Can retailers buy the Edge networks they want?
The retail industry can be demanding customers. Are the Edge network providers ready to satisfy their needs?
Long Reads - Edge & IoT, Peter Judge, DCD
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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Could CDNs deliver the Edge?
Edge applications need new levels of network support. Can our existing content delivery networks provide that, or do we need a new approach?
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The robotic Edge
Edge data centers can’t rely on regular visitors. They may have to become robotic
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The Edge of Mars
What’s the most remote IT system in everyday use right now? The Perseverance rover on Mars
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Don’t let the hardware let you down
If you want your data center to be reliable, you may need to use grease
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DartPoints: Edge needs new management
Forget 5G, the IoT, and micro data centers at cell towers (for now) - DartPoints CEO Scott Willis says the Edge opportunity is small facilities in Tier 3 cities
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What is a lights out data center?
Like the paperless office, the lights-out data center has proven elusive
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Project Natick: Microsoft's underwater voyage of discovery
DCD exclusive: Microsoft’s underwater data center experiment employed wave energy and post-quantum cryptography on the seabed off Scotland. But the big lessons could be learnt on land
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Mind the doors! The unexpected problem with Edge computing
Edge facilities will be built in hostile environments. If you open them without due care, you could destroy the whole business model, warns ASHRAE
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Vehicle to Vehicle: Driving the transport Edge
While we all wait for autonomous vehicles, is a more useful technology already here?
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Counting the cost of the Edge
Resources for edge applications will be more costly than centralized cloud capacity. The applications will have to justify that higher cost
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Opportunity lies at the Edge: Talking to Schneider Electric's Dave Johnson
Some say Edge networking is just hype. Dave Johnson explains which applications are real, and which are still emerging
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Build it high: The rise of multi-story data centers
All around the world, data center builders are finding they have to build upwards, creating new opportunities and challenges
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Freedom from hardware: Talking to Vertiv's CEO Rob Johnson
Who pays for critical infrastructure, in an everything-as-a-service world?
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Probing the universe: Upgrading CERN
The world’s largest particle accelerator, CERN’s large hadron collider, is getting an upgrade. So is CERN’s data center infrastructure
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Edge networks demand a whole new compromise
Data has to be located close to people and devices: Edge could mean a new surge of strength for telcos