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Programmable Edge Fabric — SASE · Private 5G · Edge AI · Intent-Based

Procurement-cycle bandwidth is dead. We program the edge — SASE for every identity, private 5G where latency matters, intent-based mesh that auto-tunes to the workload, and edge inference where the data is born.

Edge inference p95

9 ms

WAN cost

− 41%

Site bring-up time

9 days → 4 hours

Commission this pillar →See deliverables

Flagship pods

The squads we drop in

SASE Rollout Pod

Private 5G Site Pod

Edge Inference Pod

Network-as-Code Pod

Deliverables

Everything that ships

SASE rollout
ZTNA, SWG, CASB, FWaaS unified under one identity policy fabric.
Intent-based mesh
Declarative SD-WAN that auto-tunes paths to SLOs, not to ports.
Private 5G site kit
Spectrum, RAN, core and SIM lifecycle in a 4-hour drop-in deployment.
Edge inference plane
GPU/NPU PoPs with model gateway, signed model deploy, observability.
Network-as-code repo
Terraform + NetBox source of truth, CI tests, change diffs in PRs.

Pod composition

Network Principal (CCIE / JNCIE)
SASE / Zero-Trust Architect
Private 5G + RAN Engineer
Edge AI Engineer

Partners we orchestrate

CloudflareCisco / MerakiJuniper MistPalo Alto PrismaZscalerEquinixBTLumen

Example output · Intent · branch.lhr-ops.v2yaml

intent: branch.lhr-ops.v2
sla:
  p95_latency_ms: 12
  jitter_ms: 3
  availability: 99.99
identity_policy:
  copilot.* : allow_via=ztna+swg
  scada.*   : allow_via=private_5g, segment=ot
edge_inference:
  models: [vision.defect_v4, voice.callcenter_v2]
  region_pin: eu-west
  cost_ceiling_usd_day: 480
auto_tune: true
reconciler: terraform-plan PASS @ 2026-04-30

Timeline

Weeks 1–10 · first edge POP live by week 4

1
Weeks 1–3
Discovery + topology audit
Map sites, identities, OT vs IT, latency budgets, contract exit dates.
2
Weeks 3–6
SASE + intent-based rollout
Identity-pinned policy, ZTNA, SD-WAN auto-tune live across pilot sites.
3
Weeks 6–10
Edge AI + private 5G
GPU PoPs and 5G drop-ins where latency or sovereignty demands it.

FAQs

What buyers actually ask

Do you carry the circuits?

We orchestrate carriers (BT, Lumen, Colt, Equinix, Cloudflare) — agnostic by design, with FX-aware contracts.

Why private 5G over Wi-Fi 6E?

Industrial / OT, large outdoor sites, and deterministic latency. We will recommend Wi-Fi 6E where it actually fits.

Edge inference vs cloud?

Edge wins on latency, sovereignty and cost-per-token at scale. The model gateway routes per request based on policy.

How do you avoid vendor lock-in?

Network-as-code in your repo. Every device, model and policy is portable and reproducible by `terraform apply`.

Commission · P3 Programmable Edge Fabric

Stand up Programmable Edge Fabric in Weeks 1–10.

We'll respond within one business day with a scoping note, a fixed-price outcome contract, and a named principal cleared for your domain. Your details sync straight into our concierge queue.

• Outcome-priced — no T&M.
• Sovereign by default — your data, your region, your keys.
• Refund-backed if the contracted KPI isn't hit.