galeal has been a founder and executive for the past 15 years, leading teams that developed the world’s largest VoIP network and built global voice and video communications services. In this interview, Galeal discusses NetFoundry’s mission to enable innovation, the importance of zero trust networking, his views on the future of edge technology, and much more. Key Quotes: “At the ba...
Edge Computing is at an Inflection point, with Matt Trifiro, CMO of Vapor IO
July 29, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBIn today’s episode, you’ll be introduced to the hosts of Over the Edge: Ian Faison, CEO of Caspian Studios, and Matt Trifiro, Chief marketing officer at Vapor IO, Co-creator of the State of the Edge report, and co-founder of the open glossary of edge computing. On this episode, Ian and Matt discuss the current state, and future of edge computing, the vision for this podcast, and why now is an inflection point for the Edge community. Key Quotes: “Humans operate in ones of seconds or fract...
Trailer
July 24, 2020 00:47 - 1 minute - 1.32 MBWhat is the edge? If you ask 100 people to define edge, you might get 112 different answers, but we do know this much: Edge computing represents a long-term transformation of the Internet that could take decades to fully materialize. One of the most consistent questions posed by our peers has been a very simple one: how big will the edge be? And when will it take off? We started this podcast to answer these questions and to keep you up to date on all the latest developments in the Edge i...