Packet, EdgeConneX, Sprint Bring Edge Compute, IoT to Detroit

Packet deployed its bare-metal edge cloud at the EdgeConneX data center in Detroit in a move that allows local enterprises  specifically the automotive sector and suppliers to connect to Sprint’s Curiosity IoT platform. “We’re delivering, I believe, the first bare-metal cloud platform as well as the first IoT platform, wireless connectivity platform, built for applications in Detroit,” said Zachary Smith, Packet co-founder and CEO. Sprint is a Packet customer, and it built its Curiosity IoT network as an entirely separate entity from its core network on top of Packet’s bare-metal cloud. Its Curiosity IoT platform combines this distributed IoT network with an integrated IoT operating system. “It’s a network built for software that is also fully virtualized itself,” Smith said.