Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge is a tech podcast with Jason Hoffman, CEO of MobiledgeX and Dan Benjamin discussing the latest news and strategies around everything edge, cloud, mobility and more.

Episode 21: California Love: Superbowl LVI and the Fan Experience

Inside LIving on the Edge episode 21, Jason and Dan profile the use of immersive experiences at Superbowl LVI. From NFL’s partnership with Snapchat, Kia’s Robodog AR app, Coinbase QR code and the LA’s Coliseum tribute, augmented reality and contactless retail lead marketing strategies towards fan and consumer experience.

02-18
53:09

Episode 20: Inside the Metaverse: ARM Deal, Microsoft, Activision and IDC’s Edge Predictions

Inside LIving on the Edge episode 20, Jason and Dan discuss ARM/NVIDIA deal, IDC’s new edge marketplace predictions, net cloud native migration challenges, and the blockbuster metaverse acquisition of Activision by Microsoft in an $68.7B all cash deal.

02-11
59:29

Episode 19: An Edgy Conversation Not About The Edge

Inside LIving on the Edge episode 19, Jason and Dan discuss reality.

02-05
01:05:27

Episode 18: COVID, TELUS, FAA and Helium

Inside LIving on the Edge episode 18, Jason and Dan welcome in the New Year, and a new COVID variant, with personal insights on the impact of COVID, The Economist’s take on the telco industry, what’s up with 5G and airports in the US and Helium’s bold ambitions.

01-10
01:06:04

Episode 17: Telstra, Telefonica and Telus Edge Strategies, Plus More Private 5G

Inside Living on the Edge episode 17, Jason and Dan discuss the wide ranging strategies that mobile network operators are taking from network deployment to hybrid cloud. More on Private 5G with the Economist and AWS.

12-17
47:42

Episode 16: Triple Bubley

Discussed: Ericsson buys Vonage, AWS announces Private 5G, and more.

12-03
32:31

Episode 15: FedEx talks Edge Value, Google and the Distributed Cloud

Inside Living on the Edge episode 15, Jason and Dan discuss FedEx’s agnostic multi-cloud strategy, Google’s distributed cloud and the status of ORAN’s arrival to the global marketplace.

11-14
01:11:34

Episode 14: BT’s Public Cloud Strategy, LEO Buddies and Edge Native

Inside Living on the Edge episode 14, Jason and Dan discuss BT’s public cloud strategy, new LEO and MNO partnerships and what’s needed for edge native services and applications.

10-29
01:18:38

Episode 13: Open for Business: Hyperscalers Sell the Telco Edge

Inside Living on the Edge episode 13, Verizon and AWS launch private edge, Telefonica uses blockchain for tower management, Google makes it easy to shop clouds, Microsoft gets into the telco wholesale biz, non-cellular 5G is approved by the ITU and Google opens Anthos to VMs.

10-19
01:00:42

Episode 12: Google Gets Distributed, Mobile+ and Optimizing Wendy’s Drive Thru

Inside Living on the Edge episode 12, Jason and Dan discuss Google’s next step into the edge cloud, evolution of the mobile app, multi-cloud enabling best of breed services, movement of cloud to decentralize, optimizing the drive thru experience at Wendys using mobile edge and AI.

10-12
52:25

Episode 11: Opening Day for Singtel Edge, Ananki Private 5G, Graviton2 and AWS OSS

Inside Living on the Edge episode 11, Jason and Dan discuss Singtel’s opening day for commercial edge, Open Networking Foundation goes commercial with open source private 5G, Equinix expanding bare metal offerings, Amazon’s Graviton2, role of APIs in mainframe modernization and AWS OSS white paper.

10-05
50:02

Episode 10: The Big Ten. Multi-Vendors, Risk, Resiliency and Goldman Sachs

Inside Living on the Edge episode ten, Jason and Dan discuss BT & Telefonica’s multi-vendor strategies, Orange’s perspective on hyperscalers and the operator network, Telstra’s resiliency different with joint GTM with hyperscalers, Verizon and American tower talk edge at Goldman Sachs Communacopia, Dell’s $114B telco market ambition. New use cases featuring multicopters and healthcare.

09-28
55:43

Episode 9: Future’s So Bright: Cloud Native Desire, Security and Lasers

Inside Living on the Edge episode nine, Jason and Dan discuss how mobile operators view cloud native prioritization, 5G security, Google’s long distance lasers and shuffling strategies at AWS and Microsoft. What's new on the edge lightning round includes new edge pilots at the U.S. Department of Defense, Napa’s BottleRock and Sinclair Broadcasting Group.

09-22
40:42

Episode 8: Continental, Network Slicing, Neustar and MailChimp

Inside Living on the Edge episode eight, Jason and Dan discuss Continental’s new collision avoidance use case demo with Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica, VMware’s new CTO, network slicing, Neustar history and MailChimp’s exit to Intuit.

09-14
48:45

Episode 7: Cloud Choice, Data-Driven Networking and ESPN

Inside Living on the Edge episode seven, Jason and Dan discuss the evolving role of the hyperscaler, data-driven networking, and cloud-based service models. Sports media steps up their edge game with ESPN’s new Edge Innovation Center and Videon’s LiveEdge cloud-native strategy for simplifying live video delivery.

09-07
36:45

Episode 6: Bringing Edge to Scale, Luke Skywalker and AI

Inside Living on the Edge episode six, Jason and Dan discuss the diversity of edge computing, the reality of edge app development and why companies are beating on edge. Bonus Round: Use of AI and ML to bring Luke Skywalker to life for the Disney+ Mandalorian Season 2 finale.

08-31
49:48

Episode 5: Telefonica's Future Vision, EdgeQ's Exciting Debut and Intel's Evolution.

In this episode, Dan and Jason discuss EdgeQ's new system on a chip, Telefonica's vision for the cloud native journey, Rakuten Group buys Altiostar, Intel's strategy evolution and Helium's 5G ambitions.

08-14
46:35

Episode 4: Realistically Excited: Containers, Vaccines and Radio Waves

In this week’s Living on the Edge episode, Dan and Jason discuss Ericsson’s adoption of Google Anthos, Inmarsat’s 5G play, Softbank’s road to 6G and Google’s new Tensor chip.

08-12
01:10:02

Episode 2: From CBRS to eSIM: The Future is Here, Now and Tomorrow

In this week’s Living on the Edge episode, Dan and Jason discuss SK’s SA network ambitions, DISH and AT&T standoff, Google Cloud’s telco partnership expansion into Canada, the cool factor of CBRS and the true marvel that is eSIM.

08-01
54:41

Episode 3: Semi-Conductors, Communications and AI: The Trinity of Global Competitiveness

In this week’s Living on the Edge episode, Dan and Jason discuss ETSI’s new report on MEC federation, the history of Intel and its new strategy for design and manufacturing and hyperscaler investment in the evolution of telecommunications, including quantum-based technologies.

08-01
55:45

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