Oct 18 / By Jason Covitz UPS Monitoring is a Requirement for Edge Data Center Reliability and Availability Companies are building edge data centers at a furious pace to support the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital transformation efforts that demand compute power close to end-users. At the same time, they’re coming face-to-face… Read Article »
Oct 11 / By Patrick Donovan Successful Edge Computing Deployments in the New World of “Compute Everywhere” It was not long ago when there was a pervasive feeling that everything was moving to the Cloud, an unstoppable, inevitable flow of on-premise IT capacity towards huge, highly centralized service provider data centers. But… Read Article »
Oct 02 / By Jim Simonelli As Edge Computing Applications Diversify, So Do the Micro Data Centers that Support Them Big data and the Internet of Things are among the market and technology trends that have altered the distributed computing landscape. Whereas pockets of network closets traditionally hosted communications switches in office buildings, now, more… Read Article »
Sep 20 / By Jamie Bourassa Edge Computing: The Retail Technology Enabler that Drives In-Store Digital Capabilities Changing markets are impacting how most retailers restructure their operations. With trade barriers rising, retailers are forced to transform sourcing and logistics into sophisticated digital supply chains. At the same time, minimum wages are rising… Read Article »
Sep 10 / By Jamie Bourassa How CIOs can Bridge the Skills Gap for Edge Computing Deployments According to Gartner, Inc., 80 percent of corporate employees do not have the skills needed for their current and future roles. Digital transformation initiatives have only increased this gap by creating intense competition for those few workers… Read Article »
Sep 05 / By Jamie Bourassa Experts Debate Banking 4.0 Impact on Data Centers and Edge Computing Financial Services organizations such as banks, investment firms, and insurance companies are now facing the challenge of what to do with their existing on-premise enterprise data center assets. Are these data centers now obsolete and… Read Article »
Aug 29 / By Pankaj Sharma Add UPS Battery Backup to your Back-to-School Shopping List In many regions the arrival of September means one thing to millions of students: back to school. These days, however, a lot of schoolwork – if not all – is done online, which means students… Read Article »
Aug 23 / By Jamie Bourassa Improve Edge Computing Systems Uptime: Strategies that Really Work When end users ask how to best manage and maintain their new edge computing systems, the answer is not always straightforward. Unlike data centers, most applications at the edge are deemed non-critical. If a system… Read Article »
Aug 16 / By Kim Povlsen AI-driven, Cloud-based DCIM is Simplifying Data Center and Edge Computing Management This article was originally published on Data Center Dynamics. There is no doubt in my mind that the jobs of IT and data center managers are getting tougher. I’ve witnessed it firsthand. Most are being… Read Article »
Aug 08 / By Jamie Bourassa How to Capitalize on the Edge Computing Opportunity IT solution providers are well positioned to address the business needs of organizations undergoing digital transformation and the related transition to edge computing. With a unique set of technical skills and an extensive market coverage… Read Article »