ZEDEDA stepped into the spotlight at Tech Field Day’s Edge Field Day event on September 19 to showcase its edge orchestration and management platform and highlight its real-world impact across different industries.
Michael Maxey, vice president of technical business development, along with consulting solution architects Manny Calero and Jason Grimm, delivered a dynamic presentation that blended company overview and vision with a technical deep dive and customer success stories. The session also included a lively question-and-answer segment where our team dove into audience inquiries about challenges and opportunities at the edge and provided deeper insights into ZEDEDA’s capabilities and applications.
Addressing Edge Challenges
Throughout the presentation and Q&A session, our team illustrated the unique complexities that organizations face when deploying and managing applications at the edge and how ZEDEDA was designed to solve them. Common challenges include:
- Scale: Managing and orchestrating large fleets of edge devices across geographically dispersed locations
- Security: Protecting edge devices and data from physical and digital threats in often remote and unsecured environments
- Diverse Connectivity: Dealing with unreliable or limited network connectivity at the edge
- Harsh Environments: Ensuring devices can operate in extreme temperatures and challenging conditions
- Lack of Local IT Staff: Minimizing the need for on-site IT personnel to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot edge devices
ZEDEDA’s edge orchestration and management platform was designed to address these challenges head-on. Our team started the Edge Field Day presentation with an overview of the ZEDEDA solution, and discussed how features like zero-touch provisioning, remote attestation, support for diverse connectivity options, and a robust security model enable organizations to deploy and manage edge applications at scale with confidence. A live demo understored the simplicity of our platform, showing in real time the ease at which a new device can be provisioned and deployed.
Customer Success Stories
The team provided a deep dive into three customer deployments, showcasing the ways in which ZEDEDA is making a significant impact across different industries. These real-world examples demonstrate how ZEDEDA solves not only the common challenges outlined above but also addresses vertical and project-specific requirements and enables customers to maximize the benefits of edge computing and achieve tangible results.
- Automotive: A major automotive manufacturer is leveraging ZEDEDA’s platform to efficiently and securely manage software updates across a vast network of 70,000 dealerships and service centers, streamlining operations and ensuring compliance.
- Rail: A major railroad company is using ZEDEDA’s solution to scale its hotbox detectors from 4,000 to 20,000, improving safety and meeting regulatory requirements. Edge computing enables real-time data analysis, AI inference, and capabilities like computer vision and predictive maintenance.
- Shipping: A global shipping company relies on ZEDEDA to safeguard $21 billion worth of refrigerated cargo. With up to 45 days at sea and limited connectivity out of port, performing any equipment monitoring or diagnostics had been manual. By enabling real-time monitoring and analytics on shipping containers, they prevent spoilage, ensure security, and optimize operations.
The Edge Field Day events are always a great experience, thanks to the thought-provoking audience questions which always lead to deeper technical discussions. This most recent event was the perfect opportunity for everyone to geek out over edge computing, and the full conversation was full of insightful ideas and insights. To learn more, watch the complete Edge Field Day presentation and find related resources, including the demo code, online.
