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Wipro at the world’s largest Edge Computing event - Edge Computing World 2020

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Wipro participated in the recently concluded Edge Developers Conference and Edge Executive Conference - Telco Summit.
The Edge Developers Conference was an open-access event designed to educate the market and developers on the fundamental issues and building blocks of edge computing. The Conference brought together a unique collection of edge experiences, case studies and insights. Wipro's leading experts shared their knowledge and expertise on the benefits and challenges of deploying edge computing.

Expert sessions

Session 1

  • Type: Edge Developers Conference
  • Title: Enabling Applications at the Universal Edge
  • Date: October 13, 2020

Speakers:

  • Saji Thoppil - Wipro Fellow, Chief Technologist, Cloud & Infrastructure, Wipro Limited
  • Abhinivesh Jain - Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS), Wipro Limited
  • Rob High - Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Edge Computing, IBM

About the Session:

Saji Thoppil and Abhinivesh Jain, were hosted by Rob High. The session highlighted Wipro's work with IBM, to enable its Smart City Platform on IBM’s Edge Application Manager (EAM), which helps control data and costs. 

Session takeaways: 

  • Understanding edge types- devices, gateways, stand-alone servers, and clusters.
  • Edge node and application on boarding in the IBM EAM platform.
  • Approaching edge application lifecycle activities at a composite service level.
  • The value of working with system integrators within the IBM Hybrid Cloud Ecosystem.

Session 2

  • Type: Edge Executive Conference - Telco Edge Summit
  • Title: Universal Edge: Essentials for Enterprise 5G Adoption
  • Date: October 15, 2020

Speaker:

  • Buland Khan - Practice Director for 5G Edge Computing, Wipro Limited

About the session:

Buland Khan discussed the challenges faced by telcos and enterprises in 5G adoption. He talked about the essentials of creating edge services and monetizing to generate new revenue streams and sustain business growth.

Session takeaways:

  • Understanding Wipro‘s BoundaryLess Universal Edge approach
  • Telco edge deployments and workloads
  • Uberization and lifecycle management of 5G edge ecosystem

A glimpse of Wipro’s 5G and edge capabilities

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