Under the shingle of mobile edge computing (MEC), there are a lot of edges and a lot of ways to describe them. Here we’ll focus on the distinction between the telecom edge operators use to deliver a variety of consumer and enterprise services as compared to an enterprise-owned edge infrastructure that’s connected to a network.
According to Dell Technologies’ Douglas Lieberman, senior director, Global Solutions Co-creation Services, “The interesting part is who is controlling the management, orchestration of the edge—is that a telco or an enterprise? With 5G being the enterprise G, the standards and the way it’s being implemented is enabling a much tighter integration between what an enterprise needs and what the telco is delivering…The enterprise has the ability to integrate with the telco backend and provide services in a new way they haven’t thought of before.”
