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Jan 27 / By Larry Hann

How Managed Service Providers Gain an Edge on IT Availability Issues: Minimal Smart-UPS Service Investment

As we look around every day, we see more and more examples of technology being integral to our lives, brought into our everyday experiences and interactions. It’s a phenomenon that presents a significant opportunity for… Read Article »

Jan 25 / By Steven Brown

Battery Health Monitoring: A First Step Toward Predictive Capability in UPS Management

The humble battery is responsible for running so many devices, but it usually only draws attention when it drains. In the IT infrastructure, where batteries are necessary for backup power supplies, the attitude toward them… Read Article »

Jan 21 / By Wendy Torell

Outsourcing vs. DIY: Monitoring and Servicing Critical IT at Edge Computing Sites

Monitoring and servicing are two critical functions to ensure your distributed UPS assets do the job they were intended to do to keep your critical edge computing applications available. But when you have UPSs distributed… Read Article »

Dec 16 / By Bob Olwig

Data Center Disaggregation 101 – How to Build a New Edge Computing Infrastructure

As the data center continues to become more disaggregated, the data center itself is also becoming part of a larger distributed ecosystem that includes cloud resources and edge computing. With this shift comes the need… Read Article »

Nov 24 / By Jean-Baptiste Plagne

New Black Friday Shopping Demands Drive Need for Edge Computing Solutions

This year’s Black Friday will be like no other. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, retailers are being creative in how they approach the holiday shopping season, knowing that many customers don’t want to… Read Article »

Nov 12 / By Guest Blogger

How Edge Computing Solutions are Supporting New Healthcare Demands

We all know what a heroic job healthcare providers have done in dealing with the challenges that COVID-19 presents, and we’re extremely thankful to them (including my wife, who is a COVID nurse). Less well-known… Read Article »

Oct 23 / By Scott San Antonio

As Schools Ramp Up Digital Learning, Edge Computing Technology Partners are Key

A significant change was already underway at educational institutions far and wide, including the adoption of cloud resources and online learning. But, as with so many industries, the pandemic is driving schools to adopt these… Read Article »

Oct 13 / By Steven Brown

A Major Step To Predictive Capability: UPS Management with Battery Status Monitoring

If there is one truism IT solution providers understand all too well, it is that it’s hard to manage what you can’t see. If you lack visibility into customers’ environments, the chances of achieving high… Read Article »

Sep 28 / By Victor Avelar

Preparing your edge computing site for a micro data center

Edge computing is becoming a popular way of addressing business needs, but there’s little information available when it comes to the practical guidance of how to prepare (or in IT speak, provision) a space (such… Read Article »

Aug 31 / By Tarunjeet Sarao

How to Reduce Physical and Cybersecurity Risks at Edge Computing Sites

Monitoring distributed, edge computing environments has always been something of a challenge given these installations often have no IT personnel on-site. But in the current climate, with so many of us working from home and… Read Article »

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