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Published inAug 2023
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Ahilan Ponnusamy
Ahilan Ponnusamy
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Ahilan Ponnusamy

Ahilan Ponnusamy is a GTM specialist for Application Platform at Red Hat based in Singapore. He enjoys working with customers to deliver real value on hybrid cloud architectures and cloud-native application development and delivery practices. Ahilan completed his Master of Computer Applications from MKU, India in 1999. His work history includes the likes of Philips CE in Eindhoven Netherlands, BEA technologies as a member of Customer Centric Engineering and support in India and USA, Pre-sales Tech-lead for cloud platform team at Oracle USA, Principal platform engineer at VMware, Global Architect at Dell Technologies Singapore. Originally from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Ahilan currently resides in Singapore with his wife and two boys.
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Andreas Spanner
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Andreas Spanner

Andreas Spanner is currently working as Chief Architect within the CTO Organization at Red Hat. Prior to his role as the Chief Architect for Australia & New Zealand, Andreas worked across the globe in many different industries ranging from automotive, manufacturing, and supply chain logistics to telco, FSI and public sector on areas such as ERP, CRM, HR, and payroll data and processes migrations, Internet security appliances, and B2B marketplaces. He has delivered Just-In-Time-logistics and series production systems for customers such as BMW, Volkswagen, and Mercedes. Andreas completed his engineering degree in Germany and got his first Commodore 64 when he was 12 years old. Originally from Bavaria, Andreas now lives in Sydney, Australia.
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Impact of 5G/6G, IoT, and edge computing

You may be wondering why the impact of 5G/6G, IoT, and edge computing has been put together in this section. We believe they are logically connected in aiding the adoption of hybrid cloud and in delivering edge use cases across the industries. We need to classify edge computing into two different eras:

  • Traditional edge computing (pre-5G)
  • Modern edge computing (post-5G)

The important differences between these eras are the explosion of new use cases and architecture patterns that modern edge computing can support thanks to the reliability, data transfer rate, and security that a 5G/6G network can provide, along with the increased processing capabilities of smart devices. In this section, we will focus on modern edge computing (post-5G).

For modern edge deployments to be successful, we need the following:

  • A reliable high-speed and secured network that’s provided by the 5G/6G network
  • Smart devices capable...
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Ahilan Ponnusamy

Ahilan Ponnusamy is a GTM specialist for Application Platform at Red Hat based in Singapore. He enjoys working with customers to deliver real value on hybrid cloud architectures and cloud-native application development and delivery practices. Ahilan completed his Master of Computer Applications from MKU, India in 1999. His work history includes the likes of Philips CE in Eindhoven Netherlands, BEA technologies as a member of Customer Centric Engineering and support in India and USA, Pre-sales Tech-lead for cloud platform team at Oracle USA, Principal platform engineer at VMware, Global Architect at Dell Technologies Singapore. Originally from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Ahilan currently resides in Singapore with his wife and two boys.
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Andreas Spanner

Andreas Spanner is currently working as Chief Architect within the CTO Organization at Red Hat. Prior to his role as the Chief Architect for Australia & New Zealand, Andreas worked across the globe in many different industries ranging from automotive, manufacturing, and supply chain logistics to telco, FSI and public sector on areas such as ERP, CRM, HR, and payroll data and processes migrations, Internet security appliances, and B2B marketplaces. He has delivered Just-In-Time-logistics and series production systems for customers such as BMW, Volkswagen, and Mercedes. Andreas completed his engineering degree in Germany and got his first Commodore 64 when he was 12 years old. Originally from Bavaria, Andreas now lives in Sydney, Australia.
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