Gartner recently published its third annual Magic Quadrant for Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools. Whilst the analyst is always at pains to point out that it does not endorse vendors, products or services depicted…
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When Evaluating Prefabricated Power Skids, Look to a Trusted Partner with the Latest State of the Art Components
Both colocation and large enterprise data centre stakeholders welcome opportunities to simplify their complex businesses. That’s why so many are investing in prefab power skids to support their data centre growth. A power skid is…
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Data Centre Predictions for 2017, from the Critical Edge to the Promise of Li-ion
2016 was certainly an interesting year in the data centre world, as we saw the ripple effects of the seemingly insatiable demand for cloud computing, emergence of edge computing, and growing interest in the Internet of Things…
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The Year of Big Decisions: Five Trends IT Solution Providers Should Watch
Already in 2017 the IT channel finds itself in transition as clients continue to adopt cloud strategies and start assessing emerging trends such as the Internet of Things and edge computing. This requires MSPs to…
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The Road to Strong Operational Process Discipline
Most companies have taken a stab at implementing operational process discipline (OPD) to achieve the most coveted of all objectives: instilling each and every employee with the knowledge and commitment to execute every task the…
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What IT Infrastructure Transformation Means to Solution Providers
With all the IT advances taking place these days, it’s hard to keep up with everything. But one area that is undergoing a profound transformation and deserves attention from solution providers is IT infrastructure. Whether…
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Five Business Best Practices for IT Solution Providers
IT solution providers who’ve been around since the 1990s remember how speeds and feeds were such a key part of pitching technology to customers. Things have changed since then, and pushing technology for its own…
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Why MSPs Need to Adopt a Quarterly Business Planning Cycle
High-performing companies view the annual business planning cycle as something of a relic. It’s a slow, cumbersome process that fails to address the ever-changing business dynamics that MSPs face each day. If you haven’t done…
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End Users Demand The Basics from IT Solution Providers
While the IT world plows forward with digital transformation and new technologies, what clients need from their IT solution providers is often a lot more basic. Typically, end clients are more concerned with keeping the…
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Cloud Market Channel Partner Opportunities
Any channel partner who has seen the numbers on the cloud computing market has to be thinking, “How do I get a piece of that?” It’s a good, timely question – and one that I…
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