Hardware Podcasts

Volterra's Marco Rodrigues | Bringing Applications to the Edge

IoT For All Podcast · 8 Jun 2020 · 30m

What this episode covers

Marco Rodrigues, VP of Products and Solutions at Volterra, discusses the shift toward distributed cloud computing and distributed application management for edge environments. He explains how Volterra’s platform, including Volt Mesh and Volt Stack, consolidates infrastructure services to simplify deployment for developers and reduce operational complexity compared to multi-vendor stacks. Rodrigues highlights use cases in manufacturing and retail, noting that COVID-19 has accelerated automation trends and the need for local data processing to lower latency and costs.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Volterra, Juniper Networks, AT&T
Products
Volt Mesh, Volt Stack, Volt Console, AWS Greengrass, Azure IoT Edge
Tools
Kubernetes

Related episodes from other shows

Other shows on the same ground, closest first.

  • Embedded.fm · 1h 03m

    225: When Toasters Attack

    Maria Gorlatova, a research scholar at Princeton University, discusses the shift from centralized cloud computing to 'fog' and 'edge' computing architectures. She explains how the OpenFog Consortium is standardizing these distributed systems to handle the data avalanche from IoT devices, improve security through local processing, and enable low-latency applications like augmented reality and autonomous driving. Gorlatova highlights the role of federated learning in preserving privacy and the convergence of cloud and edge capabilities provided by major tech companies.

    Connected products & IoTAI & machine learning
    8 chapters

  • EE Times Current · 11m

    CES 2019 Special: Antonio Pellegrino and Andrew Skafel

    Antonio Pellegrino, CEO of Mutable, and Andrew Skafel, CEO of Edgewater Wireless, discuss their companies' participation in the Up Ramp accelerator program at CES 2019. Skafel explains how Edgewater Wireless uses a multi-lane radio architecture to solve Wi-Fi congestion, leveraging a background in military R&D. Pellegrino describes Mutable's public edge cloud technology, which moves compute from distant data centers to the network edge to reduce latency for applications like autonomous vehicles.

    Starting a product companyWireless & RF
    4 chapters

  • Over the Air · 33m

    Managing 250 Million Messages Per Day

    Eric Simone, Founder and CEO of ClearBlade, discusses the company's evolution from a services firm to a product-led Industrial IoT platform. He details the painful transition in 2013, including retooling staff and handling employee departures, and explains their strategic bet on edge computing before it was mainstream. Simone highlights ClearBlade's 'intelligent assets' platform, which allows non-technical operators to manage connected devices via no-code tools while remaining flexible for developers, and outlines their future focus on deploying AI models at the edge.

    Connected products & IoTLeadership, teams & culture
    7 chapters

  • Over the Air · 34m

    Leading Digital Transformation in Industrial America ft. Nick Petersen

    Nick Petersen, Division Director at FortifyIt (a division of DuraServe), explains how he led a 21-month digital transformation to build an intelligent IoT platform for loading dock equipment. He details the decision to use edge computing to achieve 10-year battery life in rugged environments, the strategic choice to outsource hardware development to external partners, and how the team navigated manufacturing challenges during the pandemic, bank failures, and shifting tariff landscapes. Petersen also shares his outlook on the rise of manufacturing in Mexico and Central America as a viable alternative to China.

    Connected products & IoTManufacturing partners & offshoring
    7 chapters

  • Manufacturing Happy Hour · 35m

    155: Down to Earth Digital Transformation Advice with Vatsal Shah

    Vatsal Shah, Founder and CEO of Litmus, explains how his unified Industrial IoT platform helps manufacturers contextualize data from legacy systems to solve specific plant floor problems like yield loss and scrap reduction. He details his journey from an automation engineer at Rockwell Automation to founding Litmus, emphasizing that feedback-driven development and direct customer engagement are critical for survival in industrial innovation. Shah argues that scalability and cloud-native architecture are no longer optional, as manufacturers now require centralized management to handle heterogeneous environments across multiple sites. He advises leaders to cut through market noise by finding trusted partners who prioritize customer outcomes over proprietary vendor architectures.

    Connected products & IoTManufacturing partners & offshoring
    10 chapters

The summary, chapters and topics are generated from the episode’s audio by this directory, not written by IoT For All Podcast. The episode itself belongs to its publisher.