Bringing cloud services closer to the creators and consumers of data - be they applications or people - is crucial to delivering a high quality smart experience. In this talk we will look at some of the experiences, both good and bad of different architectures that have been tried for edge computing at one of the world's leading telecommunications companies. With many options including OpenStack, containers, virtualisation, baremetal and different combinations of each, coupled with twice as many opinions about the right approach, Edge is an area of much discussion. Join this session to hear some of these opinions and feel free to bring your own too.
Attendees can expect to learn about some of the potential architectures for Edge computing and the experiences of a telco and a vendor in finding a solution that works