Edge data centers aren’t all ISO shipping containers

Australia’s geography might make it a perfect market for a proper Edge industry, but is there room for multiple players?

After filling its stores with a growing collection of incompatible IT

How drones and last-mile delivery interact with the Edge

The retail industry can be demanding customers. Are the Edge network providers ready to satisfy their needs?

New to these parts? Start here for the basic introduction

How SMART repeaters could help the fight against global warming

Shifting data and processing to the Edge will impact how we design and build networks

Simple colo services are making way for a hybrid mix of cloud models and platforms, and providers need to adapt to new security threats

Edge applications need new levels of network support. Can our existing content delivery networks provide that, or do we need a new approach?

What if you only need a data center for a few days or weeks? The big players have you covered

Investors want to spend money on the Edge - but first they need to see it work

Banning Huawei from mobile infrastructure might cripple the Edge rollout - unless governments can give real support to the open alternatives

Edge data centers can’t rely on regular visitors. They may have to become robotic

While the hyperscalers have the scale and technical nous, deploying AI en masse is still an ongoing effort for most data center operators

Don’t prescribe every sector with the same course of treatment

A combination of satellites and Lunar base stations will form the digital infrastructure of the Moon

The Edge will rely on 5G and other radio communications which can be expensive and proprietary. OpenRAN might change that, but it’s still being finished

Edge applications aren’t the same as cloud ones, so they don’t need the same hardware

Artificial intelligence is driving massive change for retailers, especially in-store

What’s the most remote IT system in everyday use right now? The Perseverance rover on Mars

Lack of adherence to ‘space norms’ could increase risk of in-orbit incidents

If you want your data center to be reliable, you may need to use grease

NASA’s moon-based LunaNet will be one step towards bringing the Internet to the rest of the solar system