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01732 759725 20 NEWS : VENDORS Vertiv updates edge taxonomy to speed up deployments Quantum leap The UK quantum community has taken an important step forward with a breaking-ground ceremony on the site of the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) within the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. When completed, the Centre will support the growth of the UK’s quantum computing industry by providing experts from the public, private and third sectors with a flagship facility where multi-disciplinary teams can collaborate on the development and operation of multiple quantum computing systems and applications. Scheduled to open in mid-2023, the NQCC is being delivered jointly by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) as part of the UK’s National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP) – a ten-year, £1 billion programme that aims to ensure the successful transition of quantum technologies from laboratory to industry. The breaking-ground ceremony was led by Professor Sir Peter Knight, Chair of the National Quantum Technology Programmes Strategy Advisory Board. Aruba connects with 2022 Commonwealth Games Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are hoping to make next year’s games the most connected ever, following the appointment of Aruba as the Official Venue Network Infrastructure Supporter for Birmingham 2022. As part of the partnership, HPE will provide the full portfolio of Aruba advanced networking technology as a service to support the hybrid workforce behind the delivery of the Games and an efficient information flow for broadcast and media. This will include the deployment of a programmable edge-to-cloud solution, using Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, and AI-driven security and management in the cloud via Aruba Central to connect, protect, analyse and act on events and requests that comes across the network. www.birmingham2022.com Double celebration for Burendo Leeds-based agile business transformation specialist Burendo is celebrating the hiring of its 100th recruit and its triumph in the International category of the Leeds Digital Festival Awards 2021 for work done with US pharmaceutical giant McKesson. Founded in 2018 by Gary Green, Austen Bell and Glenn Crossley, since when it has grown annual turnover to £16 million, Burendo tackles software development challenges in short sprints before rapidly reviewing the results to determine the next step in a project. Its award-winning work with McKesson included the design and delivery of an agile operating model; running training sessions for hundreds of McKesson’s staff; and devising a tailored solution for the RelayHealth division of McKesson, focusing on a reduction of its delivery cycle from 18 months to just three. www.burendo.com Vertiv, a provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has updated the edge archetypes taxonomy it introduced in 2018 to help organisations move towards a more standardised approach to edge computing deployments. The new report, Edge Archetypes 2.0: Deployment-Ready Edge Infrastructure Models , categorises edge sites based on factors such as location, number of racks, power requirements, site tenancy, edge infrastructure and number of sites to be deployed. It identifies four main archetypes: n Device Edge: The compute is at the end-device itself, either built-in or in a standalone form directly attached to the device, such as AR/VR devices or smart traffic lights. n Micro Edge: A small, standalone solution, ranging in size from one or two servers to four racks, it can be deployed at the enterprise’s own site or at a telco site. Common cases include real-time inventory management and network closets in educational facilities. n Distributed Edge Data Centre: This could be within an on-premise data centre (a pre-existing enterprise data centre or network room or new standalone facility) or it could be a small, distributed data centre or colocation facility on the telco network or at a regional site. Distributed Edge Data Centres are common in manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare and smart city applications. n Regional Edge Data Centre: A data centre facility located outside core data centre hubs. Typically purpose-built to host compute infrastructure, it shares many features of hyperscale data centres, being conditioned and controlled and having high security and high reliability. This model is common for retail applications and serves as an intermediary data processing site. Martin Olsen, Global Vice President, Edge Strategy and Transformation at Vertiv, said: “Edge sites will continue to require some customisation to meet users’ specific needs, but these models streamline many fundamental choices and introduce some much needed repeatability into edge environments. This research is especially useful for specifiers, such as channel partners and IT management professionals.” Vertiv.com/EdgeArchetypes-EMEA Time for channel to engage on SecOps, says Trend Micro Trend Micro is calling for greater channel engagement on SecOps and enhanced solutions for Security Operations Centre (SOC) teams, following a survey which shows that global organisations are struggling to manage an excessive number of security monitoring tools – so much so that 92% have considered managed services to enhance their detection and response capabilities. The report, Security Operations on the Backfoot: How poor tooling is taking its toll on security analysts , reveals that global organisations have an average of 29 discrete security monitoring tools in place, rising to 46 in large enterprises with 10,000+ employees. Over half (51%) no longer use some of these tools, often because they lack the skills to use (39%) and operationalise (38%) them. www.TrendMicro.com Developed with STL Partners Edge Archetypes 2.0 Deployment-Ready Edge Infrastructure Models SPECIAL REPORT Architecting the optimal edge computing infrastructure for your business

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