EDGE COMPUTING

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Why public sector organizations are moving to the edge

Modern workloads that require high bandwidth and low latency are driving processes to the edge, where the interaction between people and machines is taking place. Here’s why IT leaders say they’re adopting edge strategies.

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Need faster transaction times

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Report that users want better performance

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Plan to deploy IT assets in users locations to deliver new digital services

IDC, Extending Digital Transformation by Delivering Services at the Edge of Your Business, Jan. 2019.

Edge Computing enables amazing solutions

Disaster Recovery Use Case

Refreshing the public sector disaster recovery plan

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Disaster Recovery Use Case

Refreshing the public sector disaster recovery plan

Fleet Management Use Case

Edge computing helps improve public sector fleet management

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Fleet Management Use Case

Edge computing helps improve public sector fleet management

Physical Security Use Case

Edge computing enhances public sector physical security systems

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Physical Security Use Case

Edge computing enhances public sector physical security systems

Transportation Use Case

Modern Departments of Transportation utilize sensors and edge computing to Acquire, Analyze and Act on data

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Transportation Use Case

Modern Departments of Transportation utilize sensors and edge computing to Acquire, Analyze and Act on data

Smart Cities

Cities can collect massive amounts of data through IoT devices to enhance the quality of life for citizens.

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Smart Cities

Cities can collect massive amounts of data through IoT devices to enhance the quality of life for citizens.

Education

Higher learning institutions deploy IoT to store research data closer to where students and teachers need it.

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Education

Higher learning institutions deploy IoT to store research data closer to where students and teachers need it.

Virtual Employees

A government agency protects remote users and applications with built-in, automated security.

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Virtual Employees

A government agency protects remote users and applications with built-in, automated security.

Transforming Government Operations with Edge

Build your agency's strategic roadmap to Edge Computing for data-driven services that help to address public sector challenges and benefit citizens.

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Transforming Government Operations with Edge

Build your agency's strategic roadmap to Edge Computing for data-driven services that help to address public sector challenges and benefit citizens.

Department of Defense

Moving apps and security to the edge provides protection and resilience without sacrificing flexibility.

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Department of Defense

Moving apps and security to the edge provides protection and resilience without sacrificing flexibility.

Emergency Response

Gain a greater understanding of emergency events using streaming data analytics to adjust responses in real time.

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Emergency Response

Gain a greater understanding of emergency events using streaming data analytics to adjust responses in real time.

Public Service

Federal agencies looking to deploy mobile and web-based apps need to secure endpoints while providing a great user experience.

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Public Service

Federal agencies looking to deploy mobile and web-based apps need to secure endpoints while providing a great user experience.

A Competitive Edge

How federal agencies can leverage data to securely enhance citizen experiences using Lumen’s Edge solutions.

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A Competitive Edge

How federal agencies can leverage data to securely enhance citizen experiences using Lumen’s Edge solutions.

Designed to cover 98% of demand in ≤5ms latency

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Manufacturing factories

Healthcare providers

Lumen edge nodes

5ms radius

Lumen Edge Computing nodes are designed to meet 98% of the U.S. enterprise and public sector 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 fiber network in North America with 3.5 million miles of high-capacity, low-loss fiber.

The edge ecosystem built for the 4th Industrial Revolution

Lumen brings workloads closer to digital interactions using high-performance Storage, Security, Application Delivery and Intelligent Solutions.

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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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Colocation

High-availability, low-latency secure data storage that gives you the infrastructure and security of a dedicated, owned data center 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 optimizing 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.

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Colocation

High-availability, low-latency secure data storage that gives you the infrastructure and security of a dedicated, owned data center 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.

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 optimizing 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 is ideal for:

Tactile Internet
Virtual reality
Augmented reality

Premises Edge is ideal for:

Tactile Internet
Virtual reality
Augmented reality

Metro Edge is ideal for:

Smart manufacturing
Video analytics
POS transactions
Retail robotics
IoT

Metro Edge is ideal for:

Smart manufacturing
Video analytics
POS transactions
Retail robotics
IoT

Cloud Core is ideal for:

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

Cloud Core is ideal for:

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

Designed to complete these leading cloud solutions

Powering next-gen tech and real-time apps

According to analyst firm IDC, top Edge Computing use cases include:

Imaging and AI

Agencies can collect, process and view electronic records in hospitals, stream HD video for U.S. border security, and use weather data for modeling and mapping.

Imaging and AI

Agencies can collect, process and view electronic records in hospitals, stream HD video for U.S. border security, and use weather data for modeling and mapping.

Automated Operations

Agencies are using AI to track and coordinate geological factory sensors, warehouse robots, drones surveilling land resources in mines and autonomous cranes at container ports.

Automated Operations

Agencies are using AI to track and coordinate geological factory sensors, warehouse robots, drones surveilling land resources in mines and autonomous cranes at container ports.

Real-Time Machine Learning

Smart cities can modernize with sensors and IoT devices to implement services like traffic safety analytics, remote lighting management, roadway data services and automated parking operations.

Real-Time Machine Learning

Smart cities can modernize with sensors and IoT devices to implement services like traffic safety analytics, remote lighting management, roadway data services and automated parking operations.

Augmented Reality

Federal agencies are piloting AR for use in therapy to treat PTSD, educating farmers on the installation of solar panels, and disaster management preparedness and response.

Augmented Reality

Federal agencies are piloting AR for use in therapy to treat PTSD, educating farmers on the installation of solar panels, and disaster management preparedness and response.

Get closer to real-time response with data and apps at the edge

Take your organization from the Cloud Core to the Metro Edge to the Premises Edge—all with unified solutions deployed across a massive global IP footprint.

Managed Services

Rapidly design, deploy and scale edge solutions with an experienced partner that delivers 24/7 coverage to manage workloads and reduce your IT burden.

MANAGED SERVICES

Managed Services

Rapidly design, deploy and scale edge solutions with an experienced partner that delivers 24/7 coverage to manage workloads and reduce your IT burden.

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Dynamic Connections

Seamlessly connect to the cloud using secure, real-time network provisioning and direct connections to 2,200+ public and private data centers worldwide.

DYNAMIC CONNECTIONS

Dynamic Connections

Seamlessly connect to the cloud using secure, real-time network provisioning and direct connections to 2,200+ public and private data centers worldwide.

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Adaptive Networking

Instantly scale bandwidth up to 3x on demand and accelerate applications with our powerful, agile network and approximately 450K global route miles of fiber.

ADAPTIVE NETWORKING

Adaptive Networking

Instantly scale bandwidth up to 3x on demand and accelerate applications with our powerful, agile network and approximately 450K global route miles of fiber.

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Colocation

Deploy emerging applications using flexible, resilient and low-latency connections to our services, leading cloud providers and on-premises workloads via our global network.

COLOCATION

Colocation

Deploy emerging applications using flexible, resilient and low-latency connections to our services, leading cloud providers and on-premises workloads via our global network.

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Connected Security

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.

CONNECTED SECURITY

Connected Security

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.

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Hybrid Cloud

Accelerate your organization with agile and secure solutions designed to deploy on hyperconverged infrastructure with additional support for Kubernetes containers.

HYBRID CLOUD

Hybrid Cloud

Accelerate your organization with agile and secure solutions designed to deploy on hyperconverged infrastructure with additional support for Kubernetes containers.

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