Heavy Networking 560: Moving Big Data Sets From Far-Off Locations

What do you do when you’ve got a big ol’ pile of data that you need to process, but it’s out in the middle of digital nowhere? You could build an edge network and computing stack, perhaps. That’s all the rage for some industries–LOTS of digital ink spilled and consortia formed about edge computing. But what if an edge solution is not an option for you? What if you really need to get that big ol’ data pile up to the cloud or an HQ site for processing? You need to come up with some unusual networking solutions to get the data from where it is to where it needs to go. Our guest today is Michael Shepherd, and he’s had to address this exact problem, getting video from sites where there isn’t any infrastructure up to public cloud and other places for processing. Michael is CTO at Rogers-O’Brien Construction. We discuss: * Addressing a lack of L1 connectivity at work sites * Construction is a data-driven business with 4K video, site surveys, 3D modeling, augmented reality, and more * Using drones and robot dogs to collect site video * Bandwidth and resilience issues with LTE and broadband * Getting data from the work site to the HQ and cloud * The operational impacts of SD-WAN * More Show Links: Michael Shepherd on LinkedIn Tech Bytes: Construction Firm Improves Job Site Productivity With Silver Peak SD-WAN (Sponsored) – Packet Pushers