The 50 Hottest Edge Hardware, Software And Services Companies: 2024 Edge Computing 100

CRN’s list of the 50 hottest hardware, software and services companies in edge computing this year ranges from innovative startups like Reskube to edge specialists such as Scale Computing to market leaders like Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies and Microsoft.

Today’s innovative software and hardware companies continue to invest in edge computing technologies in 2024 as more power than ever is needed to handle the AI era and the vast amount of data pouring into edge environments.

The edge computing market is key in today’s AI-focused world as the technology allows devices in any location to process data at the edge of any network or device.

“As the focus of AI shifts from training to inference, edge computing will be required to address the need for reduced latency and enhanced privacy,” said David McCarthy, research vice president of cloud and edge services at IDC, in a statement.

“This trend not only optimizes operation efficiencies but also fosters new business models that were previously not possible with centralized infrastructure,” said McCarthy. “Distributing applications and data to edge locations enables faster decision-making with reduced network congestion.”

CRN breaks down the 50 companies ruling the hardware, software and services markets surrounding edge computing.

This list includes the largest infrastructure providers in the world including AWS, Eaton, NetApp, Google Cloud and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The list also includes software players like Veeam, BMC Software and Citrix, a business unit of Cloud Software Group, which are innovating at the edge, along with AI companies Nvidia and Microsoft.

Here are the 50 Hottest Edge Hardware, Software and Services companies in 2024.

AMD

Lisa Su

Chair, CEO

AMD’s advancements over the past year in edge computing include the second generation of its Versal adaptive system on chip portfolio, with scalability from edge sensors to centralized compute for AI-driven systems, and the Embedded+ architectural product that brings Ryzen processors and Versal to a single integrated board for faster edge AI application time to market. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker is also in the process of acquiring ZT Systems and recently closed on its Silo AI purchase.

Amazon Web Services

Matt Garman

CEO

The Matt Garman era at AWS has only just begun and it hasn’t slowed edge innovation at the cloud giant one bit. The Seattle-based company’s partnerships with telecommunications vendors to offer network APIs to developers and expanded industrial protocol support for AWS IoT SiteWise are just some of those measures.

Atsign

Barbara Tallent

Co-Founder, CEO

Eliminated layers at the edge, stronger IoT security and improved administration are among the ways security upstart Atsign is changing the edge computing game. San Jose, Calif.-based Atsign, whose partners include systems integrators, this year unveiled its NoPorts tunnel for remote access and bills the offering as setting a new standard for secure connectivity.

BMC Software

Ayman Sayed

President, CEO

Houston-based BMC Software boosted its observability and network performance monitoring and diagnostics capabilities this year with the purchase of Netreo. BMC’s edge-related portfolio includes Helix Edge for discovery and analysis of operation technology data at the point of inception for digital twin simulations, anomaly detection, predictive maintenance and other use cases.

Cato Networks

Shlomo Kramer

Co-Founder, CEO

Cato Networks introduced its MSASE Partner Platform this year, allowing partners to deliver managed SASE services on a single platform. A new SASE-based extended detection and response product, a SASE-managed endpoint protection platform and summarization and identification features backed by artificial intelligence and machine learning are just some of the ways the Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel-based company has been working to bring secure networks to the next level.

Cisco Systems

Chuck Robbins

Chair, CEO

Closed deals for Splunk and Isovalent to deliver more security for customers and a reorganization uniting Cisco’s networking, security and collaboration teams garnered headlines for the San Jose, Calif.-based company during the year while positioning it as a fierce competitor looking ahead. Cisco also continues to iterate around its Hypershield for distributed security from cloud to data centers to the edge.

Citrix, a business unit of Cloud Software Group

Tom Krause

CEO

Citrix positions its platform as an enabler for delivering any application in complex IT environments, from on-premises data centers and edge locations to multiple public clouds. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company has sought to stand out among competitors with a simplified subscription structure and new incentive programs to win more business.

Cloudbrink

Prakash Mana

CEO, Co-founder

Cloudbrink users can ditch VPNs with the vendor’s edge-native Hybrid-Access-as-a-Service offer for the cloud, data center and more. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company’s elastic edge mesh and thousands of dynamic points of presence promise better experiences and performance for network and IT administrators.

Cohesion

Thru Shivakumar

Co-Founder, CEO

Cohesion this year introduced its Savvy real-time platform for operational data, bringing AI and connections to existing systems to empower real estate analytics. The Chicago-based company adds Savvy to a portfolio of smart building products from self-service visitor registration to access control to space reservation.

CyberPower Systems USA

Brent Lovett

President, GM

Shakopee-Minn.-based CyberPower Systems has continued to level up the power game over the past year with new offerings such as a one rack unit 1U-high form factor for its PFC Sinewave UPS systems that combine power factor correction power source compatibility, uninterruptible power supply and sine wave output for edge computing and other use cases.

Dell Technologies

Michael Dell

Founder, Chairman, CEO

Round Rock, Texas-based Dell has been front and center in the AI PC revolution, bringing AI to the edge with its line of Copilot+ PCs and workstations while also expanding access to its Apex Cloud Platform for edge and remote-office/back-office computing use cases and iterating on its NativeEdge edge operations software platform.

Eaton

Craig Arnold

Chairman, CEO

The recent acquisition of electrical equipment thermal monitoring products provider Exertherm, expanded access to the SmartRack modular data center for edge computing and AI, and a growing worldwide manufacturing and R&D footprint show how the 110-plus-year-old Cleveland-based company maintains fierce competition in a fast-changing technology landscape.

Equinix

Adaire Fox-Martin

President, CEO

The Equinix Network Edge virtual networking service and Equinix Fabric digital infrastructure connection are among the Redwood City, Calif.-based company’s tools to aid with infrastructure agility and workflow automation at the digital edge in the age of AI.

Extreme Networks

Ed Meyercord

President, CEO

Extreme Networks this year introduced the world to its Extreme AI Expert GenAI offering, which aims to simplify device management from the edge to the data center. The San Jose, Calif.-based company also unveiled new 4000 Series switches as flexible edge products for enterprises.

Gigamon

Shane Buckley

President, CEO

Gigamon’s Deep Observability Pipeline for threat detection and response from the device edge to the cloud and data centers, not to mention an investment from private equity firm Siris, has positioned the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company as a standout in the growing edge space.

Google Cloud

Thomas Kurian

CEO

Advancements in edge technology from Mountain View, Calif-based Google Cloud over the past year include general availability of the Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance configuration for tactical edge environments, increased access to Cloud Armor Enterprise for network edge policies, and a GenAI search packaged offering powered by the Gemma open AI model family for data analysis at the edge and on-premises.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Antonio Neri

President, CEO

Spring, Texas-based HPE has positioned itself for a future of innovation with the upcoming acquisition of Juniper Networks and now-closed deal for Morpheus Data after multiple edge-related releases, including the HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server for edge applications and workloads, a new more sustainable modular data center for compute-intensive edge workloads, and increased access to its edge-enabled Machine Learning Inference Software.

Hitachi Vantara

Sheila Rohra

CEO

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Hitachi Vantara this year made its Virtual Storage Platform One available to aid with scaling data and modernizing applications across distributed infrastructures and put out new innovations for its Hitachi Unified Compute Platform to give edge users high performance with fewer cores and consistent hybrid cloud infrastructure across edge, core and public clouds.

HP Inc.

Enrique Lores

President, CEO

HP is an early leader in the emerging AI PC market, bringing AI applications to desktops, 2-in-1s and other devices for everything from 3-D modeling to model training. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company also continues to iterate on offerings including its HP Anywhere software for virtual machines on the edge and other environments.

HPE Aruba Networking

Phil Mottram

EVP, GM, Intelligent Edge

HPE’s Aruba Networking business has been enhancing IoT device, mobile and AI-driven application connectivity for customers with the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s edge use cases includingsasset tracking, wayfinding and customer engagement.

IBM

Arvind Krishna

Chairman, CEO

IBM is at work closing its HashiCorp acquisition while integrating recent pickups StreamSets, webMethods and Pliant. But even as this new era at IBM is unfolding, the Armonk, N.Y.-based company has made advancements in edge computing over the year, including a new Power S1012 one-socket, half-wide Power10 processor-based system and expanded edge opportunities with Hybrid Cloud and Red Hat OpenShift.

IGEL

Klaus Oestermann

CEO

IGEL bills its tools as a way to bring more security and control to devices, protocols and environments at the network edge, supporting zero trust and secure service edge security initiatives. The San Francisco-based company increased access to its wares through an expanded partnership with Lenovo.

Intel

Pat Gelsinger

CEO

A new modular, open Edge Platform for making, deploying and managing edge and AI applications at scale with a cloud-like experience and Intel Xeon 6 processors engineered for AI performance from edge to data center to cloud are some of the ways the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker has remained a force in the edge computing market.

Juniper Networks

Rami Rahim

CEO

Juniper Networks is still writing its new chapter as it is set to be acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. But the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company hasn’t let the upcoming acquisition distract from its innovation, including the rollout of a new compact, rugged Juniper Mist Edge ME-X6 appliance for campus edge scaling without legacy wireless controllers plus a new Routing Assurance product that brings AI-native automation to traditional edge routing topologies.

Lenovo

Yuanqing Yang

Chairman, CEO

The new Lenovo ThinkAgile MX455 V3 Edge Premier platform for AI at the edge, ThinkEdge SE455 V3 servers lowering total cost of ownership at the edge and the Truscale Hybrid Cloud for Edge bringing better performance to where data is generated and consumed are examples of how Beijing, China-based Lenovo differentiates its portfolio in an increasingly competitive market.

Lisnr

Eric Allen

President, CEO

Edge communication specialist Lisnr owns a data transmission platform that uses sound for proximity and transaction verifications. Stratham, N.H.-based Lisnr’s Radius SDK solves challenges across the edge by facilitating seamless data transfer for secure transactions, personalized proximity marketing and verification.

LogicMonitor

Christina Kosmowski

CEO

LogicMonitor offers AI-powered hybrid observability for edge computing. The Santa Barbara, Calif.-based company’s LM Envision SaaS-based platform enables observability—such as analyzing data like logs, metrics and traces—on complex systems, processes and microservices across on-premises and multi-cloud environments to monitor edge environments.

Microsoft

Satya Nadella

Chairman, CEO

From Azure IoT Edge and Azure SQL Edge to Azure Sphere offerings, Microsoft has a large hardware, software and services portfolio targeting edge use cases. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant’s Azure Stack Edge brings compute, storage and intelligent AI to the edge with Azure-managed devices.

Nasuni

Paul Flanagan

CEO

Nasuni provides a scalable data platform that enables control at the network edge and simplifies file data management. Boston-based Nasuni’s File Data Platform and edge computing offerings provide unlimited capacity and performant storage along with top-notch data protection, file recovery and frequent immutable snapshots to the cloud.

NetApp

George Kurian

CEO

NetApp is a leader when it comes to storage hardware, software and offerings that aggregate data at the edge for real-time processing and inferencing. The San Jose, Calif.-based company provides a slew of offerings that combine unified data storage, integrated data services, AI data management and CloudOps to enable edge computing.

Nutanix

Rajiv Ramaswami

President, CEO

Nutanix provides hyperconverged infrastructure and software to let customers manage and monitor their entire edge infrastructure. The San Jose, Calif.-based company’s Cloud Infrastructure Edge provides a distributed infrastructure platform for small edge deployments that combines compute, storage and networking resources into a single pool with integrated security.

Nvidia

Jensen Huang

Founder, President, CEO

Nvidia is looking to bring its AI processing power and generative AI technology to the edge. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company’s IGX Orin AI platform features industrial-grade hardware and enterprise software and support for industrial edge environments, while its AI-on-5G platform simplifies the deployment of AI applications over 5G edge networks.

Pure Storage

Charles Giancarlo

CEO

Pure Storage offers top-notch hardware and software for the edge. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company’s FlashBlade file and object platform is suited for analytics, machine learning, AI and similar edge data processes. Pure Storage’s Portworx provides a storage layer for running cloud-native workloads at the edge.

Rafay Systems

Haseeb Budhani

Co-Founder, CEO

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Rafay Systems’ Rafay Platform simplifies the deployment, orchestration and ongoing operations of containerized microservices across thousands of Kubernetes clusters at the edge. Key features include centralized multicluster management from a single console across all edge nodes, as well as cluster resource visibility and monitoring across edge environments.

Red Hat

Matt Hicks

President, CEO

Red Hat extends its hybrid cloud capabilities to edge computing to help organizations innovate with flexible, open-sourced and security-focused technology. The Raleigh, N.C.-based company’s Device Edge platform supports different workloads across small, resource-constrained devices at the farthest edge. It combines Red Hat Enterprise Linux with the Red Hat build of MicroShift and Ansible Automation Platform.

Reskube

Andrew Lawton

Founder, CEO

Reskube is a remote-working and edge resilience and support provider that was launched to provide an effective business continuity solution for remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reskube Edge brings enterprise-level infrastructure resilience to edge computing, designed for infrastructure managers who prioritize uptime. The England-based company’s advanced management portal, Prism, equips customers with the visibility to orchestrate edge computing and IoT devices.

SAP

Christian Klein

CEO

SAP Edge Services provides centralized edge life-cycle management using Kubernetes for services and applications, with the possibility to deploy extensions. The Walldorf, Germany-based company’s SAP Digital Manufacturing for edge computing provides a buffering capability so it can operate, regardless of whether there is a cloud outage, by constantly synchronizing data that is critical for production.

Scale Computing

Jeff Ready

Co-Founder, CEO

Indianapolis-based Scale Computing is an edge computing all-star with its flagship platform enabling customers to run applications and process data at the network’s edge. Scale’s SC//Fleet Manager monitors and manages thousands of distributed edge infrastructure deployments, while its SC//HyperCore software delivers on-premises edge computing with high availability and disaster recovery to remote locations.

Schneider Electric

Olivier Blum

CEO

Schneider Electric is a leading-edge data center and power provider with a focus on the industrial edge industry. The France-based company recently launched a new product offering with NTT Data that integrates edge, private 5G, IoT and modular data centers to enable edge connectivity anywhere, particularly regarding AI edge use cases.

ScienceLogic

David Link

Co-Founder, CEO

ScienceLogic’s AIOps platform sees broadly across clouds, on-premises and at the edge to enable business service visibility with workflow automation to eliminate manual tasks. The Reston, Va.-based company has been innovating around edge infrastructure monitoring and management for years.

Splunk, a Cisco company

Gary Steele

President, Go To Market

San Francisco-based Splunk’s advanced analytics platform helps user correlate, investigate and automate complex data analysis across the edge, including IoT devices and machine learning data. Splunk Edge Hub is designed to streamline the ingestion and analysis of vast amounts of data generated by operational technologies, including sensors, devices and industrial equipment.

Vcinity

Harry Carr

Chairman, CEO

Vcinity enables applications and users to instantly access data, no matter where it lives, enabling customers to accelerate time to intelligent insight. Designed for high-latency edge environments, San Jose, Calif.-based Vcinity lets customers send large volumes or varieties of data over any distance quickly and securely, while also enabling data access anywhere for applications.

Veeam Software

Anand Eswaran

CEO

Seattle-based Veeam powers data resilience with backup, recovery, security and intelligence capabilities—freeing data to move across the cloud, virtual and physical environments, and the edge. Veeam’s Edge-to-cloud data protection looks to secure data across all locations in an IT environment, from on-premises edge servers to cloud-based systems.

Versa Networks

Kelly Ahuja

President, CEO

Edge networking and security specialist Versa Networks provides WAN infrastructure, SD-WAN and cybersecurity to edge environments. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company’s Versa Security Service Edge simplifies security between any application, device, user, location or workload at the edge without compromising performance. Powered by AI, the VersaONE Universal SASE platform delivers converged offerings that protect data and defend against cyberthreats.

Versatile

Meirav Oren

Co-Founder, Executive Chairwoman

Versatile offers AI-powered software aimed at revolutionizing the construction industry by collecting valuable jobsite production data that can help customers. By delivering site data collection and automation technology at the edge, the Los Altos, Calif.-based company provides customers with the visibility to make the best data-backed decisions.

Vertiv

Giordano Albertazzi

CEO

From custom edge computing racks and power cooling infrastructure to backup and remotely managed IT software, Vertiv owns a large portfolio of edge offerings. The Westerville, Ohio-based company’s Vertiv Edge is a family of highly reliable, efficient, manageable and flexible line of UPSes. Vertiv recently launched its end-to-end portfolio for HPC and AI deployments, Vertiv 360AI.

VMware by Broadcom

Hock Tan

President, CEO of Broadcom

VMware’s edge orchestration portfolio includes VeloCloud, Edge Compute Stack and the VMware Telco Cloud Platform. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s complete stack manages applications and infrastructure at the edge through an edge-optimized runtime and orchestration platform, while the telecommunications platform targets telecommunications network use cases. VeloCloud’s is VMware’s SD-WAN offering that brings network programmability to the edge.

Wasabi Technologies

David Friend

Co-Founder, CEO

Wasabi Technologies provides cloud object storage and software management tools for edge computing customers, along with data protection offerings. Through partnerships with infrastructure providers like Equinix and Flexential, Boston-based Wasabi is offering on-demand edge-computing-as-a-service all stored on its cloud.

Wasmer

Syrus Akbary

Founder, CEO

Wasmer offers an inexpensive, fast and scalable way to deploy on the edge with the ability to make any application serverless. The company enables users to move their applications to its Wasmer Edge cloud platform to scale the application. Wasmer focuses on creating developer tools and infrastructure for running WebAssembly at the edge.

Zadara

Yoram Novick

CEO

Zadara’s Sovereign AI Edge Cloud simplifies operational complexity, enabling scalable distributed compute and AI services that provide the building blocks for modern applications. With over 500 AI-enabled clouds deployed worldwide, the Irvine, Calif.-based company’s Sovereign AI Edge Cloud gives access to on-demand, pay-per-use compute, networking and storage that works with any data type, and any protocol, in any location.