Over The Edge

What is a mirrored consumer and how can digital twins be used in retail? In this conversation, Bill speaks with Deepak Chaudhary, Lead for Intelligent Edge Solutions at Accenture, where he is focused on driving digital transformation, modernization, and platform development, particularly emphasizing intelligent edge computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence at the edge. Deepak and Bill dive into mirrored consumers, digital twins in the retail space that mimic consumer behavior. They also discuss the complexities of digital transformation and some of the challenges being tackled with edge technologies in retail. 

Key Quotes:

"Mirrored consumers a...

How can we create a “digital nervous system” and how will this change the edge? In this conversation, Bill speaks with David Sprinzen, the VP of Marketing at Vantiq, an application development platform for real-time edge-native applications. David and Bill discuss how modern technology can pull inspiration from the human nervous system, and dive into the future of generative AI at the edge. They also talk about data privacy, hallucinations, and small language models.  

Key Quotes:

“In the new world what we're looking at with technology is effectively creating a digital nervous system. That means, how do y...

This episode features an interview between Bill Pfeifer and Arnaud Langer, Global Managing Partner Edge and IoT at Atos. At Atos, Arnaud is focused on helping customers navigate their legacy-to-edge or cloud-to-edge transformations, leveraging the power of 5G, Edge, and IoT technologies.

They dive into Arnaud’s work in the energy industry and the complexities of digital transformations in that space. They also discuss sustainability, optimization, and forward looking edge trends.

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Key Quotes:

“When you think about the inertia of a power plant, think about a gas or oil based powe...

Why are vector databases important at the edge? In this episode, Bill sits down with Dr. Vivien Dollinger, CEO at ObjectBox, to discuss the growing significance of vector databases in the AI tech stack and how this will impact the future of edge computing. They dive into the future of edge AI data management and why more data isn’t yet stored at the edge.

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Key Quotes:

“Vector databases are an essential piece of the AI tech stack and will become even more so.”

“We will see more infrastructure software for edge...

Where do multi-cloud and edge intersect?  What is the dividing line between them? In this episode, Bill sits down with Jeff DeVerter, Chief Technology Evangelist at Rackspace Technology, to dive into relationships between edge, multi-cloud, managed hosting, and colos. They discuss the never-ending decisions that have to be made regarding where to host data.

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Key Quotes:

“I don't like thinking about things from the angle of how can I save money? What I do like on the fin-up side, is how do I ensure that every dollar, every peso, every euro I'm goi...

How will edge technologies and AI shape the future of our cities? In this episode, Bill sits down with John Lockhart, Lead Sustainability Technologist, Global Digital Cities at Dell, to discuss all things digital cities. They dive into how city leaders can approach digital transformation and tackle the problems in their cities, and discuss digital twins and the impact of AI. 
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Key Quotes:

“What's happening at the edge from an IOT perspective, as well as what's happening in the data center, they're able to really drive insights from the value they're gaining at the...

What is the future of edge computing in the space age? In this episode, Bill sits down with Elizebeth Varghese, Partner / Principal, Space Economy Acceleration Leader at Deloitte to discuss her work on bitcoin and the spacefaring economy, and how it relates to the future of edge computing. They dive into space as the ultimate edge computing use case and how space technologies will change society.

Key Quotes:

“In combining that aspect of edge computing and the blockchain aspect, you can manage digital identities. Individuals can have control and self sovereign control over their individual id...

What is the future of IT and how does it affect careers at the edge? In this episode, Bill sits down with Brad Maltz, Senior Director of the DevOps Portfolio and DevRel at Dell Technologies to discuss DevRel, EdgeOps and how IT can adapt to the momentum of edge technologies. They explore how people in IT should navigate their careers at this technology juncture, and whether the terms edge, cloud and data center will remain relevant.

Key Quotes:

“Do you truly need to designate that physical destination as an edge versus cloud versus data center? I...

Once a boutique operation, New Belgium Brewing is now producing millions of barrels of beer. In this episode, Bill sits down with Adam Little, who has been with the company for nearly nine years and currently serves as Senior Manager, Enterprise Security and Compliance. They dive into how New Belgium has used edge technologies to scale their production to meet increasing demand and to improve their distribution processes.

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Key Quotes:

“As we've grown over the years, we said look, the only way we can do this is looking at the data and re...

Visual AI at the edge is becoming increasingly ubiquitous, even reaching some traditionally lower tech sectors like gas station convenience stores. In this conversation, Bill sits down with Sridhar Sudarsan, the CTO at SparkCognition, to discuss their visual AI products and how they have been deployed at scale throughout gas stations and how they are using visual AI to enhance school safety. They dive into ethical considerations of visual AI at the edge and how SparkCognition thinks about operations in addition to model training.

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Key Quotes:

“These AI systems are really a to...