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October/November/December 2020 I 35 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. 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 unfamil- iar 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.