Over The Edge

This episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and David Holmes, GM of Energy at Dell Technologies. David is involved in advancing decarbonization and the transition to sustainable energy. He works to understand the problems that energy companies are facing, so that operators and regulators can be more aligned when reducing their carbon footprints. In this episode, Matt and David discuss the challenges of a global increase in energy consumption. David explains the need to advance energy systems and technology in order to reduce CO2 emissions. He dives into the importance of making energy not only sustainable, but abundant, affordable, and reliable. David also details how edge computing and use of certain technologies can help improve sustainability.---------Key Quotes:“As demand for energy is dramatically growing, we need to completely transform our energy systems to reduce CO2 emissions on a massive scale. And it's that tension that gets me out of bed every morning - understanding the role of technology in supporting the growth of supply of energy, whilst at the same time dramatically reducing carbon emissions.”“For me, a lot of what edge computing is really about is thinking: “How can we bring the best capabilities of operational technologists and informational technologists together to build a contemporary IT environment that supports the needs of the energy industry for national, critical infrastructure.”“It's the wild frontier of managing our energy systems, and solving some of these problems is going to be critical. But guess what? None of it is going to work without a huge amount of edge technology deployed at scale with much greater computational capability than is available today.”“There's two problems that the OT industry faces: reliability and resilience, which are absolutely critical. They have to keep the lights on. And in the current world in which we live, that means cyber resilience becomes one of the most important challenges that any energy company has to address.”“There is going to be compute and data across the entire continuum, right from that little valve all the way up to a hyperscale data center. And the people who are going to be successful are the people who work out the right technical and economic places to run all of these different workloads.”“I’ve got three goals. Number one, accelerate the energy transition. Number two, advance decarbonization. And number three, ensure global energy security. And I have the entire resources of Dell's engineering portfolio to help me build the solutions that are going to let me do those three things.”---------Show Timestamps:02:12 - David’s technology origin story06:58 - The increasing demand for energy08:08 - The climate consequences of technology11:07 - Applying technology to help reach sustainability goals19:47 - Edge computing in the power industry22:07 - The intersection of IT and OT24:02 - Challenges the OT industry faces24:48 - Taking a contemporary approach to edge computing33:18 - Aligning operators and regulators35:58 - The wild frontier of energy systems38:14 - Adopting realistic cloud computing principles40:09 - David’s team’s goals47:26 - Defining where the edge is52:05 - The future of computing53:22 - David’s daily motivation--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/edgefor more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with David on LinkedInLearn More: 5G and edge computing’s remarkable role in global decarbonization (2-minute video)Remarkable energy starts at the edge (eBook)Decarbonizing with data (infographic)www.dell.com/energywww.CaspianStudios.com

This episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Dario Sabella, ETSI MEC Chairman.Dario drives new technologies and edge cloud innovation for new communication systems. At Intel, he helps create world-changing technology to drive business and society forward. Dario’s involved in standardizing tech ecosystems and coordinating internal alignment on edge computing across SDOs and industry groups. As a chairman of the ETSI MEC, he also helps oversee the standardization of an open environment allowing for efficient and seamless integration of applications across Multi-access Edge Computing platforms. In this episode, Matt and Dario discuss the importance of standardization as it pertains to MEC and the work of ETSI. Dario provides insight on different practices for  deploying processes and workload at the edge. He emphasizes why collaboration within the telecommunications industry is critical to best serve customers, and what’s necessary for the future of edge computing.---------Key Quotes:“The benefits of the coupling software and virtualizing everything, and doing so in this environment with virtual machines, containers, that's the power of this kind of cloud transformation, where MEC is a part of the journey. So, why not exploiting this flexibility, and then why not consider many kinds of deepness of the edge that are perfectly fine in principle? Of course, there are trade offs, but these are deployment choices, which depend, for example, on convenience, requirements, but also costs.”“The standard is there for a reason, for long term interoperability and stability. But the need and approach to standardizing is not to over-engineer everything because otherwise we are risking to close the market. This is going really against also your interest.”"To build end-to-end this kind of service, we have to collaborate, and everybody has to talk the same language in terms of data exchange practically. That's the role of the standard. So, restful APIs, data types, definitions, all the messages, everything should be in the standard. Otherwise, it's a mess. Well, in the competition, otherwise, there is no cake for anybody. Right? You talk about a total addressable market and then just having a portion of the cake of the market. If we compete and don't create a standard, there is no cake for anybody There is no market. So, the standard is enabling this entire cake and allowing them to work together because it is not actually competition, it's a collaboration."---------Show Timestamps:(02:50) Dario’s Path into Technology(4:10) Who sets the wireless communications standards?(5:42) ETSI’s role in the standards world(07:00) Why a customer-oriented approach is critical(08:09) Importance of industry specification groups in MEC(11:20) Significance of a standard’s body(13:20) Defining multi-access edge computing(16:05) Where is the edge?(20:55) How hyperscalers and MEC standards work together at the edge(24:35) Exploring the MEC Federation(27:23) Cloud and edge in everyday life(30:45) The importance of standards(33:20) The future of MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing)(38:50) Dario’s goals for the future of the industry and standardization--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Dario on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com

This episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Dalia Adib, Director, Consulting at STL Partners. In her role, she manages and leads teams to help telcos and their technology partners evaluate new opportunities. Dalia founded the Edge Computing Practice at STL Partners in 2019, which included building their own proposition in the space and establishing the company as a leading adviser for those looking to grow business opportunities in the edge computing ecosystem. In this episode, Dalia explains what telecoms are doing to expand service through use of the edge. She defines and outlines where the edge is, and what it is doing to help enable companies to navigate the digital transformation. Dalia also talks about how organizations are thinking about the edge, and what might be some of the best future use cases for its implementation.------------------Key Quotes:“Where the edge becomes interesting is when it becomes really dynamic. In that, we'll have distributed environments where workloads and things can move across each other, and that will further emphasize what is true edge - what is just simply a, a static form of compute or some static compute with an application dedicated to it in an edge-like location.”“I think generally how we distinguish traditional, let's say data center infrastructure or on premise compute with the edge is at the software layer. Probably more than anything in that for it to be true edge computing, it should be using cloud native software infrastructure, things like containers. Not everything is yet container based, but it should definitely at least not be about monolithic systems that are inflexible.”“I think telecom operators are still figuring out their role. One thing that they are doing though, whether it's with edge or different services, they're trying to become more digital solution providers in general.”“There just needs to be more edge infrastructure out there. Otherwise, we're going to be stuck with either the chicken or the egg, whichever way you look at it.”---------Show Timestamps:(02:15) Getting into Technology(04:45) Journey to STL Partners(07:15) All about STL Partners(10:15) Starting the Edge Practice(13:15) Distinguishing On-premise computing from Edge Computing(16:45) How Companies are Thinking about Edge(25:15) Telecommunications Ecosystems(27:15) Defining Mobile and Multi-Access Edge Computing - enabling vs providing, mobile, etsi layer(33:30) What is Local Breakout(36:15) Use Cases for the Edge - video analytics  (43:15) Trends in Neutral Host and Shared Infrastructure(51:45) Important Edge Technologies to Push  --------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Dalia on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com

This episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Michael Sherwood, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Las Vegas. Michael has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of process improvement, technology, and innovation. He is extremely passionate about technology and believes that more sustainable communicates can be built through innovation, workforce development, and collaboration.In this episode, Michael explains how the city of Las Vegas is helping the community to be more efficient by providing new opportunities through innovation. The city is using technology to improve public safety, healthcare, transportation, education, and economic development. Michael discusses that by increasing connectivity and access for all communities, setting up innovation centers, and improving the city’s technological infrastructure, Las Vegas will continue to be a leader of municipalities as a destination not just for entertainment but also for business and progress. ---------Key Quotes:"One of the great things about doing all these innovation projects is that we get to meet a lot of great companies. They get to come to Las Vegas and see Las Vegas not just as a place for entertainment and hospitality, but they get to see as a great place for possibly relocating and doing business in the city of Las Vegas.""Las Vegas is innovative in nature. We always think of innovative and entertainment, entertainment and hospitality. But, Las Vegas is also becoming very innovative on the technology side and really working towards diversifying its economy and attracting these new types of technologies. And, so from everything from underground to above ground, you know, you're gonna see those things here. And, it really is a testament to the community of people that live here as well as the people that are in charge.""For us it's all about creating those new opportunities, creating those collisions that between our community and business, that hopefully leads to some really great things in the future.""Las Vegas recognizes that education is extremely important and we want to build on that. And so from a technology perspective, obviously while we're not the school district, we support them in their needs. But, if there's things we're doing in the innovation space that can help students, that's what we're doing." "To have intelligence in our roadways and in our communities, the grid really is where it's gonna happen. And, it's going to be game changing for communities." "The cloud is never going anywhere. It's just another puzzle piece that provides more capability than we've had before. The cloud opened the doors several years ago. This next door that's opening is really starting to get us to the point of people starting to think about the Jetsons and start thinking about the Matrix and the technology that you see in those movies, and in some of that you start seeing the underpinnings of some of that now is actually possible." "The capabilities of the future are going to be content or data driven where you're pushing data out into the community itself. Most businesses already have good internet connectivity. So, the next part of it is how do you marry that all together." ---------Show Timestamps:(02:10) History of Las Vegas(05:00) What it’s like to be the Chief Innovation Officer and CTO(07:00) Evaluating Technologies for Cities(09:00) Promoting Public Safety(10:00) Health Initiatives in Las Vegas(13:30) Vision for Las Vegas LTE Network(18:15) Transportation Trends(22:00) Making it Easier for Technology in Las Vegas(24:30) Economic Development and Jobs(27:45) Education Initiatives(33:15) Solidifying Sustainability(35:30) Bringing New Grid Technologies(40:30) Enticing People to come to Las Vegas(46:30) Importance of Connectivity--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Michael on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com

This episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Dr. Robert Blumofe is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Akamai. As CTO, he guides Akamai’s technology strategy to assess new market opportunities and new platforms for innovation, explore adjacent segments for the business, influence the development of standards, work with Akamai’s largest customers, and convene technology leaders within the company to catalyze innovation and represent Akamai’s technology vision in the marketplace.In this episode, Dr. Blumofe explains how Akamai revolutionized content delivery networks and continues to evolve and expand its services. He discusses internet growth, adapting to a more robust virtual world, and important considerations for security. Dr. Blumoff also talks about how AI and ML will help shape the future of our cities. ---------Key Quotes:“More and more traffic to and from devices, that does create some interesting problems. You know, one is just the basic problem of scale. You now have more and more traffic from more and more locations. And, so we continue to see a world in which the internet, the volume of traffic continues to grow leaps and bounds, and the importance of the edge continues to grow.”“Security and reliability get built by layering on top of the internet protocol, not by modifying the internet protocol itself. You layer on top and the power of layering can’t be overstated.”“While edge computing is great, when you look at all of the microservices that make up an application, I don't think there's many cases where you could say that they all belong at the edge, or that they all belong at the core.“For a modern application, multiple microservices, you really want to be thinking about for each microservice, where does it belong? Does it belong at the edge? Does it belong at the core? Does it belong somewhere in between?”“At this point, the cost of connectivity is so low that anything that gets any benefit from being connected well, you might as well connect it.”“It's a whole spectrum. It's not a one size fits all. But I think increasingly applications need to have at least some component running at, or very near the edge. The core alone really just doesn't solve it.”"The dramatic change from IoT really is as much on the security side as it is from the scale and the importance of the edge.”---------Show Timestamps:(02:45) Being Jack Benny’s Grandson and Getting into Technology(05:20) First Memory of the Internet and Career Path(10:45) Relationship Between Mathematics and Distributed Computing(12:30) Akamai Journey(14:45) What Akamai Does and the Start of CDNs(21:30) How CDNs and Work(27:30) Akamai Server and CDN Structure(31:00) Akamai’s Expanding Services and Evolution(35:30) Akamai’s Acquisition of Linode(37:00) Edge vs. Core(42:30) Akamai’s Interconnection Fabric(44:30) Changes to Internet Traffic, Adaptation, and Security(47:00) Concept of a Bidirectional CDN(49:15) Network Security(53:00) Akamai Network Capacity(53:15) Most Exciting Innovations (remaking cities with AI and ML)--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Dr. Blumofe on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com

This episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Ivo Ivanov, Chairman and CEO of DE-CIX GmbH where he is responsible for the global business activities of the Internet Exchange Operator. Ivo has more than 15 years of experience in the regulatory, legal and commercial Internet environment. Joining the organization in January 2007, in recent years Ivo has been deeply involved in the establishment of DE-CIX sites in North America, Southern Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, as well as several consultancy projects in Africa, Asia and Europe. Ranked as one of the top 100 most influential professionals of the Telecom industry, Ivo is regularly invited to share his vision and thought leadership in various industry-leading conferences around the globe.In this episode, Ivo talks about interconnection, how it differs throughout the world, and the importance of expansion especially in developing countries. He discusses how the edge interconnection platform is a missing piece to help enable many advancements and innovations in everyday life, in areas like automobiles and technology. Ivo also explains what he thinks the technology industry will look like five years down the road.---------Key Quotes:“Interconnection really needs to get deeper into the edge for one very simple reason, quality security performance in general, or a magic world of latency. Latency is extremely important nowadays. I love to say latency is our new currency.”“Why democratize? Because we have been doing this business for 27 years now. 24 years of those 27 were entirely wholesale industry focused. Just a couple of years back, we started direct business relationships with enterprises, with car manufacturers, with banks, with retailers, with logistic companies. And, these guys, their business is not telecommunications wholesale. Their business is the business of their industry segment. They just want to use this type of infrastructure for security and performance reasons. But they don't need to be experts in wholesale telecommunication. So, we need to make it as easy as possible for them to enjoy the interconnection services. This is what I call the democratization of infrastructure, that every single type of business on this planet can use.” “I think in the future we need to develop these further pieces of infrastructure and it's not the DE-CIX platform only. We need to see more edge data centers. We need to see more fiber in the rural areas. Middle and last mile investments are extremely crucial also for the economy of the country and serving the people, disregarding where they live and work with the best possible quality of access to digital services. Because if you look at it from a more altruistic point of view, good access to digital services today also means a good quality of life because with economic growth at the end. I'm 1000% sure about this. Diversification of infrastructure is extremely important also for redundancy, resilience, and security reasons.”“It will be a world which will use more and more digital services as we can even imagine today, further down the path we're talking about the metaverse. We're talking about an internet of a new generation or digital services of a new generation where people will enjoy different virtualization. eCommerce will change, will become extremely augmented and virtual reality driven. We will see in the business world further progress on processing on different solutions for any type of business that's relying on cloud compute, but also relying on digitalization and digital infrastructure.”“I see a world full of innovation, I see a world full of digital infrastructure and demand for digital infrastructure. Therefore, I do worry a bit that we will not be fast enough to develop this digital infrastructure as much as we can and everywhere, literally everywhere, around the globe. At least, this is our mandate and we will not stop working hard every day to do this.”---------Show Timestamps:(02:00) Getting started in tech(05:52) Understanding internet connection(12:19) Edge tech in internet connectivity(16:47) How interconnection is changing(21:11) Why interconnection must be democratized(29:37) Advantages of having data centers in metro regions(35:41) Interconnectivity in auto and tech sectors(45:14) The importance of quality assurance(46:38) Predictions for five years in the future--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies - unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Ivo on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com

This episode of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Stephen Goldberg, CEO at HarperDB. Stephen is an established thought leader in the IoT space, with previous professional experience as a CTO and CEO of startups, holding several roles at larger organizations like Red Hat, and leading digital transformation projects at a number of Fortune 500 companies across many verticals. He’s been published on sites like Tech Target and quoted in a number of articles and publications like Forbes and ZDNet, as well as being a speaker at IoT World, SAP Sapphire, and Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce. Stephen holds 2 patents and received his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College-Hartford in 2006.In this episode, Stephen talks about being a self taught programmer that initially wanted to work in anything but technology. He explains the process of co-founding HarperDB to deal with the rigidity and complexity of databases, and how the company makes it easier to globally distribute data faster. Stephen also discusses how bureaucracy, in many ways, is the biggest challenge to innovation and the adoption of new technologies. ---------Key Quotes:“For example, while we felt like the iPhone is an extremely complex device, technologically and internally, it exposes a very simple interface to the world that even a child can use. And, so our thought process was that a database should be the same for a developer. It should be a thing that a developer can just sit down and code, and ultimately, we have built far more than a database in the end. But, that was kind of the premise of what we wanted. We wanted something that would scale with you as your application grew, that made your life easy.The bureaucracy, like the speed at which people move, their ability to think about how things work, that is now the one that I think is the biggest challenge is that this stuff is now and it's here. And, if you really wanted to do it, you could, but I think it's also just changing how people think about stuff. So, like you know, willingness to adopt new technologies, willingness to adopt new architectural paradigms, not trying to bring sort of the same cloud centralized sort of cloud model that you implemented to the edge, because it's not gonna work, because it doesn't scale.”---------Show Timestamps:(02:00) Getting started in tech(05:00) Starting HarperDB(08:35) What makes HarperDB unique(16:00) Understanding HarperDB(22:00) Use cases for HarperDB(26:45) HarperDB’s cloud product(35:15) New product release(36:30) Internet of Things(46:00) HarperDB in gaming(48:15) The future of tech--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Stephen on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com

This part 2 of 2 episodes of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Vishwamitra Nandlall, VP Technology Strategy & Ecosystems at Dell Technologies. Vish is an experienced CTO and a highly regarded telecom visionary. He is responsible for defining Dell’s technology strategy in the Big 6 domains, including 5G, Edge, Data Management, Cloud, AI and Security. Widely recognized for his contributions to the industry, Vish has also held CTO executive leadership roles in Telecommunications for 25 years, including Telstra, Ericsson, Extreme and Nortel. Vishwamitra has been awarded a fundamental patent for LTE, published several widely cited technology papers, and holds several patents for the design of cloud based mobile applications and communication services.In this episode, Vish discusses the future of technology and his excitement over augmented reality and virtual reality. He also talks about the future of edge computing, including everything from cost to security, and the realities of what’s needed for its advancement and further adoption in the tech world.---------Key Quotes:“Real productivity comes at the intersection of people, labor and the types of tasks that they're trying to do. A lot of what edge can do is to start to mediate that intersection.”“The real gift that edge is going to be able to deliver, is the realization of all these technologies that have had limited reach, are suddenly going to be able to spill out of the cyber domain and into the meet space.”---------Show Timestamps:  (02:00) Open Grid Alliance(04:15) Future of Technology(13:00) Competition and Commercial Partnerships(19:00) Considering the Customer(21:30) Important Future Technological Focus--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Vishwamitra on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com

This part 1 of 2 episodes of Over the Edge features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Vishwamitra Nandlall, VP Technology Strategy & Ecosystems at Dell Technologies. Vish is an experienced CTO and a highly regarded telecom visionary. He is responsible for defining Dell’s technology strategy in the Big 6 domains, including 5G, Edge, Data Management, Cloud, AI and Security. Widely recognized for his contributions to the industry, Vish has also held CTO executive leadership roles in Telecommunications for 25 years, including Telstra, Ericsson, Extreme and Nortel. Vish has been awarded a fundamental patent for LTE, published several widely cited technology papers, and holds several patents for the design of cloud based mobile applications and communication services.In this episode, Vish talks about laying the railroads for telecommunications. He discusses his career path and the work he did developing personal data appliances and smartphones. Vish goes over development and privatization of the internet. He explains how artificial intelligence has become a huge part of Dell products. And, delves into details about the build out of infrastructure, connectivity, and bandwidth.---------Key Quotes:“We've moved towards this internet where we've centralized compute that creates pooling efficiencies, but it comes at the expense of propagation delay. But, largely what fueled the internet was the growth of a digital economy that was self-contained. It didn't have a lot of tendrils out into the real world. And, I think what Edge does is it starts to put up a series of sensors into the real world and it bridges this real world with this cyber world.”---------Show Timestamps:  (02:15) Getting Started in Technology(05:15) Path to Telecommunications(06:25) State of Advanced Technology in 1995(10:15) Switch Networks(15:15) Development of Internet Content Delivery(23:15) Networking Standards and Internet Organization(25:45) Path to Dell(20:45) Difference between Propagation and Transmission(32:45) Path to Dell Continued(38:15) Software vs. Hardware(39:15) Dell’s Role in Telecommunications--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Vishwamitra on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com

This episode features an interview between Matt Trifiro and Wolfgang Gentzsch, Co-Founder and President of UberCloud. Wolfgang is a passionate engineer, computer scientist, and entrepreneur with 30 years of experience working in engineering simulations, high-performance computing, scientific research, university teaching, and the software industry, from hands-on practices to expert consulting to leadership positions. He is an entrepreneur with six successful startups in Germany and the US, in engineering, high-performance computing, and cloud. Wolfgang is a member of numerous conference program, steering, and organizing committees, with 50+ keynote speaker appointments.In this episode, Wolfgang tells us about the early days of network computing and how the grid was the predecessor to the cloud. He describes how advancements in connectivity and processing power can lead to revolutionary changes in everything from technology to healthcare. Wolfgang also explains what he thinks edge computing is today, and how his company is working to help democratize access to computing power in the cloud that was previously too expensive or too complex for most organizations to use.---------Key Quotes:“Definitely, the grid was the predecessor of the cloud. And that's why there is not a real huge difference in both. The cloud infrastructure was completely virtualized and therefore fully automated and now I use that word democratized because almost everybody was able to use cloud resources then; which you couldn't easily say about grid. The grid was really for specialists in research centers.” “You can innovate at your fingertips these days. You don't have to build, you know, 2, 3, 4, 5 models and crash them against the wall. Now you do it in the cloud, which might cost a thousand dollars or $5,000 even, but it's much, much, much, cheaper. So, there are tons of benefits these days when you move to the cloud.” “Now HPC is really in the hands of everybody. For engineers and scientists a few decades ago it was only given into the hands of specialists, and that door is open for so many new applications,  making any kind of research or products basically coming out much faster with exponential acceleration, which will continue tol help us to solve problems, real problems. It's I mean, like in healthcare, for example, or climate and weather forecast, and also new technologies like electrical cars, autonomous driving, and all that stuff. So, I mean it is successfully making our lives even more convenient, more comfortable, and also solving mankind problems which we are facing.”---------Show Timestamps:(01:45) Getting involved in technology(03:05) Difference between Scaler and Vector Computers  (07:45) Conversion of Parallel Computing and the Internet (13:00) Network Computing and the Cloud  (19:45) Convergence of Grid and Cloud Computing (23:45) High Performance Computing and Super Computing (28:15) Difference Between the Cloud and High Performance Computing(30:45) Uber Cloud (39:45) Living Heart Valve Project (41:45) Uber Cloud Project Example(46:45) Growth of High Performance Computing and the Edge (53:05) Future of the Cloud(55:15) Is the Network or the Internet the Computer?(60:30) What’s Exciting in the Future--------Sponsor:Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies - unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting DellTechnologies.com/SimplifyYourEdge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.--------Links:Connect with Matt on LinkedInConnect with Wolfgang on LinkedInwww.CaspianStudios.com