ComTech Forum on Edge Computing

The ComTech Forum meets in August on the topic of EDGE COMPUTING. ComTech Forum meetings are short, packed, interactive discussions with highly-focused networking and plenty of demos.

ABOUT THE MEETING TOPIC
Edge Computing is at the peak of its hype cycle, so it's important to suss out the hype from the real value that underpins the technology. Edge Computing is an important tool for networks to move applications and services closer to the customers and the data sources. It can potentially improve reliability, security, latency, agility, core network load, and performance. Gartner projects that more than half of enterprise data will be produced and processed outside of legacy datacenters, getting moved closer to the source and the uses.

The Telecom Council's meeting on Edge Computing will have a strong focus on Mobile Edge Compute (MEC), since it has such a strong connection to the imminent roll-out of 5G networks. MEC also applies to fixed and 4G networks (Multi-Access Edge Computing), often in some mixed combination, so that's not off the table, but the main value proposition of Edge is the lower latency, and that makes more sense on a super-fast network. Like a Cabernet Sauvignon goes with a Filet Mignon, MEC pairs extremely well with 5G.

Some of the various use cases we expect from MEC, and we expect to hear about at this meeting include:

Connected Cars, ADAS and autonomy
SDN & NFV
CDNs (ex: faster channel switching)
IoT gateways (pre-processing)
Smart Cities
Finance and High Frequency Trading
High-end cloud and storage offerings
In-stadium and event content and services
Video monitoring and analytics
Industrial Automation
AR and VR services
Gaming
Retail (AR and other)
Blockchains
Enterprise network segments, network slices
AI and cloud robotics

Clearly there's a lot going on. We are going to have a busy meeting, with lots of the solution providers and stakeholders who stand to develop, use, and benefit from MEC. Join ComTech Forum Members and companies out on the edge of the network to review innovation, opportunities, and the startups working on Edge Compute.

DD-Summary-imagebar-v1 WHAT TO EXPECT
Monthly ComTech Forum meetings gather communications industry professionals who represent vendors, telcos, investors and startups focused on innovation. This month's meeting is a Deep Dive - a condensed ½ day agenda with 3 networking breaks, facilitated networking and introductions, interactive discussion, technology demo tables, and rapid fire startups pitches.