Qwilt has unveiled Open Edge Cloud, a next generation content and application delivery platform for service providers to enable low-latency and boost the performance of bandwidth-intensive 4K live streaming, VR/AR, self-driving cars and IoT.
The Open Edge Cloud platform also includes a suite of Open APIs that enable rapid content delivery resource allocation while leveraging the reach and scale in the service provider last-mile network.
Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud is fully cloud-managed and allows publishers to access the distributed delivery infrastructure through a single open API. Its software-based Open Edge Cloud delivery nodes provide best-in-class performance in terms of media delivery per rack unit of rack space consumed.
Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud solution also incorporates architectural flexibility that allows placement of edge delivery nodes in the Service Provider network, at the home and at the enterprise and in other locations as required by the application. It can manage service provider content as well as third party publisher and CDN Over the Top (OTT) content, said Qwilt.
Monica Paolini, Principal Analyst, Senza Fili
The edge cloud and edge computing will play a vital role in application and content delivery across both fixed and mobile networks around the world. This distributed layer of shared compute infrastructure in last mile networks, at home and at work, is the final element in the new architecture for application delivery.
Alon Maor, CEO of Qwilt and Board Member of the Streaming Video Alliance
We are in a race to enable our Open Edge Cloud to keep up with growing consumer demand for streaming media. By partnering with service providers, we can satisfy publisher requirements for edge cloud resources that deliver the requisite scale and quality.
