🧭 Edge Computing

Process Data Where It Happens — Fast, Secure, and Proven

Edge computing brings compute, storage, and analytics close to the source—plants, warehouses, stores, hospitals, ports, city intersections, vehicles, and field sites.
Done right, the edge reduces latency, shrinks bandwidth bills, keeps operations running through network hiccups, and safeguards data sovereignty—without creating a sprawl of unmanageable boxes.

SolveForce designs and runs edge as a complete system: deterministic rails (private 5G/CBRS, Wi-Fi, DIA/5G/satellite), rugged edge data centers, Zero-Trust access, data & AI pipelines, and evidence pipelines (SIEM/SOAR) so you can prove performance, security, and compliance.

Foundations you can explore as we go:
• Access & RF → /private-5g • /cbrs • Networks → /sd-wan • /connectivity
• Facilities → /edge-data-centers • DC/Backbones → /networks-and-data-centers
• Cloud & Data → /cloud • /etl-elt • /data-warehouse • /vector-databases
• Security → /cybersecurity • /ztna • /sase • /nac
• Evidence & Ops → /siem-soar • /noc • /circuit-monitoring
• Continuity → /backup-immutability • /draas • Spend → /finops • Governance → /grc

🎯 Business Outcomes (why edge now)

  • Lower latency, higher reliability — decisions and control loops execute in milliseconds, not hundreds of ms; local operations continue during WAN brownouts.
  • Smaller backhaul bills — pre-process, filter, and compress at the edge; ship only the signals that matter to cloud.
  • Data sovereignty & privacy — sensitive data (PII/PHI/CUI) can remain on-site while summaries go upstream.
  • Faster change & rollout — containerized apps, GitOps, and policy-as-code make fleets reproducible.
  • Proof on demand — acceptance tests, drift checks, and audit artifacts stream into /siem-soar for QBRs and regulators.

🧭 Edge Reference Stack (language-first, outcome-driven)

Rails (RF & Underlay)

  • Private 5G/CBRS for mobility and determinism; Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 for dense client access; fiber/DIA + LTE/5G underlays; satellite tertiary for remote sites.
    → /private-5g • /cbrs • /connectivity

Fabric (Site Core)

Edge Compute & Storage

  • Rugged edge data centers with GPU options, local object/flash tiers, time-series DBs, message brokers, OPC UA/MQTT gateways.
    → /edge-data-centers

Cloud & Data Fabric

Security (Zero Trust)

Evidence & Resilience

🧱 Core Capabilities

1) Deterministic RF & Attach

  • Private 5G spectrum planning, CBRS SAS integration, SIM lifecycle, QoS profiles, and fast attach/roam tuning for AGVs/AMRs, scanners, and cameras. → /private-5g • /cbrs

2) Rugged Edge Platforms

  • Short-depth racks/enclosures, filtered air or sealed cabinets, RDHx options for GPU heat, DC power variants, secure console/OOB, tamper and door sensors. → /edge-data-centers

3) Edge App Runtime

  • Containerized services (ingest, transform, vision, rules, caches), GitOps deploy, policy controllers, device & protocol gateways (OPC UA/Modbus/MQTT/ONVIF/RTSP).

4) Data Conditioning & Sync

  • Dedup/aggregate at source; time-align; compress; schedule bursts when bandwidth is cheap; CDC to cloud with idempotency & DLQ replay. → /etl-elt

5) AI at the Edge

  • Vision (quality, safety, OCR), anomaly detection, small-footprint models, and guarded RAG for operator copilot—cite or refuse with local knowledge + cloud fallback. → /solveforce-ai

6) Zero-Trust & Safety

  • ZTNA for vendors/operators; NAC profiles for devices; PAM for privileged consoles; encrypt everywhere; WAF/Bot on portals; email trust (DMARC/BIMI) for alerts & workflows. → /email-auth

7) Observability & Runbooks

  • Synthetic checks, RF health, attach/roam metrics, path failover tests; ticket automations; vendor escalation via /noc; acceptance test bundles (photos, OTDR, Y.1564/RFC 2544, ZTNA attach screenshots). → /circuit-monitoring

8) Continuity

  • Local snapshots + immutable off-site copies; DR playbooks with timing/capture; clean-point catalogs for ransomware. → /backup-immutability • /draas

🧩 Reference Architectures (pick your fit)

A) Smart Factory / Plant Cell

  • Private 5G + Industrial Wi-Fi; OPC UA → MQTT at the edge; time-series DB; vision QC on GPU nodes; predictive maintenance; SD-WAN backhaul; SIEM evidence.
    → /industry-4-0-in-automation

B) Retail Edge (Store / Quick-Service)

  • UC/PoS/IoT segmentation, Wi-Fi captive portal, CCaaS agent assist, price & inventory sync windows, DLP for receipts; PCI overlays.
    → /retail • /ccaas • /pci-dss

C) Logistics Yard / Port / Airport

  • Private 5G yard/apron; RTLS and OCR; SD-WAN tensile links; Anycast APIs; survivability at edge for gate/manifest; E911 & safety video with evidence.
    → /maritime-aviation

D) Healthcare Edge (Clinic / Imaging)

  • Low-latency image routing to local cache; telehealth QoS; PHI labeling; DLP on transcripts; HIPAA overlays; DR tiering with immutable backups.
    → /healthcare-networks • /hipaa

E) Remote Sites (Energy, Mining, Agriculture)

  • Fixed wireless + satellite tertiary, store-and-forward telemetry, vision for PPE/quality, vendor ZTNA; TSA Pipeline / NERC CIP overlays where relevant.
    → /satellite-internet • /energy-and-utilities

F) Media & Live Events

  • Edge ingest, local transcode, watermarking & rights checks, multi-CDN push; latency SLOs with OTel traces tied to events.
    → /media

📐 SLO Guardrails (targets you can tune)

DomainKPI / SLO (p95 unless noted)Baseline Target
RF attach (private 5G/Wi-Fi)Attach time / roam handoff≤ 1–3 s / ≤ 50–150 ms
Edge inference (vision/control)Latency≤ 10–20 ms
Telemetry freshnessEdge → cloud≤ 5–60 s
WAN resilienceBrownout steer (SD-WAN)≤ 1–3 s
ZTNAUser/vendor attach≤ 1–3 s
Data syncBacklog drain after outage≤ 5–30 min (size-dependent)
BackupsImmutable coverage (Tier-1)= 100%
DRRTO / RPO (critical edge apps)≤ 5–60 min / ≤ 0–15 min
EvidenceLog/artifact delivery to SIEM≤ 60–120 s

When a guardrail trips, SOAR runs safe playbooks (switch path, enable packet duplication, reduce model load, rotate keys, roll back release) and attaches artifacts. → /siem-soar

🔒 Compliance Overlays (edge-aware)

  • HIPAA — PHI labels, minimum necessary, encryption, BAAs; clinic edge caches and imaging. → /hipaa
  • PCI DSS — CDE segregation at the edge, tokenized payments, recording redaction, DMARC enforcement for comms. → /pci-dss
  • NIST 800-53/171 / CMMC — AC/IA/AU/SC/CM families, evidence packs for public sector; CJIS enclaves as needed. → /nist • /government
  • IEC 62443 / NIST 800-82 — OT cell/zone segmentation, vendor ZTNA, one-way gateways where mandated. → /industry-4-0-in-automation
  • SOC 2 / ISO 27001 — control mapping, attestations, continuous monitoring. → /grc

🧪 Acceptance Tests & Artifacts (we keep the receipts)

  • RF & Attach — attach/roam time, throughput, SNR, spectrum logs.
  • Network — RFC 2544/Y.1564 service tests, OTDR/light levels, SD-WAN failover proofs.
  • Compute/App — container health, policy controller blocks, resource ceilings; reproducible deploy hash.
  • Data — CDC parity, backpressure behavior, DLQ replay, lineage coverage.
  • AI — inference latency under load, accuracy evals, RAG citation/refusal logs.
  • Security — ZTNA admits, NAC profiling, PAM session recordings, WAF/Bot events, KMS/vault rotations.
  • Resilience — Object-Lock settings, restore screenshots/checksums, DR failover timings.
    All artifacts stream to /siem-soar and are summarized for QBRs/audits.

🛠️ Implementation Blueprint (no-surprise rollout)

1) Use-Cases & SLOs — define on-site decisions, latency targets, and resilience tiers; pick compliance overlays.
2) RF & Rails — private 5G/CBRS plan, Wi-Fi density, DIA/5G/satellite mix; SD-WAN policy & Anycast edge.
→ /private-5g • /cbrs • /sd-wan • /connectivity
3) Edge Platform — hardware BOM, OS/image baselines, container runtime, policy controllers, OOB network.
→ /edge-data-centers
4) Data Fabric — gateways, brokers, time-series & object stores; CDC/ELT to warehouse; vector index for knowledge.
→ /etl-elt • /data-warehouse • /vector-databases
5) Zero-Trust — ZTNA for operators/vendors, NAC for devices, PAM JIT admin; WAF/Bot; email trust; keys & secrets in HSM/vault.
→ /ztna • /nac • /pam • /waf • /email-auth • /key-management
6) Evidence & Continuity — SIEM/SOAR pipelines, NOC hooks; immutable backups, DR runbooks; set acceptance tests.
→ /siem-soar • /noc • /backup-immutability • /draas
7) Pilot & Rings — one site/cell → region → fleet; success gates on latency, uptime, safety, and cost; rollback plan.
8) Operate & Optimize — monthly posture & SLO reviews; quarterly drills; FinOps for edge hardware & cloud egress; artifacts stored in the /knowledge-hub.

📝 Edge Intake (copy-paste & fill)

  • Sites & environments (indoor/outdoor, power/cooling, hazards), GPS, photo/plan sets
  • Use-cases (vision, telemetry, control loops, caching, PoS, UC/CCaaS) with latency/SLO targets
  • RF landscape (CBRS availability, spectrum constraints, interference notes), existing Wi-Fi details
  • Backhaul (DIA speeds, 5G/LTE coverage, satellite needs), diversity requirements
  • Security posture (IdP/SSO/MFA, ZTNA/NAC/PAM, WAF/Bot, email auth), data labels (PII/PHI/PAN/CUI)
  • Compliance overlays (HIPAA/PCI/NIST/IEC/FedRAMP), BAAs/DPAs needed
  • Operations (managed vs co-managed, change windows, reporting cadence), integrations (ticketing/SIEM)
  • Budget & timeline (ROM vs build-ready), success metrics (SLOs, ROI, $/site)

We’ll return a design-to-quote with architecture, supplier options, SLO-mapped pricing, compliance overlays, and an evidence plan you can reuse in audits and QBRs.
Or skip straight to /customized-quotes.

📞 Bring Compute to the Edge—Safely, Quickly, and With Proof

From factories and clinics to yards, stores, ports, mines, and remote fields, we’ll put the right compute in the right place—fast, secure, and auditable.