IBM Edge Application Manager
Scale and run your edge solutions anywhere with autonomous management
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IBM announces new Edge partners, technology and solutions to drive digital transformation

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How do you manage and promote security across thousands of edge servers and hundreds of thousands of edge devices cost-effectively? The answer: IBM Edge Computing® Manager, an intelligent and flexible application that provides autonomous management for edge computing. A single administrator can manage the scale, variability and rate of change of application environments across endpoints simultaneously.
Key benefits Better data control and costs

Minimize data transport to central hubs and reduce vulnerabilities and cost.

 Faster insights and actions

Tap into new sources of data created and processed at the edge.

 Continuous operations

Run autonomously, even when disconnected, and reduce disruption and cost.
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Learn how IBM® Edge Application Manager helps power a safe return to work.

 Crowd density measurement
Monitor the density of people in a specific space, based on people in the camera’s field of view.
 Elevated body temperature monitoring
Identify elevated body temperatures of individuals as an indicator of potential unsuitability for work.
 Face mask detection
Analyze face mask usage without jeopardizing the identity of anyone in the image.

IBM and ClearBlade announce a new edge computing partnership

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Gartner and IBM discuss edge computing and automation In this webinar, Bob Gill, research vice president at Gartner, and Rob High, vice president, IBM fellow and CTO for IBM Edge Computing, dive into the benefits of edge computing, explain the need for autonomous management and share key use cases that support a safe return to work.

Industry use cases

Banking and financial services Make ATM banking safer and more efficient with edge IT.
Retail Revolutionize and personalize modern retail experiences.
Communications service provider (CSP) Save on capital and operating expenses when establishing IT infrastructure.
Related offerings and services IBM 5G and edge computing solutions
Bring computation and data storage closer to where data is generated.
 IBM IoT and edge consulting services
Build intelligent connected operations with IoT, AI and edge computing.
 IBM Cloud® for telecommunications
Learn about the first high-trust, unified hybrid architecture that addresses CSP transformation challenges.

New resources

IBM Edge Computing® infographic
Take real-time action on the data that most impacts your business.
In this webinar, IDC and IBM provide unique perspectives on use cases for IBM Edge Application Manager.
 Technical documentation
View the latest IBM Edge Application Manager product details and access important edge collaboration hubs.
 Reference architecture
See detailed reference architecture for devices and servers.

Frequently asked questions

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Edge computing is a distributed computing framework that helps bring enterprise applications closer to data sources such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, edge servers and gateways. This proximity to data at its source benefits a business by allowing processing and analysis to be done in near real-time to create faster insights, improved response times and bandwidth optimization.

IBM Edge Application Manager is an intelligent, secure and flexible platform that provides autonomous management for edge computing. It is a full-lifecycle edge environment that helps you create, deploy, run, secure, monitor, maintain and scale business logic and analytics applications at the edge. It can run anywhere and manage workloads on virtually any edge endpoint, including servers, gateways and devices.

The primary benefits of IBM Edge Application Manager include:

  • New customer experiences — Help deliver more personalized engagements that proactively respond to users
  • Faster insights and action — Tap into new sources of data created and processed at the edge
  • Continuous operations — Run autonomously, even when disconnected, and reduce disruption and cost

IBM Edge Application Manager is intelligent, flexible and secure. Additional capabilities include:

  • The industry’s first autonomous policy-based workload lifecycle management edge platform with edge-native programming
  • Consistent visibility, control and automation for managing and scaling workloads from edge to core and across any hybrid multicloud environment, even when disconnected
  • Firewall ready; prevents common attacks; encrypted and signed messages; container tampering and update verification

IBM has an autonomous edge solution to enable a single administrator to securely manage the scale, variability and rate of change of application environments across tens of thousands of endpoints. You can easily create, deploy, run, secure, monitor, maintain and scale business logic and analytics applications at the edge using IBM Edge Application Manager. Edge endpoints run on containers and Red Hat® OpenShift® to give you choice and flexibility to extend from any public or private cloud to any edge server or device.

Yes. IBM brings deep industry expertise — including a new dedicated edge computing services practice — to help advance enterprise edge strategy and deliver successful client implementation.
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