EDGE COMPUTING

NEAR-ZERO
LATENCY FOR
NEXT-GEN APPS

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Give your latency-sensitive, data-intensive applications the performance and speed they need with distributed, cloud-agnostic connections deployed on our high-capacity global fiber network and 60+ planned edge market nodes designed for 5ms of latency or better.

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The edge ecosystem built for the 4th Industrial Revolution

Use our interactive diagram to explore how Edge Computing Solutions deliver application performance and orchestration control from the cloud core to metro edge to premises edge.

Private Cloud

Private cloud security with public cloud flexibility in a virtual infrastructure geared for storing and deploying data and applications with full agility and control.

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Colocation

High-availability, low-latency secure data storage that gives you the infrastructure and security of a dedicated, owned data centre virtually anywhere without the high maintenance and upfront costs.

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Private Cloud

Private cloud security with public cloud flexibility in a virtual infrastructure geared for storing and deploying data and applications with full agility and control.

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CDN Edge Compute

Comprehensive application delivery solution that allows real-time, code-level control over edge workload configurations for speed the building, deploying, testing and optimising applications and drive greater application performance.

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Network Storage

Software-defined data storage that extends your cloud and data to the edge closer to where created and consumed to power near real-time decisions and better consumer experiences.

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Edge Bare Metal

Dedicated, on-demand and pay-as-you-go bare metal servers hosted in distributed locations for maximum security, app performance, delivery speed and orchestration control.

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Public Cloud

Complete hybrid cloud-ready services with the governance, automation and advanced features needed to accelerate global enterprise agility and deliver breakthrough performance for data and web architectures.

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Private Cloud

Private cloud security with public cloud flexibility in a virtual infrastructure geared for storing and deploying data and applications with full agility and control.

Learn More

Colocation

High-availability, low-latency secure data storage that gives you the infrastructure and security of a dedicated, owned data centre virtually anywhere without the high maintenance and upfront costs.

Learn More

Private Cloud

Private cloud security with public cloud flexibility in a virtual infrastructure geared for storing and deploying data and applications with full agility and control.

Learn More

CDN Edge Compute

Comprehensive application delivery solution that allows real-time, code-level control over edge workload configurations for speed the building, deploying, testing and optimising applications and drive greater application performance.

Learn More

Network Storage

Software-defined data storage that extends your cloud and data to the edge closer to where created and consumed to power near real-time decisions and better consumer experiences.

Learn More

Edge Bare Metal

Dedicated, on-demand and pay-as-you-go bare metal servers hosted in distributed locations for maximum security, app performance, delivery speed and orchestration control.

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Public Cloud

Complete hybrid cloud-ready services with the governance, automation and advanced features needed to accelerate global enterprise agility and deliver breakthrough performance for data and web architectures.

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Premises Edge ideal for:

Tactile Internet
Virtual reality
Augmented reality

Metro Edge ideal for:

Smart manufacturing
Video analytics
POS transactions
Retail robotics
IoT

Cloud Core ideal for:

AI/ML platforms
Big data analytics
Disaster recovery
SaaS
Cloud storage
Hyperscale environments

Dedicated, on-demand and pay-as-you-go servers

Lumen® Edge Bare Metal

Maximise security, app performance, delivery speed, and orchestration control with bare metal servers hosted in distributed locations across our low-latency network.

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Real-time speed and scale start with next-gen edge solutions

Explore our Edge Computing products and capabilities.

Edge Computing
Cloud
Managed Services
Storage

Edge Computing

CDN Edge Compute

Achieve exceptional performance, scalability and security with an edge compute platform built for modern engineering teams.

Edge Bare Metal

Deploy compute when and where you need it using dedicated, on-demand and pay-as-you-go servers hosted in distributed locations.

Cloud

Dynamic Connections

Get visibility and control embedded closer to the source of threats, so you can monitor and block security risks to your data, applications and assets at the edge.

Private Cloud

Deliver private cloud security with public cloud flexibility using rapidly deployable and customisable solutions integrated with VMware and AWS.

Managed Services

Advanced Managed Services

Seamlessly design, deploy and scale edge solutions with an experienced partner. Our 24/7 technical, strategic and security coverage helps manage workloads and reduce your IT burden.

Storage

Network Storage

Extend your cloud to the edge by creating fast and reliable software-defined storage wherever data is produced and consumed in the network.

IDC report: Low-latency edge computing is in high demand

See what global IT pros across seven industries expect from the edge in the new IDC report, Edge Computing Solutions Powering the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

75% expect <5ms latency for edge applications

73% view edge as a strategic investment

40% plan to invest in edge computing within the next year

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Designed to cover 98% of U.S. business demand in ≤5ms latency

Lumen cloud Edge Computing nodes are designed to meet 98% of the U.S. enterprise demand within 5ms of latency, enabling you to run next-gen applications smoothly and efficiently by linking your sites from the Premises Edge to the Metro Edge to the Cloud Core.

Our platform offers flexible application delivery options over the largest ultra-low-loss fibre network in North America with 3,5 million miles of high-capacity, low-loss fibre.

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The projected availability are estimates and, as such, are (i) forward-looking statements as defined by the federal securities laws, (ii) subject to the “safe harbor” protections thereunder, (iii) not guarantees of future results and (iv) subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated.

On-demand connections to leading cloud providers

Edge Computing is enabling amazing things in government and industry

Manufacturing

A pharmaceutical manufacturer increases plant efficiency by implementing next-level monitoring that predicts when machines will break down.

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Logistics

An international delivery logistics company saves on data transfer costs by using edge resources to better manage its fleet when network access is limited.

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Public Sector

A city reacts faster to incidents captured on surveillance cameras by implementing real-time video analytics at the edge rather than sending hours of footage to a data centre for analysis.

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Retail

A major retailer uses data collection robots to gather and transmit vast amounts of inventory data at low latency and high throughput without taxing store networks.

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Healthcare

A healthcare provider improves urgent care response times by using IoT devices to deliver vast amounts of critical patient information and health data in real time.

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Financial Services

A global banking institution achieves significant savings by deploying ultra-low latency edge infrastructure to run resource-intensive algorithms closer to stock exchanges.

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