The private 5G edge is clearly here to stay on April 6, 2021, 9:38
Editor s take: If you’ve been following the big trends in the tech industry, you’ve undoubtedly heard a lot about both private 5G networks and edge computing. As exciting as these technologies may be, the truth is that most of the discussion about them has been more theoretical than practical. Despite all the chatter, there simply aren’t that many real-world implementations of either of them, and even fewer that use the two together. That’s why this announcement is a big deal.
Verizon and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have a real-world customer, in the form of Corning’s fiber optic cable factory, for their Private 5G Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) service with AWS Outposts. The combination of the two technologies brings the security, reliability, and speed of a private 5G network together with the increased performance and reduced latency that edge computing applications enable.
News Wire Feed Light Reading 4/5/2021
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. Verizon Business and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be expanding their 5G collaboration to deliver private mobile edge computing (MEC) to enterprise customers in the U.S who want a completely dedicated edge compute infrastructure on-premise that enables ultra-low latency, higher levels of security and deeper customization. The solution will fully integrate Verizon s Private 5G networks and Private Edge platform with AWS Outposts, a fully managed service that offers the same AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to virtually any datacenter, co-location space, or on-premises facility for a truly consistent hybrid experience. Verizon enterprise customers can use private MEC to quickly deploy real-time enterprise applications like intelligent logistics, predictive maintenance, robotics, factory automation and more to lower costs and improve safety, precision and effi
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