In his Interop19 keynote address, Brian McCarson, Vice President & Senior Principal Engineer, Industrial Solutions Division Internet of Things Group, Intel Corporation, discusses the many challenges with trying to drive openness in a world of walled gardens. But, those challenges are well worth taking on. Proprietary and open systems are not mutually exclusive. There is a rational approach to interoperability that can strike a balanced approach that enables consumer choice and proprietary value. Designing with openness and partnerships in mind will derive greatest value for your enterprise and the ecosystem.
Businesses are actively using Telecom APIs to support their distributed workforces, boost customer service and retention, and enable greater scalability of communication capabilities.
WAN managers must appraise what happens to their traffic once it leaves their office over a best-efforts internet connection. Performance on the “internet middle mile,” once the telco’s problem in the MPLS network, is now a concern for the enterprise.
Infrastructure investments for broadband service delivery can flow in many directions, but making wise decisions will maximize the value.
Semiconductors are scarce, and so are many types of network gear. The wait for things to get back to normal may be a long one.
The biggest factor when choosing an edge deployment option is whether services are available in the geographic region or regions where they are needed.
