The Kinetic Edge Alliance now is targeting the top 30 U.S. metro markets, representing which almost 50 percent of the US population, for infrastructure edge computing facilities.
In 2019, the Alliance will focus on Chicago, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and Seattle.
Alliance members include Vapor IO, Federated Wireless, Linode, MobiledgeX, Packet and StackPath and technical partners Alef Mobitech, Detecon International, Hitachi Vantara, New Continuum Data Centers, Pluribus Networks, and Seagate Technology.
Linode supplies cloud computing infrastructure. MobiledgeX will provide developers with automated workload orchestration.
Packet supplies bare-metal infrastructure. StackPath will supply edge computing services including containers and virtual machines.
Vapor IO supplies the “buildings.”
Key deployment partners include Alef Mobitech, which supplies Mutli-Access Edge Computing applications. Detecon International: Detecon International, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom will supply consulting services.
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., delivers data center and IoT expertise including analytics. New Continuum will cross-connect its West Chicago data center with the Kinetic Edge to provide local colocation capacity as well as a software-enabled Internet Exchange Point (IXP).
Pluribus Networks will supply management. Seagate will provide technical blueprints and deployment support for end users and partners related to storage.
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