Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Edge Essentials Delivers Unparalleled Elastic Cloud-like Compute at the Edge, Enabling Business Transformation like Never Before
The unparalleled AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) Edge Essentials architecture is the industry’s first edge-to-cloud solution that includes both cloud-like east-west computing and north-to-south cloud support via Kubernetes at the edge, across both Linux and Windows. It enables both existing and new applications with support from the edge nodes to the cloud. The solution allows enterprises to deploy new use cases that will transform their business faster and more affordably with a cloud-native architecture that makes use of existing infrastructure while supporting existing apps.
AKS Edge Essentials for Retail
When considering today’s constantly evolving consumers expectations, it is clear that instore, online, and mobile device experiences need to be expanded and adapted quickly and seamlessly to maintain customer attention. To achieve this, organizations need to adopt distributed architectures that can extend device performance and integration capabilities, allowing the deployment of lightweight and scalable approaches such as the containerization capabilities of AKS Edge Essentials.