Intel ’ s Renu Navale explains how the company acts as a critical driver for the future of edge adoption and its collaborative partnership with Tech Mahindra

In partnership with Tech Mahindra , Intel is driving the future of edge technologies with its Intel Smart Edge Platform : an edge-native distributed computing platform that enables developers and organisations to deploy and manage container-based workloads with cloud-like ease and security at the edge . Responsible for overseeing this platform is Renu Navale , Vice President & General Manager of Edge Platforms Division at Intel Corporation .

“ Tech Mahindra is a valuable member of the Intel ecosystem ,” she notes , “ offering a robust private network solution powered by Intel Smart Edge . Tech Mahindra truly plays the role of an end-to-end system integrator — from deployment and configuration to management and monitoring of the Smart Edge Private Network solution .” complexities and helps companies focus on building innovative edge services for enterprise , telcos , and other industries .

“ The buildout of the edge is being driven by societal shifts — like supply chain bottlenecks , increased security needs , the new normal of hybrid work . It ’ s also being driven by the cost and latency of backhauling data to the cloud , as well as regulations about what can be stored in the cloud ,” says Navale .

Intel collaborates closely with Tech Mahindra in the edge space as it develops silicon and edge solutions to drive new revenues for the industry .

“ Tech Mahindra and Intel are working to develop pre-integrated and verified solutions for faster market adoption . Our approach for 5G transformation includes a Rapid Rollout framework , orchestration and TechM ’ s intelligent Assurance platforms ,” explains Navale .

Navale also shares how Intel is supporting Tech Mahindra throughout its 5G telecommunications ’ transformation : “ We ’ re also providing artificial intelligence and machine learningpowered Intelligent Network , Security Ops and Vertical- Specific solutions , productised and ready for orientation into customer environments . As Intel sees it , the future of the edge is defined by the relentless march towards software-defined infrastructure and business automation . Smart Edge provides an open framework for integrating and managing network , media , AI and IoT workloads . This open approach abstracts hardware

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