DATA CENTRES
“ Virtualisation has played an important role for retailers to consolidate their hardware into one piece of physical infrastructure ”
OCP PROJECT
experts explain . As Retailers move toward edge computing , they can increasingly reduce their operating expenses by virtualising their local IT requirements inside a single virtual machine that is gathered under a hypervisor and managed remotely . “ This move toward the edge also addresses latency requirements for a more decentralised approach ,” the OCP experts add .
The Years to Come The global artificial intelligence in retail market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 34.4 % from 2020 to reach $ 19.9bn by 2027 . The potential for AI , ML , and powerful analytical tools to help retailers understand , connect with , and retain their customers can ’ t be understated , and it looks increasingly like all that computing is going to happen closer and closer to the edge , where the customers are .
The OCP believes that its role in the application of open source methodology to retail edge computing can only grow larger as this trend continues to gather steam . “ We ’ re confident more retailers and more enterprises across other segments will further engage in an open community such as OCP ,” the experts say , first through key projects in the retailer community , which will lead to the further development of more mature solutions conceived , tested , and deployed at the edge . datacentremagazine . com 41