Recognized Again！Tencent EdgeOne Named as a Major Player in IDC MarketScape for Edge Delivery
We are excited to announce that Tencent EdgeOne has been named as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Edge Delivery Services 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US51812424, November 2024) report. A total of eight vendors were evaluated for the report.
IDC defines edge delivery services as solutions that integrate content delivery networks (CDNs) with edge computing capabilities to enhance the performance, security, and scalability of digital content and applications. These services leverage a distributed network of servers located closer to end-users, enabling low-latency access to content and real-time processing of data at the network's edge.
The IDC Marketscape noted, "Tencent is transforming its CDN business toward edge convergence with a new all-in-one edge platform (Tencent EdgeOne). This converged platform provides content delivery, cybersecurity, edge compute, and network accelerator as an integrated platform. To improve its competitive position, Tencent's transformation journey started with optimizing content delivery, expanding the cybersecurity capabilities and, lastly, developing a converged platform, all-in-one edge platform, Tencent EdgeOne. Tencent EdgeOne aims to accelerate network performance from first to last mile, including mobile network access. "The report also lists the following features for Tencent EdgeOne:
A key aspect of the EdgeOne platform is to develop custom edge applications. Tencent has a strong presence in gaming, media and entertainment, and ecommerce.
Tencent EdgeOne is expanding into AI@Edge. This includes deployment of leading GPUs at the edge. It provides training of LLMs and provides an inference runtime environment. The runtime environment supports AI-generated videos and images, video and image processing, and AI content storage and caching.
Tencent EdgeOne supports flexible pricing that includes free access for developers and basic, advanced, and custom models for enterprise customers.
Tencent EdgeOne’s key strengths recognized in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Edge Delivery Services 2024 include:
Tencent's converged all-in-one edge platform (EdgeOne) is a wise strategic move that will propel it to capture opportunities in edge services. Tencent EdgeOne's advantages include:
▪ A growing global footprint that expands beyond the large domestic Chinese market
▪ Deep knowledge in ecommerce, media, and gaming (These market segments are poised for good growth in the foreseeable future.)
▪ Deploying AI capabilities at the edge, including GPUs to support AI inference runtime environment
▪ Unified platform to simplify management and operation of customer engagements
▪ Expanded security portfolio and growing capabilities
To learn more, please check out the resources below:
- Download the report: IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Edge Delivery Services 2024 Vendor Assessment
