Keith Basil, General Manager of Edge at SUSE, joins Ryan Chacon on the IoT For All Podcast to discuss deploying IoT at the edge. They talk about the importance of edge in IoT, what outcomes companies can expect from edge solutions, mission-critical edge solutions, the challenges in deployment such as scale, why solutions are not open source, how security is handled in open source, and the future of edge computing.\n\nKeith Basil brings over 21 years of hands-on experience in cloud and related industries. As the lead growth catalyst, Basil leads product management, marketing, engineering, and communications alignment for SUSE\u2019s Edge business unit.\u202fWorking with the SUSE global customer base, he is also driving development of cloud-native edge solutions that encompass cluster management, heterogeneous architectures, and zero-trust security approaches at scale. He was previously the Vice President of Cloud Native Infrastructure where he drove strategy and management of SUSE Rancher cloud-native products.\n\nSUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable, and enterprise-grade open source solutions. Built on a tech community of over 30,000 developers around the globe, SUSE powers the mission-critical workloads of over 60% of the Fortune 500 and counts everyone from SAP, Ubisoft, and Microsoft to HSBC, Walmart, and Airbus as clients. SUSE specializes in business-critical Linux, enterprise container management, and edge solutions, collaborating with partners and communities to empower its customers to innovate everywhere \u2013 from the data center, to the cloud, to the edge and beyond.\n\nDiscover more about edge and IoT at https://www.iotforall.com\nMore about SUSE: https://www.suse.com\nConnect with Keith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithbasil/\n\n(00:00) Sponsor\n(00:27) Intro\n(00:37) Keith Basil and SUSE\n(00:54) What is the importance of edge in IoT?\n(02:48) Outcomes companies can expect from edge\n(03:49) Mission-critical edge\n(05:32) IoT in mission-critical solutions\n(07:22) Challenges of IoT solutions\n(08:56) Scale as a main challenge\n(09:31) Why are solutions not open source?\n(10:33) Deploying IoT and adaptability\n(12:21) How is security handled in open source?\n(14:35) Future of edge computing and adoption\n(15:42) When does SUSE get involved?\n(17:26) Learn more and follow up\n\nSUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/2NlcEwm\u200b\nJoin Our Newsletter: https://www.iotforall.com/iot-newsletter\nFollow Us on Social: https://linktr.ee/iot4all\nCheck out the IoT For All Media Network:\nhttps://www.iotforall.com/podcast-overview