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THE KEY
FACTOR IN EVOLVING
BUSINESS CASES WILL
BE RESPONDING TO
FEEDBACK FROM THE END-
USER OR EMPLOYEES.
Morten Illum, Vice President EMEA, HPE Aruba
Key business IT priorities
needed to embrace
opportunities at the Edge
Organisations across every
industry sector are currently
experiencing change on an
unprecedented scale as they look
to digitally transform operations,
through the implementation of
digital devices, smart technologies
and an ever-expanding network,
in the search for a competitive
advantage. However, in order to
leverage and evolve how we use
data collected through Digital
Transformation, it’s increasingly
clear every business should
be looking to the Edge of their
network, explains Morten Illum,
Vice President EMEA, HPE Aruba.
Organisations across every industry
sector are currently experiencing
change on an unprecedented
scale as they look to digitally transform
operations, through the implementation
of digital devices, smart technologies,
and an ever-expanding network, in the
search for a competitive advantage.
However, in order to leverage and evolve
how we use data collected through Digital
Transformation, it is increasingly clear
every business should be looking to the
Edge of their network. Where data and
processing power were once concentrated
in the back-office, now they live at the
Edge, near the people who are using it –
as both employees and customers.
A book, Opportunity at the Edge from
Fast Future, in collaboration with Aruba,
demonstrates that Edge technologies
have the potential to overhaul business
models, transform user experiences and
even create entirely new industries.
Edge Computing is defined as products
that facilitate data processing at or near
the source of data generation, delivers
far speedier results than traditional
architectures. At the Edge, enterprises
can deploy technology, from the mobiles
that customers use to connect to service,
to the sensors that can track activity
and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) that
can analyse the data collected in real
time, to create user experiences that are
faster, more dynamic and personalised
to individual needs. Edge Computing
technologies – This makes it possible for
every organisation to provide a radically
improved level of service.
According to Gartner, Edge Computing
will be a necessary requirement for
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