CIO OPINION

The key to Edge Computing success lies in focusing on the outcome , before looking at implementation .

Rick Vanover , Senior Director , Product Strategy , Veeam

Edge Computing is critical to ensuring a seamless transition from the traditional workplace setting to the future of work . It is here now , and it ’ s hybrid . To realise its full potential , businesses must focus on the outcome rather than the implementation of the technology . Rick Vanover , Senior Director , Product Strategy , Veeam , tells us how the democratisation of the workplace through Edge Computing works .

There are two things the pandemic has proven about the ‘ new ’ workplace : DX in businesses is essential and technology was intrinsic to a transformational overhaul of this scale .

That technology is Edge Computing : The ability to optimise and extend the capability of cloud computing by bringing computation and data storage closer to the devices where it ’ s being gathered . It ’ s a fairly amorphous concept that has been around since the

1990s , but thanks to the pandemic , it has given rise to Edge Computing ’ s dark horse : the remote worker .

The pandemic has hit each market across the Middle East differently but a common theme regarding the workplace is that data is increasingly born , created and modified in different places . While the future of work is well and truly here , businesses are still navigating uncharted waters in this space . This begs many questions of decision makers : What ’ s the best way to capture and protect data ? Does my Edge approach meet privacy and security needs ?

There has been a significant shift in the approach to remote work and there ’ s a way that businesses can best set their employees up to ensure Business

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