Bring infrastructure closer to the moment it matters.
Distributed applications, connected sites and digital services can require infrastructure closer to users and devices than a single central environment provides.
Build the edge as part of the same connectivity, security, power and operating model—not as an isolated box at the end of the network.
Distributed architecture
Why the edge exists: demand is not in one place.
A single central environment can sit far from the people and devices that depend on it. Metro extends the network’s reach, and the edge puts infrastructure where the demand is.
- Step 1
Core
Central environmentsWhere workloads and data are concentrated, run and protected.
- Step 2
Metro
Regional network reachCarries traffic between the core and the places that need it.
- Step 3
Edge
Closer to demandInfrastructure placed near users, sites and devices when the use case needs it.
Where the edge applies. Each starts from a workload need, not from the technology.
- Enterprise branch connectivitySites that need dependable local access to central services.
- Distributed digital servicesServices delivered closer to the people using them.
- Local processing requirementsWork that is better done near where the data is created.
- Resilient service deliveryService that keeps running when a path to the core is interrupted.
How an edge requirement is shaped
Start at the demand, finish in operations.
- 01
Demand location
Understand where users, devices, sites and workloads need lower-latency or locally resilient access.
- 02
Network path
Design the connectivity between enterprise locations, metro infrastructure, core environments and the wider network.
- 03
Edge environment
Place compute, network or service infrastructure closer to the point of demand when the use case requires it.
- 04
Operations
Monitor the distributed environment through one support, security and escalation model.
Start the conversation
Tell us where the demand is.
Edge decisions start with the application need. One enquiry brings the infrastructure team in, and fit is confirmed against current operating information.