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What is Edge Compute?

Also known as: Edge Computing

Edge Computing transforms and replaces your legacy on-premise Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) into an intelligent and flexible Cloud platform, capable of hosting security and network services, distributed Cloud services and latency sensitive enterprise Edge applications. Edge Compute platforms are able to host multiple network services such as Router, Firewall, WAN optimisation and SD WAN as Virtual Network functions (VNFs) at any location globally. Colt Edge is based on Universal Customer Premise Equipment (or uCPE) technology.

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