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The AI-enabled edge has fast become a part of nearly every enterprise IT architecture, but the machines that we deploy at the edge don't always look like the equipment in the data center. Edge requires a different way of thinking about IT architecture.

Scott Hamilton, senior director of product marketing and management at Western Digital, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about deploying data solutions at the edge. Western Digital recently announced new edge-targeted enhancements to its Ultrastar line: the Western Digital Ultrastar Edge Server and the Western Digital Ultrastar Edge-MR.

The group talks about what makes edge different before getting into the new platforms from Western Digital.

00:00 The podcast begins.
\n01:06 Introductions with Scott
\n02:05 Before talking about the edge, a diversion into composable infrastructure
\n03:25 How is edge infrastructure different from traditional IT infrastructure?
\n06:20 The impact of AI at the edge
\n07:25 Western Digital's new Ultrastar Edge
\n08:17 The Ruggedized/Militarized Edge
\n11:10 Getting small at the edge
\n12:38 Are there verticals or workloads that dominate the edge?
\n14:00 How does WD view the future of edge computing?
\n15:50 Maneagabilty at the edge
\n18:00 Western Digital's differentiation at the edge
\n21:54 Matt & Steve digest the conversation, give their thoughts on both edge & Western Digital
\n23:30 Matt sings us out
\n23:44 The podcast ends.

This podcast is not sponsored.

Special Guest: Scott Hamilton.