AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES: Brian L. Kelly joined Panduit in
2012. Prior to joining Panduit, he worked for 14 years in the ICT
and data center colocation industries. Currently, Brian manages
the Network Architecture Research team as part of Panduit’s
Corporate Research and Development department. The team
develops reference architecture content for the Data Center,
Enterprise, and Industrial Automation businesses. To date, Brian
has written well over 20 technical papers. He is a member of the
Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) architecture team which,
along with Rockwell Automation and Cisco, publishes design and
implementation guides for the industrial space. Brian can be
reached at brian.kelly@panduit.com.
Mark Dehmlow is a Sr. business development manager with
Panduit’s Data Center Business. In this role, Mark is focused on
global strategic accounts, enterprise on-premise and edge
applications for data center infrastructure. Mark is closely
following the evolution of distributed compute network
architectures and the focus of organizations to leverage Hybrid
IT models as a result. Mark has over 20 years of experience
in the ICT sector, having worked with network operators and
in technology distribution while serving in various product
management, product, segment and channel marketing roles
in high tech manufacturing. Mark is particularly interested in
assisting users of all types in the adoption of technology solutions
to drive intended business outcomes for their organizations. Mark
holds a BA in business management from Bethel University and
an MBA in international business from European University,
Brussels, Belgium. He can be reached
at mark.dehmlow@panduit.com.
REFERENCES:
1. Jordan, Nick.” 7 Staggering
Stats on Healthcare IoT
Innovation,” Data Driven Investor,
16 August 2020.
2. Tillman, Maggie. “What is
Amazon Go, where is it, and how
does it work?” Pocket-lint,
25 February 2020.
FIGURE 7: Outdoor spaces, such as refineries, require a container of some type to house
data center equipment.
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Outdoor
When compute equipment is required to be placed
in an outdoor environment, it must be either placed
in an enclosure that is able to provide a “data center”
like space (e.g., container, trailer) and/or be hardened
to the point that it can withstand the extremes that the
outside environment can bring (Figure 7). When dealing
with the outdoor environment, several factors must be
considered in the selection of the equipment and
enclosure including:
• Temperature control (heating, cooling,
solar loading)
• Sealing (against liquids, particulates,
corrosives, flora and fauna)
• Physical security (access control,anti-vandalism)
• Electromagnetic shielding
• Vibration and shock isolation
• Example: Agriculture, mining
PUTTING EDGE TO WORK
Edge compute is changing the way that network and
compute resources are deployed. Many new and unfamiliar
decisions will have to be made to have a successful
edge compute deployment. Physical infrastructure
is foundational to edge deployments and can enable
consistency and reliability across a geographically
distributed edge footprint.
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