The 25 Hottest Edge Software Companies: 2020 Edge Computing 100

December 15, 2020, 02:00 PM EST

Here are the 25 software companies that are playing a critical role in executing real-time data analytics and machine learning for organizations of all sizes.

VMware

Palo Alto, Calif.

Top Executive: Pat Gelsinger, CEO

The virtualization powerhouse plans to help construct the next-generation telco edge infrastructure needed to support 5G with its Telco Cloud platform, which includes NSX, automation and Kubernetes. VMware’s vast software portfolio for the edge includes VMware’s SD-WAN by VeloCloud, NSX Data Center and vSphere Bitfusion for elastic AI edge computing.

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