1. Analysing and translating data in real time to foster the creation of an IoE environment.
"We cannot afford to transmit that data back to the data centre and back again to get the analysis at the point to avoid the accident. That has to happen somewhere closer to the edge.
"Edge or fog computing is about intelligence in the network at the edge of the network."
2. Business can benefit enormously by digitising themselves
"Customers’ demands on IT are changing rapidly. We can see that in the rise of different forms of accessing technology and software applications for example."
"We talk about being defined by applications, that experience that I have is actually defined by the quality of experiencing an application. For example, a bank app."
3. Software-defined networking acceleration as an Application Centric-Infrastructure
"If we think about all the configuration points that would exist to deploy something, then we need to abstract that, to make it quicker.
"With all the demands on IT and the data centre, we cannot afford to do things the way we have always done, so that is something that has to change."
4. Going green
"We have a massive responsibility to reduce the power consumption of data centres and the capability from an energy management stand point of view."
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