HCI at the edge – Why an Edge Computing Platform Future Proofs IT Infrastructure

Experts from HashiCorp and AWS demo how to use Consul's service discovery and service mesh capabilities to deploy microservices on AWS Fargate and ECS.

As hybrid workplaces become more normalized, organizations in every industry must adjust to the unique demands of a post-pandemic world. A major concern companies are navigating is keeping remote teams connected and secure while not disrupting day-to-day operations or compromising the customer experience.

Is the era of cloud computing coming to an end? Experts predict that cloud computing is gradually making way for the next big thing: Edge. NASSCOM Product Connect and Simplilearn together present this live fireside chat on edge computing and how it stacks up against cloud. Tune in to watch Bernard Golden, Cloud Computing Expert and Anand Narayanan, Chief Product Officer at Simplilearn discuss this latest technology.

Last week I had a speech at a small workshop in Italy around hyper-convergence. It was a group of more than 20 end users, mid-to-large sized companies that were evaluating if hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) makes sense for their projects. In fact, only a few of them are already utilizing hyper-convergence, and some have special use cases for which solutions they have evaluated so far are too expensive or not flexible enough for their needs. Edge computing, for example, is pretty challenging for most HCI solutions. That was an interesting discussion and I’m trying to take advantage of it for the slide deck I’m preparing for a webinar I’ll host next week here on GigaOm: “Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Maximizing TCO and ROI” I’m focusing the presentation on a few aspects that I consider fundamental to choose the right HCI solution: One-size-fits-all does not exist when it comes to IT infrastructures. It is important to understand your real needs and proceed accordingly.