Dell Edge and IoT PowerChat

In this episode, Wayne Arvidson, Director, Global Edge and IoT Partner and Industries Office for Dell Technologies, begins by discussing the many partners that are part of the Metropolis program. Wayne then describes the tools and resources that Metropolis offers as a head start. Wayne concludes with solution examples that have come out of Metropolis, examples of optimization, where to find more information, and final thoughts.

In this episode, Wayne Arvidson, Director, Global Edge and IoT Partner and Industries Office for Dell Technologies, begins by defining the Metropolis Platform and Program as well as its history. Wayne then discusses Dell Technologies' and NVIDIA's roles in the program and how it strengthens the partnership. Wayne concludes by explaining what the Metropolis lab is, how it supports the program and how solutions that have gone through the Metropolis program impact customers.

In this episode, Adam Mendoza, Field Sales Engineer for Intel, begins by providing more details on the 5G ecosystem. Adam then discusses how Dell Technologies and Intel are satisfying 5G network requirements. Adam concludes by sharing how he coaches customers on accelerating their 5G journey, where to find more info, and final thoughts.

In this episode, Adam Mendoza, Field Sales Engineer for Intel, begins with what customers are looking for in terms of 5G-based services and how service providers are leveraging 5G to provide new services to their customers. Adam then discusses why having 5G from end-to-end is important and describes some add-on services made easier with this upgraded infrastructure. Adam concludes by explaining which industries are poised to benefit from a 5G network, provides some use cases, and starts to explain the ecosystem that comprises an end-to-end 5G network.

In this episode, Kirsten Billhardt, Marketing Director, OEM Solutions for Dell Technologies, begins with industries benefitting from the edge and how the edge connects to data centers and the cloud. Kirsten then discusses data analytics at the edge and how 5G is impacting the edge. Kirsten concludes with Dell Technologies' role in edge computing, where to find more info, and final thoughts.

In this episode, Kirsten Billhardt, Marketing Director, OEM Solutions for Dell Technologies, begins with a definition of the Edge and why the Edge is important. Kirsten then explains how people encounter the Edge today in their day to day lives and customer use cases. Kirsten concludes with the benefits and outcomes occurring at the Edge for both consumers and organizations.

In this episode, Doug Lieberman, Global Solutions Director for Service Providers for Dell Technologies, first completes his discussion on enterprise 5G use cases. He then explains how Dell Technologies is helping businesses transform with 5G. Doug concludes with when and how enterprises can capitalize on 5G, where to find more information, and final thoughts.

In this episode, Doug Lieberman, Global Solutions Director for Service Providers for Dell Technologies, begins with the important differences between 5G and 4G/LTE along with some use cases. He then describes how 5G drives and enables the Edge. Doug concludes with use cases emerging for 5G from an enterprise perspective and how the current situation has shaped future use cases for 5G.

In Part II of this 2-part episode, Sajid Khan, Global Director of Strategy and Marketing for Smart Cities and Transportation for Intel and Wayne Arvidson, Director of the Global Edge Partner and Industries Office for Dell Technologies, begin with a discussion about the Intel and Dell Technologies partnership, Intel and Dell technologies that drive smart cities and how they've evolved. Wayne explains Dell's and Intel's integration into the greater smart cities ecosystem along with testing, validation and benchmarking. Wayne then shares a couple of case studies. Sajid and Wayne conclude with where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Sajid Khan, Global Director of Strategy and Marketing for Smart Cities and Transportation for Intel and Wayne Arvidson, Director of the Global Edge Partner and Industries Office for Dell Technologies, begin with how city dynamics are changing and how this is changing the services cities must deliver. Sajid and Wayne discuss new additional pressures on cities due to these new demands. They then describe how new Edge and IoT technologies enable new use cases for cities. Wayne concludes with advice for customers to help them implement successful digital/smart city deployments.

In this episode, Ryan Zatolokin, Sr. Technologist for Axis Communications, begins with some of the cyber security challenges introduced by the proliferation of IoT devices. Ryan addresses how organizations are responding to the challenges of managing the security of these devices. He then discusses Axis Communications' approach to IoT security and provides details about Axis Device Manager and Axis IoT devices. Ryan describes Axis' origins, Dell's partnership with Axis Communications, and how Axis products fit into the broader IoT ecosystem. Ryan concludes with a user story, advice for organizations just getting started with IoT security, where to find more information, and final thoughts.

In this episode, Mason Baron, Chief Technology Officer for Digital Harmonic, begins with some examples of video and imagery's use at the edge and discusses some of the unique challenges in those venues. He then describes how to achieve better efficiency in processing the data and how having cleaner data helps with AI processing and business insight extraction. He also discusses transporting these potentially large amounts of data across limited bandwidth. Mason shares details about the Digital Harmonic products to address these data challenges, how Digital Harmonic products fit into the overall solution infrastructure, preferred hardware configurations, and expected results. Mason concludes with the relationship between Digital Harmonic, Dell and NVIDIA, where to find more information, and final thoughts.

In this episode, Raghav Mani, Product Manager for Healthcare AI for NVIDIA, begins with a description Clara Guardian and how it helps bring AI to healthcare settings. Raghav explains how Clara Guardian reduces security exposure and provides a set of tools to remotely manage edge devices. He then describes how the architecture enables rapid deployment of AI solutions including tools such as Jarvis and DeepStream. Raghav concludes with Clara Guardian's prepackaged solutions, ecosystem, success stories, how to get started, where to find more info, and final thoughts.

In this episode, Raghav Mani, Product Manager for Healthcare AI for NVIDIA, begins with the top concerns of Healthcare Organizations. Raghav then goes into detail within the areas of public safety and public health, patient care, and operational efficiency, especially within the OR, and how AI can help. Raghav concludes by describing the challenges in meeting these use case requirements.

In this episode, Todd Edmunds, Director of Industrial IoT and Edge Strategy at Dell Technologies, begins by defining the phrase “Digital Twin.” Todd explains how digital twins are used and provides some specific use cases and an example of McLaren's use of digital twins. Todd then explains how digital twins have matured, how technology is enhancing deployment and use of digital twins, and how Edge computing relates to digital twins. Todd concludes by sharing Dell's and other infrastructure partners' roles in the digital twin endeavor, additional examples of digital twins in use, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Molly Golden, AI Messaging Lead within the Technology Thought Leadership Team at Dell Technologies, begins by describing the relationships between AI, ML, Big Data and Analytics. Molly discusses how AI has increased in relevance to organizations and transformed their products and services offerings. Molly then explains how expectations for AI have changed, how the algorithms have evolved and what infrastructure drives AI. Molly concludes with a discussion of Dell's role in accelerating customers' AI journeys and shares a success story, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Sajid Khan, Global Director, Smart Cities and Transportation Strategy and Marketing, for Intel and Martin Yates, Global Digital Cities Technology Officer for Dell Technologies, begin with key Intel and Dell technologies that support digital cities. Sajid and Martin discuss how Intel and Dell work together to deliver digital cities solutions and how they enable the broader ecosystem. They conclude with examples of digital cities projects, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Sajid Khan, Global Director, Smart Cities and Transportation Strategy and Marketing for Intel and Martin Yates, Global Digital Cities Technology Officer for Dell Technologies, begin with a definition of smart cities and what's different about how we view digital cities today compared to the past. Sajid and Martin expand on digital cities segments, discuss some of the key use cases and how the digital cities concept is expanding beyond the city. They conclude with the technology challenges in deploying digital cities.

In this episode, Mayuresh Gogate, Storage Solutions Architect for Dell Technologies' Design Solutions Group, begins with descriptions of additional VxRail use cases at the rugged edge. Mayuresh discusses other industries that could benefit from VxRail. He then describes the PowerScale file solution and advises on getting started with the VxRail D Series. Mayuresh concludes with where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Mayuresh Gogate, Storage Solutions Architect for Dell Technologies' Design Solutions Group, begins with his definition of the Edge and describes what's unique about the type of edge environments he is working with. Mayuresh discusses the unique requirements of the groups employing these rugged edge resources. He then explains how Dell Technologies' VxRail D Series supports teams in these unique environments and concludes with a broader description of VxRail.

In this episode, Marco Abela, Consultant Product Manager for PowerStore at Dell Technologies, begins by explaining what customers are interested in when it comes to onsite/edge processing. Marco discusses the advantages of having both processing and storage at the edge. He then describes Dell Technologies' new PowerStore platform including how it satisfies edge processing requirements and details on PowerStore's AppsOn feature. Marco concludes by describing how customers can use PowerStore at the Edge, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Heath Muchmore and Manny Yusuf, Chief Architect and Cloud Architect respectively within the Federal Office of the CTO for Dell Technologies, begin by addressing overcoming the challenges of bringing Edge computing to Federal Mission environments. Manny and Heath describe their roles in bringing Dell Technologies' solutions to customers. Heath provides a look into the future of computing at the Federal Mission Edge. Manny and Heath conclude with where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Heath Muchmore and Manny Yusuf, Chief Architect and Cloud Architect respectively within the Federal Office of the CTO for Dell Technologies, begin by defining Federal Mission. Heath describes the role that Edge computing plays in the Federal Mission and Manny provides some examples of the kind of data captured and how it is utilized. Manny and Heath conclude by discussing the challenges of getting Edge computing into the appropriate environment and how to overcome those challenges.

In this episode, Dave Graham, Director of Emerging Technologies Messaging for Dell Technologies, begins by discussing the third step of the edge data lifecycle framework – consumption - and provides examples from healthcare and manufacturing. Dave explains how important trust and transparency are with respect to edge data privacy and describes the changing public perceptions of how companies use data. Dave concludes with the role Dell Technologies plays in each step of the process, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Dave Graham, Director of Emerging Technologies Messaging for Dell Technologies, begins by characterizing the explosion of data coming from the edge. He explains why this data is important, what has made it easier to capture and where the data is coming from. Dave describes an edge data lifecycle framework consisting of three steps: creation, transformation and consumption. Dave concludes with detailed discussions of the data creation and transformation steps.

In this episode, Shilpa Kolhatkar, AI Nations and Smart Cities Business Development Manager at NVIDIA, begins with advice on technology to realize smart city benefits. Shilpa describes NVIDIA's Metropolis platform for smart cities. She addresses privacy concerns and shares examples of where AI is being used to drive outcomes for smart cities. Shilpa concludes with a look into the future, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Shilpa Kolhatkar, AI Nations and Smart Cities Business Development Manager at NVIDIA, begins with a definition of a smart city from the perspective of city residents and officials. She describes the benefits of an enabling digital infrastructure and shares some examples of the challenges cities are facing. Shilpa addresses how AI and machine learning can be used to make a city smarter to address challenges and provides an example of using technology to aid disabled citizens. Shilpa concludes with a discussion of the technologies needed to implement a smart city solution. Check back for part II where Shilpa advises on technology to realize smart city benefits, addresses privacy concerns, shares examples of where AI was used to drive outcomes for smart cities, describes NVIDIA's Metropolis platform for smart cities, shares a look into the future, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Dr. Jay Boisseau, AI and HPC Technology Strategist at Dell Technologies, begins with the challenges for cities and companies instrumenting and collecting data. Jay explains how smart cities are employing edge computing. Jay discusses how Dell Technologies enables smart cities and describes the partner ecosystem and the EdgeX Foundry Project. Jay concludes with user stories, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Jay Boisseau, AI and HPC Technology Strategist at Dell Technologies, begins with definitions of smart cities, digital cities and connected cities. Jay describes a four step digital data transformation to move cities towards smart analytics to improve decision making: collect, connect, manage, and analyze. Jay concludes with parallels and comparisons between companies and cities and how they are utilizing advanced data analytics to solve complex problems and serve their customers.

In this episode, Nada Ebeid, Business Development Manager at Dell Technologies partner Genetec, begins with the modernization of ATM security and securing banking data. Nada describes Genetec's complete security framework for banking, embedding all the critical components of physical security into one platform. Nada concludes with Genetec's partnership with Dell Technologies, other partners in the ecosystem, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Nada Ebeid, Business Development Manager at Dell Technologies partner Genetec, explains how banks are modernizing, digitizing and transforming their businesses, and addressing changing threats and customer needs. Within the brick and mortar banking environment, Nada explains how banks are looking to technology to help them personalize the in-bank experience and address privacy, security and infrastructure concerns.

In this episode, Jillian Kaplan, Consultant - Product Marketing Manager, Telco 5G solutions at Dell Technologies, describes the levels of vehicle autonomy and how 5G enables “level 5” vehicle autonomy. Jillian shares how her personal experience has influenced her interest in and perspective of autonomous vehicles. She discusses statistics and new laws related to distracted driving. Jillian concludes with statistics comparing human and machine error in manufacturing deaths, a description of Dell Technologies' roll-out to enable autonomous vehicles, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Edgardo (Ed) Lopez, Advisory Solutions Architect at Dell Technologies, discusses the technologies that must be deployed to realize a smart city and what Dell Technologies can provide. He describes the smart city ecosystem and Dell's role in the ecosystem. Ed concludes with advice for customers evolving from digital to smart cities, examples of smart city deployments, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Edgardo (Ed) Lopez, Advisory Solutions Architect at Dell Technologies, first differentiates the concepts of digital city and smart city. He describes the new edge and IoT technologies enabling the evolution of smart cities from digital cities and gives examples of the analytics and AI involved. Ed notes that personal information and privacy protection are critical considerations for smart city systems, and concludes by addressing security and potential hacking concerns.

In this episode, Tony Paikeday, Director of AI Systems at NVIDIA, defines enterprise AI, its use cases and benefits. He then explains the expertise, resources and infrastructure needed for successful enterprise AI implementation. He describes NVIDIA's DGX solution and partnership with Dell which offers a complete converged solution for Enterprise AI. Tony shares how both cloud and on prem have a place in one's enterprise AI journey. Tony concludes with a customer success story, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Dave Graham, Director of Global Messaging for Emerging Technologies at Dell Technologies, begins by discussing the current state of 5G adoption and its progress over the last year. Dave explains the implications of 5G at the edge and how 5G is changing IoT. He then explores emerging 5G use cases for edge and IoT within healthcare, agriculture, autonomous and connected vehicles, manufacturing, and digital and smart cities. He concludes with how Dell Technologies is engaging with 5G, thoughts on how urgently CIOs should be considering 5G, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Marco Krijgsman, Business Development Manager for IoT, Safety and Security at Dell Technologies, begins with a definition and background of smart stadiums, with the primary focus being guest and employee safety. Marco describes the new Edge and IoT technologies which define smart stadiums and gives some examples. He then explains how smart stadiums relate to digital cities and which technologies help realize a smart stadium solution. Marco shares what a smart stadium ecosystem looks like, which partners are involved and how Dell plays a role as an integrator. He concludes with advice for customers getting started with a smart stadium solution, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Anthony Valle, Advisory Solutions Architect at Dell Technologies, begins with the general trends happening across the automotive industry. Anthony gives some examples of how technology is being used to make manufacturing more efficient and to ensure higher quality in vehicle service and delivery processes. Anthony discusses Dell's role in automotive solutions and pulling together partners into a cohesive solution. Anthony concludes with a customer success story, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In Part II, Wayne Arvidson, Director, Global Edge and IoT Partner and Industries Office at Dell Technologies, completes his explanation of Dell's integration and validation process and shares an example of an integrated Edge and IoT solution in the retail space. Wayne concludes with where to find more information and final thoughts.

In Part I, Wayne Arvidson, Director, Global Edge and IoT Partner and Industries Office at Dell Technologies, discusses how Edge and IoT is changing the computing landscape, and which industries are being impacted. Wayne explains the Edge and IoT ecosystem including Dell's role and how ecosystem partners fit together. Wayne concludes with introducing Dell's Edge and IoT solutions integration and validation process.

In Part II, Greg Moya, Senior Manager for Global Solutions Engineering and Nick Thermenos, Global Sales Director, both from the IoT, Edge, Computer Vision and Safety and Security Business at Dell Technologies, first review Dell's portfolio for IoT safety and security. Greg discusses the role Dell partners play in delivering IoT safety and security solutions. Greg explains Dell and partner technology integration and application-centric validation and testing. Nick and Greg conclude with where to find more information and final thoughts.

In Part I, Greg Moya, Senior Manager for Global Solutions Engineering and Nick Thermenos, Global Sales Director, both from the IoT, Edge, Computer Vision and Safety and Security Business at Dell Technologies, first define IoT safety and security and how they work together to satisfy three primary use cases: traditional video surveillance, computer vision, and digital evidence. Greg discusses the key trends in IoT safety and security within these use cases. Nick concludes by describing which vertical markets are impacted by IoT safety and security trends.

In Part II, Chandra Venkatapathy, Director of IoT Solutions for Retail at Dell Technologies, explains the roles of cloud and 5G in computer vision. Chandra then describes the challenges in computer vision deployments, then discusses the key providers in the computer vision ecosystem and Dell Technologies' strategy for enabling computer vision. Chandra concludes with where to find more information and final thoughts.

In Part I, Chandra Venkatapathy, Director of IoT Solutions for Retail at Dell Technologies, defines computer vision as it relates to edge and IoT. Chandra explains how computer vision and AI facilitate process improvement within retail from front of the store to the back. Using computer vision, retail security is moving from traditional, reactive surveillance to scalable, real-time action and analytics-based loss prevention. Chandra concludes with the elements of the computer vision solution and how more processing is happening at the edge.

In this inaugural episode, Ken Mills, General Manager of Edge, IoT, Safety and Security, and Computer Vision at Dell Technologies, discusses the key themes that drive the Edge and IoT discipline for Dell. Ken reviews the key focus areas for Edge and IoT and describes four key verticals where Dell brings value. Ken then goes into further detail on video use cases, and provides some real world examples of these themes and focus areas in action. Ken concludes with where to find more information and final thoughts.