Edge Industry Review

Daily edge computing news and analysis about the internet infrastructure companies in the edge ecosystem.

March ends like a lion for edge-related news from CDN vendors

By Jim Nash

Three product announcements from content delivery network vendors CenturyLink, StackPath, and Limelight Networks that touch on edge services popped up…

Microsoft's newest edge tool is Affirmed Networks

By Jim Nash

Microsoft Corp. has paid an undisclosed sum for 5G mobile software maker Affirmed Networks Inc. in a deal that is…

Edge AI platform coming from Brainchip, Socionext partnership

By Chris Burt

Brainchip and video and imaging technology-maker Socionext Inc. have partnered to offer a reference design for edge applications such as…

Sigfox's simple IoT edge service going to Russia and the Baltics

By Jim Nash

French Internet of Things services firm Sigfox S.A. says it is deploying its “0G” wireless network in the Russian Federation…

AI systems have a brawny new chip for the device edge: Intel's Pohoiki Springs

By Jim Nash

(Intel Loihi neuromorphic research chips. Tim Herman/Intel Corporation) Three years after Intel Corp. introduced its Loihi neuromorphic computer chips, the…

Nokia offers 5G IoT networks as a service

By Jim Nash

Nokia Corp. said it is expanding its slate of managed services, making it possible for customers to offer 5G, IoT…

BEREC, EU Commission address bandwidth concerns; What’s the long term effect on the access edge?

By Luana Pascu

As people are confined to their homes and social interactions and work move online due to the coronavirus pandemic, the…

Edge device security the focus of FIDO Alliance effort

By Luana Pascu

In its ongoing fight to secure the IoT with FIDO passwordless authentication, the FIDO Alliance has established a dedicated IoT…

StackPath nets $216M in Series B round to build out edge compute, security services

By Jim Nash

Edge compute and delivery services vendor StackPath LLC closed a Series B round, estimated to be $216 million, from Cox…

StackPath and Fastly launch offerings to connect CDNs to cloud

By Chris Burt

A pair of technology providers have launched tools to help developers efficiently build and manage edge and next-generation infrastructure leveraging…