Catch up to your data at the edge with modern compute

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Now is the time for every industry to take advantage of the benefits of an edge computing strategy to turn their organization’s data into intelligence that will not only lead to streamlined operations but also protect business resiliency.                 

by Casey Dugas, Product Marketing Manager for HPE Compute

The edge represents a fundamental shift in how data processing and compute infrastructure are evolving to create new business opportunities that reduce costs or generate new revenue for business trying to transform faster than their competition. Data at the edge holds the key to critical business insights about an organization’s customers, their environment, and processes.

In this blog you will find featured resources for use cases of how retailers, manufacturers, and logistics companies are taking advantage of edge computing to modernize their business, catch up to their data at the edge, and outpace their competition.

Unleash operational resilience in retail

As retailers seek to provide more digital-first experiences to meet customer expectations, they are quickly having to integrate operational technology (OT) and enterprise-grade IT into a unified system where data can be captured and leveraged. This transition enables real-time decision-making for immediate actions, while autonomous operations enable retailers to offer modern experiences for customers. This unified system also helps to strengthen overall business resiliency with newfound operational resilience.

Growing retail use cases that are being optimized by edge computing include:

• Shrinkage prevention with vision AI technologies
• Real-time inventory management that instantly updates reducing errors and improves inventory accuracy without costly data transfer fees
• Flow analysis that leverages video feeds to analyze where to stock high-value goods, impulse purchases, or in-store advertising.

Featured resource:

In Next-generation infrastructure for the future of retail, you can learn more about these use cases, and how to overcome the challenges of managing a distributed infrastructure.

Maximize efficiencies, minimize downtime in manufacturing

Manufacturers need seamless access to data across their operations to enhance decision-making speed, boost factory output, and deploy autonomous systems at the edge.

Edge computing offers manufacturers significant advantages through real-time data collection and analysis – at the source of the data – that can minimize production downtime, decrease waste, and improve efficiencies at every stage of production. Converging OT and IT resources facilitates quicker data analysis, eliminating the need to transmit data from sensors to distant cloud or core data centers, which is both expensive and time-intensive.

As manufacturing leaders transform, they are realizing opportunities across these three key edge use cases:

• Quality assurance that leverages AI-based video analytics
• Production line diagnostics that enable timely maintenance with the power of data analytics using data made available at the edge
• AR-/VR-enabled remote operations that boost worker productivity and safety.

Featured resource:

Discover a more in-depth assessment of ways to disrupt and lead the future by reading Modern infrastructure for the manufacturing edge. Learn what compute platforms you can leverage to modernize at the edge.

Drive your logistics business forward

Logistics firms face the challenge of swiftly transporting products while efficiently managing inventory to ensure safe and punctual deliveries. With rising consumer and business demands for faster delivery, logistics companies are enhancing visibility and control over goods throughout the supply chain. To meet these high expectations, they need robust IT capabilities to process and analyze vast data volumes at the edge, enabling real-time decision-making and instant action to ensure efficient, timely deliveries.

In many ways, logistics companies benefit from similar edge use cases as retailers and manufacturers.

• Real-time inventory tracking leverages data at the edge to optimize supply chain
• Predictive fleet maintenance uses vehicle data to enable timely maintenance with the power of data analytics, preventing downtime
• Route optimization can help plan more efficient routes, maintenance schedules, and compliance monitoring by processing operational data locally.

Featured resource:

Learn how to establish a competitive edge in Edge infrastructure for next-generation logistics.

Compute platforms for a modern edge

A new approach to edge computing is needed to gain operational resilience regardless of industry or company size.

HPE and Intel offer diverse solutions to help companies modernize and gain value quickly. HPE ProLiant Gen11 Servers powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors create a secure, reliable foundation to optimize operations and prepare for tomorrow’s demands. With decades of experience, thousands of implementations, and millions of devices connected, HPE and Intel® can deploy highly dependable, configurable, and optimized solutions to meet your unique edge needs and unlock operational resilience.

Featured resource:

Learn more about how to turn data at the edge into intelligence with our final featured resource, Modernize at your edge, where insight meets opportunity.

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Meet HPE Blogger Casey Dugas.

Casey is a product marketing manager for HPE Compute, based in Dallas, Texas, USA. She is focused on compute solutions across workloads such as edge computing and VDI. Casey is customer-obsessed, always seeking to ensure it is easy for organizations to explore solutions that not only solve their latest business challenges but help them achieve the high goals they have for their organization.

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