NGD Systems, Inc. embedded Azure IoT Edge to its computational storage solid-state devices (SSDs), making the platform support the service directly within a storage device.

The E8 storage technology architecture is the first to break with the storage architectures built around mechanical devices, exploiting native NVMe flash drives over a high-performing network fabric.

NGD enables Azure IoT Edge service within their Computational Storage Drives, making it easier for enterprises to run Azure workloads at the edge and create a seamless workflow to Azure Cloud.

A study revealed only 1 in 10 storage experts gave themselves an “A” grade for compute and storage performance at the edge, while half of all respondents graded themselves a “C” or worse.

The State of Storage and Edge Computing study found out 60% of storage professionals are using NVMe SSDs to speed up the processing of large data sets generated at the edge.

Compute cost and speed are still major challenges with the rapid growth of edge computing, as more organizations look for faster and more intelligent storage solutions, a Dimensional Research survey revealed.

The IDC predicts organizations will produce 175 zetta-bytes of data by 2025, which can spike compute problems that continue to plague IT pros struggling to support their growing edge workloads.

Storage professionals and software developers responsible for data-intensive workloads participated in a survey on their companies’ approach to AI, ML, edge computing, and real-time analytics.

Some 67% of 307 storage professionals report budget and cost as major issues preventing the use of NVMe SSDs according to NGD Systems’ study. Click the link for the full article.