Has all the hype blunted the edge; should telcos leave the edge to the public cloud providers? Or is there still plenty of opportunity for telcos to deliver their own profitable services?

Rarely has a battleground had so many factions: connectivity, storage, compute, analytics, applications and content players. Where does the edge actually manifest itself: on devices, on the customer premise, in the telco network, in the clouds, or in the vendors’ own platforms? This is the biggest call to arms we have ever seen with so many industries bringing their different flavours of working to the edge of the table. Are all parts equal or do some stakeholders hold a stronger hand? And, who benefits from the multiple edges? Has all of the hype blunted the edge or is there plenty of room for CSPs et al to generate long-term sustainable revenue by bringing all parties together?

Speakers

Andrew Coward

GM, Software Defined Networking, IBM

Beth Cohen

SDN Product Strategies, Verizon

Martin Taylor

Office of the CTO, Azure for Operators, Microsoft

Renu Navale

Vice President, Data Platforms Group, General Manager, Smart Edge Platforms Division, Intel Corporation

Stephen Spellicy

VP, Service Provider Marketing, Enablement & Business Development, Service Provider & Edge BU, VMware

Dr. Terje Jensen

Senior Vice President/Head of Global Network Architecture, Director 5G Readiness Strategic Program, Technologies and Services, Telenor