Vertex O Series Edge

Calculate tax at the point of transaction using edge computing.

Vertex O Series Edge

Edge deployment delivers ultimate control

Vertex O Series Edge offers the convenience and cost-savings of cloud with the control and performance of local deployments. Calculate tax at the point of transaction but manage it centrally – for the highest availability, improved control over performance, and a streamlined tax technology landscape. Don’t let tax create friction in your business – move it to the edge.

Explore Features, Benefits & Highlights

An edge deployment ensures the highest availability.

Deploying the tax engine using edge technology eliminates network connectivity and bandwidth issues in local store settings. Edge also enables fast, automated scalability while minimizing latency to address increased demand on e-commerce websites, especially during peak traffic.

Gain consistent, predicable performance.

Eliminate most (if not all) network latency in processing a transaction. Edge containers provide consistent, reliable performance since they calculate without an internet connection.

Calculate tax locally, but centralize the control.

With an edge deployment, tax is calculated locally with minimal friction. Data and telemetry are streamed to a main hub intelligently to centralize reporting, compliance, and maintenance.

Easily and efficiently manage a large ecosystem of clusters with a simplified user experience—all within our central dashboard.

Customization and control deliver greater efficiency.

Customize individual containers for each specific line of business, region, or any other way you organize your business. Deploy only the tax content needed for that location. Configure full automation or push-button activation of software, content, and configuration updates. Install new endpoints in just minutes with minimal effort.

A range of deployment options satisfy your business requirements.

Edge works with cloud and on-premises deployments of O Series, streamlining your tax technology stack however you prefer. Deploy edge clusters into your own environment or virtually any third-party cloud service, including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle OCI, Google GCP.

Protect Personal Identifiable Information (PII).

Transactions are processed and tax is calculated behind the company firewall, which minimizes minimizing traffic through the firewall. PII never needs to leaves the local network.

Centralized and Local

Hub-and-spoke model lets you manage configuration, maintenance, and reporting centrally, but handle tax calculation locally for frictionless commerce.

Hub & spoke diagram of the Central O Series Tax System, with branches leading to local calculation clusters
What is a Container

What is a Container?

Vertex enables the user to create tax system “container images” that can be deployed locally anywhere.

  • A container image is a pre-packaged unit containing all the dependencies required to run the software (software, server, tax configuration, etc.). Each container image can be customized to a specific location’s needs (i.e., only the tax content required for that location).
  • Containers are used to set up many similar multi-component systems in different locations.

Edge deployment is ideal for:

  • Scaling IT Operations: Streamlined deployments, self-updating clusters, and scaling — all centrally managed, efficient, and repeatable.
  • Right-Sizing: Scale up to meet peak load demands, and scale back down during lighter traffic to save costs.
  • Rapid Expansion: Deploy regional or local clusters in minutes with minimal effort and off-platform setup.
  • Business Continuity: Keep transactions processing with simplified failover and high-availability solutions.
  • Centralized Automation: Single management dashboard for high visibility of relevant information, fast responses to issues, and configurable automation for updates.
  • Financial Predictability: Minimize unexpected tax costs by using the same calculation at checkout and the back office.
  • Checkout Completion: Decrease cart abandonment with incredibly fast response times and resistance to disruption.
Vertex O Series Edge

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