Equinix, together with IDC, Microsoft and Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA), help reveal the usefulness of the intelligent edge and unpack the key criteria and success factors to effectively compete in an era of integrated, dynamic and real-time business models.

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Ajay Sunder
FROST & SULLIVAN
Tejaswini Tilak
EQUINIX
Scale IT for Success
8th Feb 2018 | WEBINAR

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2018 – The Year of the Intelligence Ready Digital Edge
Meet our Panelists
Dr. Glen Duncan
Datacenter Research
Program Lead
May-Ann Lim
Executive Director
Alex Wehle
Cloud Infrastructure Lead
Tejaswini Tilak
Senior Director, Vertical
Marketing

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The data center ecosystem now includes the edge
SaaS
PaaS IaaS
DATACENTER CLOUD EDGE/ IoT
SECURITY

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What are Digital Edge examples in the real world?
… key success and enabling factors
What does it take to make the edge truly intelligent?
... is it a hype or reality?
What are Next Generation Applications?
… and their role in enabling digital businesses
3 big questions
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What are Next Generation
Applications?
… and what is their role in enabling digital
businesses
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What are Digital Edge examples
in the real world?
… and is it a hype or reality?
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Real-world examples of edge implementation
Magnus Ekbäck
VP Business Development
Sandvik Coromant

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Real-world examples of edge implementation
Value Realized
• High-performance, edge-based data
processing and analytics
• A multi-cloud offering with flexible vendor
choice of cloud, network and other service
and hardware providers
• Scalable, continuous analytics running in
real time on multiple data stream types and
sources
• Fully redundant, geographically distributed
Equinix data center locations, with built-in
high availability and reliability (99.9999%
uptime) for greater business continuity and
redundancy
“Our unique partnership with Equinix enables customers to place the iguazio
data platform at the edge of the cloud so their applications can analyze data
close to its sources, such as IoT and mobile devices, while at the same time
connecting to any cloud vendor and leveraging the cloud’s elastic nature. It’s
about the power of strategic locations and global presence, and there is no
better place to do this than Equinix.”
Steven Lund, Vice President, Business Development, iguazio

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What does it take to make the
edge truly intelligent?
… key success and enabling factors
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• Digital Resister
• Digital Explorer
• Digital Player
• Digital Transformer
• Digital Disruptor
Poll Question #1
What is the pace and state of digital transformation of your
organization currently?

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• Machine Learning
• Cognitive/AI
• Augmented Reality
Poll Question #2
What are the game-changing Next Generation Applications
for your business?

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• Data processing & analytics at the edge
• Access & proximity to key business partners
• API/ SDN functionality integration
• Security & compliance
Poll Question #3
What does it take to make the edge intelligent?

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Q&A

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Glen Duncan
Datacenter Research Program Lead, IDC Asia/Pacific
glenduncan@idc.com
Alex Wehle
Cloud Infrastructure Lead, Microsoft, Asia Pacific
Alexander.Wehle@microsoft.com
May-Ann Lim
Executive Director,
Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA)
mayann@asiacloudcomputing.org
Tejaswini Tilak
Senior Director, Equinix, Asia Pacific
ttilak@ap.equinix.com
Reach the panelists for further discussion