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Stephen Foskett, Publisher of Gestalt IT and Organizer of Tech Field Day. Find Stephen’s writing at GestaltIT.com, on Twitter at @SFoskett, or on Mastodon at @[email protected].

Podcast Season 5

Developer-Friendly Edge Application Management with Avassa

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Post date May 15, 2023

There is a long-standing gulf between developers and operations, let alone infrastructure, and this is made worse by the scale and limitations of edge computing. This episode of Utilizing Edge features Carl Moberg of Avassa discussing the application-first mindset of developers with Brian Chambers and Stephen Foskett. As we’ve been discussing, it’s critical to standardize infrastructure to make them supportable at the edge, yet we also must make platforms that are attractive to application owners.

Tags @AvassaSystems, @BriChamb, @GestaltIT, @SFoskett, @UtilizingTech, #Edge, #EdgeApplications, #EdgeComputing, #EdgeTechnology, #UtilizingEdge

Podcast Season 5

Stakeholder Demands at the Retail Edge with Simon Gamble of Mako Networks

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Post date May 8, 2023

Edge has many different stakeholders, applications, and needs, and this is especially true in distributed retail environments. This episode of Utilizing Edge features Simon Gamble of Mako Networks talking with Brian Chambers and Stephen Foskett about the complexities of technology at the retail edge. The key according to Gamble is segmentation of brands, franchisees, and technical applications. In some cases a single location might even include multiple separate companies or tenants under the same roof. Video, sensors, IoT, and location-based services are coming to retail locations as well, and some of these leverage outside service providers as well. Although sharing infrastructure is desirable, segmentation and security is key. Retail edge environments are increasingly complicated, but there are many ways to consolidate, converge, and standardize to make them practical to implement.

Tags @BriChamb, @GestaltIT, @MakoNetworks, @SFoskett, #Edge, #EdgeComputing, #RetailEdge, #UtilizingEdge

Podcast Season 5

Commoditization of Edge Infrastructure with ZEDEDA

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Post date May 1, 2023

Edge environments were historically very specialized, but virtualization and cloud technology is enabling companies to deploy commodity platforms at the edge. This episode of Utilizing Edge features Raghu Vatte of ZEDEDA discussing this commoditization with Alastair Cooke and Stephen Foskett. Although the transition is still getting started, standard compute platforms are rapidly being exploited at edge locations, from warehouses to retail to industrial. Even is some specialized hardware is still needed, a unified platform can increasingly absorb a majority of applications at the edge. Another factor contributing to commoditization is the standardization of application requirements, with most now virtualized or containerized with standards developing for I/O and shared hardware resources.

Tags @DemitasseNZ, @SFoskett, @UtilizingTech, @ZEDEDAEdge, #Edge, #EdgeCommoditization, #EdgeComputing, #EdgeInfrastructure, #UtilizingEdge

Podcast Season 5

What is the Edge and What Tech is Utilized There?

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Post date April 24, 2023

Although the technology is roughly similar to datacenter or cloud, the unique challenges of edge computing require new approaches to storage, networking, orchestration, deployment, and more. We were kicking off a new season of Utilizing Tech focused on edge computing, featuring Alastair Cooke and Brian Chambers as co-hosts along with Stephen Foskett.

Tags @BriChamb, @DemitasseNZ, @SFoskett, @UtilizingEdge, @UtilizingTech, #Edge, #EdgeComputing

Season 5

Utilizing Tech Goes to the Edge in Season 5!

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Post date April 18, 2023
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Season 5 of Utilizing Tech focuses on edge computing, a whole new dimension for enterprise technology. As seen during our recent Edge Field Day event, there are new problems and new solutions for compute, networking, security, application orchestration, storage, and more!

Tags @BriChamb, @DemitasseNZ, @SFoskett, #Edge, #UtilizingEdge

Podcast Season 4

Why Would System Architects Utilize CXL?

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Post date March 27, 2023

We’re wrapping up this season of Utilizing Tech by asking the key question: Why would a system architect choose to utilize CXL in their designs? This episode of Utilizing CXL features Stephen Foskett, Nathan Bennett, and Craig Rodgers discussing the practical prospects and benefits of CXL.

Tags @CraigRodgersms, @SFoskett, @UtilizingTech, @vNathanBennett, #CXL, #CXLFabric, #CXLMemory, #SystemArchitecture, #UtilizingCXL

Podcast Season 4

The History and Future of CXL with Jim Pappas

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Post date March 20, 2023

This episode wraps up the season of Utilizing Tech with Stephen Foskett and Craig Rodgers discussing the evolution of CXL with Jim Pappas, Director of Technology Initiatives at Intel and Chairman of the CXL Consortium. No matter how good the technology is, it needs widespread industry support, backwards and forwards compatibility, and open cooperation, and that’s what made technologies like PCI, PCI Express, USB, and now CXL successful.

Tags @CraigRodgersms, @Intel, @IntelBusiness, @SFoskett, #CXL, #PCI, #UCIe, #UtilizingCXL

Podcast Season 4

Enabling Mass Adoption of CXL-Attached Memory with Rambus

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Post date March 13, 2023

This episode of Utilizing Tech features Mark Orthodoxou, VP of Strategic Marketing for Datacenter Products at Rambus discussing with Stephen Foskett and Craig Rodgers the technology and standards required for mass adoption of CXL-attached memory. Rambus brings decades of experience and a breadth of technology to the deployment of memory in high-performance and highly-available systems. As a CXL Consortium member, Rambus is bringing this experience to CXL, enabling the technology across the ecosystem.

Tags @CraigRodgersms, @RambusInc, @SFoskett, @UtilizingTech, #CXL, #CXLAttachedMemory, #Datacenter, #UtilizingCXL

Podcast Season 4

The Past and Future of CXL with Allyson Klein

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Post date March 6, 2023

CXL grew out of a long history of Intel platform technology and promises to revolutionize this platform. This episode of Utilizing CXL features Allyson Klein of TechArena, who shares her vision for the future of disaggregated servers with Craig Rodgers and Stephen Foskett.