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LUMEN or public cloud and bringing them closer to their users ' location . Five-millisecond latency is essential , enabling faster , deeper and more actionable business intelligence through a rethought concept of network architecture that extends cloud computing resources right out to the edge of the mobile network , using 5G and the edge ecosystem .
Long gone are the days when a communications service provider ( CSP ) aspired to own its clients ' stack , Draper believes . “ No single industry can span all these functions . The companies that are most successful know how to create a platform that encourages others to build on top . There are millions of companies out there bubbling with great ideas : developing a platform-based solution is a form of crowdsourcing when you think about it ! When you ' re crowdsourcing the consumption of your edge base capability ,

“ Technology teams are delivering capability in anticipation of operational requirements , shifting from custom software development on a common platform ”

SHAWN DRAPER VP OF ENTERPRISE PLATFORM ENGINEERING , LUMEN
you bring your core network along with it .” Low latency fiber is Lumen ' s core offering ( it has one of the biggest interconnected optical fiber networks in the world ), and by adding an edge-based capability , it delivers platform capability that few competitors can
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