Day Two Cloud 102: Edge Cloud Isn’t Magic

Today we’re talking Edge Cloud. What does edge cloud mean? Is it the mashup of two buzzwords to create an even more powerful buzzword? Is it something more than just a little data center? Our guest Alex Marcham has written a book on the subject and we’ll get into his take on edge infrastructure, what edge cloud is all about, real-world use cases, and how it differs from typical colo facilities or centralized public cloud data centers. We also look at essential concerns for edge deployments including networking requirements, 5G, and the workloads driving edge infrastructure. Alex Marcham is Director of Edge Service Innovation at Digital Realty and the author of Understanding Infrastructure Edge Computing, published by Wiley in April 2021. Takeaways: There are many different tiers of edge data center and infrastructure Edge cloud is many things to many people; be specific in what you need Interconnection needs to be understood to make the most of edge cloud Sponsor: CBT Nuggets CBT Nuggets is IT training for IT professionals and anyone looking to build IT skills. If you want to make fully operational your networking, security, cloud, automation, or DevOps battle station visit cbtnuggets.com/cloud. Show Links: Understanding Infrastructure Edge Computing – Wiley Alex Marcham on LinkedIn Transcript: [00:00:00.240] – Ethan [AD] Sponsor CBT Nuggets is IT training for IT professionals and anyone looking to build IT skills, if you want to make fully operational your networking cloud security automation or DevOps Battle Station, visit CBT nuggets dotcom cloud. That’s CBT nuggets. Dotcom cloud. [/AD] [00:00:25.780] – Ethan Welcome to Day Two Cloud. And today we are talking Edge Cloud. Edge, is it a word, what does that mean? Is it hype? Is it buzz? Is it something different than just a little data center or what? [00:00:36.520] – Ethan Well, our guest, Alex Marcham, has written a book on this very topic. We’re going to get into his take on what edge infrastructure is all about, what edge cloud specifically is like, whether or not you should actually build such a thing and what the use cases are. And Alex is a fountain of knowledge. Wouldn’t you agree Ned? [00:00:52.480] – Ned I certainly would. I threw a lot of questions that may not have been in the script at him and he performed admirably. He has a a real breadth of knowledge across the entire topic, around Edge Cloud and and things that are adjacent to it, like 5G networking. We get into that a little bit and how it impacts networking with Edge cloud. So I think it was it was a very interesting conversation. And I just, man my brain wants to fall out of my ears right now because so much stuff. [00:01:21.880] – Ethan I know exactly why you say that. And in about two minutes you will to strap in for this conversation with a book author, Alex Marcham, Understanding Infrastructure Edge Computing is his latest publication. [00:01:34.210] – Ethan Alex Marcham, welcome to Day Two Cloud. And you’re here because you wrote a book, man, this is this is all on you.