Five Critical Considerations for Edge Management and Orchestration
Five Reasons Why Cloud-Native Edge Management and Orchestration has Become Critical
Introduction
Data is exploding at the edge of the network (resulting from more devices, machines, sensors and applications) and digital transformation is causing organizations to pivot their business and technology strategies. IDC predicts that by 2023, over 50% of new enterprise IT infrastructure will be deployed at the edge rather than corporate infrastructure; by 2024, there will be an 800% increase in the number of applications at the edge.¹
As many organizations realize they must innovate and invest in edge computing technology solutions to keep pace with the changing landscape, there are also other critical factors to consider. In this eBook, you’ll discover the top five reasons why organizations are seeking purpose-built, cloud-native edge management and orchestration:
1. Protection from Edge Computing Security Threats
Data backup and protection risks, cloud adoption risks, and perimeter defense risks – are just a few of the many edge computing security threats that could impact your organization. Devices are outside the data center and subject to physical tampering, theft, or software attacks. Investing in edge management and orchestration solutions that aren’t purpose-built for the edge can leave significant security gaps, resulting in security breaches, unprotected data and applications, noncompliance, and increasing costs.
In order to overcome these security challenges, many organizations are evaluating security strategies and looking to edge management and orchestration solutions. According to TechTarget, organizations “must incorporate the right strategies and tools to anticipate, prevent and overcome common edge computing security risks and realize the value of edge technology.”2 Consider a SaaS-based, infrastructure solution that addresses hardware, operating system, virtual machine, container, and application
security in a comprehensive security model for the edge.
“ZEDEDA provided a secure solution for device management and application deployment while future-proofing MachineEdge for new innovations.”
PEOPLEFLO
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2. Lower operational costs with edge management or Centralized edge management and security
“By 2024, there will be an 800% increase in the number of applications at the edge.”3 But, along with this increase in the number of applications, comes a rise in operational costs to manage and maintain them. Given the remote
nature of edge computing, it’s expensive and time consuming to dispatch technical resources to update applications or apply security patches. Many organizations end up realizing too late how burdensome and expensive it can be to manage all of their edge and remote applications (and environments).
IDC’s Worldwide Edge Spending Guide states that this year’s total investment in edge computing is expected to be $176 billion, with a 2025 target of nearly $274 billion. Due to the significant cost increases, organizations are seeking to centralize operations and application updates into more cost-effective edge management and orchestration solutions. Choosing an innovative, agile edge management and orchestration solution that removes the need to dispatch technical resources to remote locations saves costs and unlocks flexibility that will ultimately enable your organization to stay future-proofed.
For more information on how ZEDEDA secures edge devices. ZEDEDA’s Security Architecture Whitepaper.
“With ZEDEDA we have an automatic process that’s faster, less prone to error, and future-proofed. We can manage nodes remotely, easily update them, and have the peace of mind of knowing that if software failure happens, we can deal with it.”
PV HARDWARE
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3. Real-time Analytics and Automation for the edge.
Along with the demand to scale and the rise in management costs, edge computing also introduces the need to meet application update requirements. Applications, especially new applications related to AI inference and machine learning, require constant updating. They also require massive resources for training, but only restricted resources for the actual inference. To stay competitive there is a significant need to easily and continuously develop and deploy applications at the edge, just like in the cloud.
With an agile, secure, and simple edge management and orchestration solution, your teams can keep up with the rapid pace of development and holistically manage the application lifecycle. It’s also important to address edge considerations beyond the application. Be sure to look for a solution that addresses operating system updates and patches, container versions, and Kubernetes releases that power these
ever changing applications.
“ZEDEDA provides a cloud-based solution, orchestrating the software lifecycle of our IoT devices deployed worldwide. This enables frequent and secure updates of new advanced software, which are required for our customers who operate, more than ever, in an agile business.”
BOBST
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4. A single solution for legacy and cloud-native applications
Many organizations have legacy software investments that they cannot leave behind as they invest in new cloud-native applications. But operating these legacy software investments at the edge presents multiple challenges, especially when you want to stay agile, innovative, and outperform your
competitors. Often legacy applications are not purpose-built for the edge and are difficult to scale down to more constrained, distributed edge environments.
Selecting a purpose-built, cloud-native edge management and orchestration solution can extend the life of legacy applications. Look for a solution that addresses the needs of modern AND legacy applications. Choosing a solution that can manage virtual machines, disparate operating systems (Windows and Linux), containers, and Kubernetes unlocks the edge for every workload.
“ZEDEDA enabled us to focus on delivering value to our customers while providing a mature orchestration solution for the distributed edge, saving us years of development time and getting MachineEdge ready for the market.”
PEOPLEFLO
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5.Edge Management and Orchestration enables companies to scale faster to grow your business.
Due to the massive explosion of data at the edge, organizations face various challenges when moving these large amounts of data to the cloud for processing. Factoring in bandwidth, latency, autonomy, security, and privacy – only make operational expenses skyrocket. This is why thousands of compute resources are being distributed locally at the edge.
Gaining the most value from your data means being able to scale edge locations without worrying about limitations. By processing data at the edge with the right cloud-native edge management and orchestration solution, purpose-built for the edge, your organization can enable teams to properly centrally manage and orchestrate nodes, security, and applications.
Learn more: Read Gartner Market Guide for Edge Computing Platforms, Oct 8, 2024
Where Gartner gives guidance on why, “Enterprises need edge computing platforms to avoid complexity and enable agility, growth and workload evolution.”
“Our goal was to scale and increase from 10 to 40-50 boxes a month, but it was challenging without the right management and visibility to envision scalability for the future. Now with ZEDEDA’s solution, we don’t need to worry about limitations.” – Switch Automation”
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ZEDEDA for Cloud-Native Edge Management and Orchestration
When you’re considering next steps and aiming to tackle edge management and orchestration challenges head on, it’s important to find a solution that is purpose-built for the edge, agile, future-proofed, secure, cost-effective, and able to scale without limitations.
ZEDEDA, the leader in management and orchestration for the distributed edge, delivers an open, cloud-native edge management and orchestration solution, simplifying the security and remote management of edge infrastructure and applications at scale. ZEDEDA is offered as a service and includes 24/7/365 support for the open source EVE-OS. ZEDEDA is available to enterprise customers, SIs and OEMs, with flexible deployment options.
With ZEDEDA, your organization will gain:
Key Takeaways
Whether you’re in the initial process of identifying business-critical needs and adjusting strategies, or already searching for an edge management and orchestration solution, it’s essential to be mindful of the top reasons why so many more organizations are investing in edge computing software – purpose-built for the cloud. Consider comprehensive security, rising management costs, constant app changes, legacy software roadblocks, the need to scale, and other significant factors that drive the demand to innovate and keep pace with digital transformation and data acceleration.
Start empowering your organization with agile, cloud-native edge management and orchestration. For more information check out zededa.com
Whether you’re in the initial process of identifying business-critical needs and adjusting strategies, or already searching for an edge management and orchestration solution, it’s essential to be mindful of the top reasons why so many more organizations are investing in edge computing software – purpose-built for the cloud. Consider comprehensive security, rising management costs, constant app changes, legacy software roadblocks, the need to scale, and other significant factors that drive the demand to innovate and keep pace with digital transformation and data acceleration.
Start empowering your organization with agile, cloud-native edge management and orchestration. For more information check out zededa.com
Start empowering your organization with agile, cloud-native edge management and orchestration. For more information check out zededa.com
Sources
- Benefits of the Open Edge: What It Is and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
- Edge computing security risks and how to overcome them,” Tom Noelle, TechTarget
- Benefits of the Open Edge: What It Is and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever Kubernetes for Edge Computing
