Jan 30 / By Rob McKernan Four Major Trends for IT Solution Providers to Watch in 2019 Including Emerging Technologies and the Growth of Edge Computing As 2019 gets under way, IT solution providers should keep an eye on technology and business trends that are shaping the future of IT. The channel is undergoing major changes as the vast majority of… Read Article »
Jan 25 / By Jamie Bourassa Physical Security for Edge Computing Emerges as Major Theme at Edge Congress Conference As the trend towards more distributed IT edge architectures continues to expand, key industry stakeholders are collaborating to learn more about how these new technologies are impacting business growth opportunities. Once such recent event, the… Read Article »
Jan 11 / By Jamie Bourassa Edge Computing is Here to Unlock the Power of your IOT Applications Gartner defines edge computing as “solutions that facilitate data processing at or near the source of data generation,” a nice, succinct explanation of this booming technology. If you don’t need it already, you most likely… Read Article »
Dec 20 / By Rob McKernan CRN Awards Highlight Value of UPS and Data Center Management Services for IT Solution Providers As customers continue to build edge computing data centers to support Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing access, and other distributed applications, they face challenges inherent in managing these facilities, many of which have few… Read Article »
Nov 20 / By Ron Catanzaro How the Server Rack in your Converged Infrastructure can Speed up your Edge Computing Deployment According to research firm MarketsandMarkets™, from 2017 through to 2022, edge computing will experience a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 35.4% (from $1.47 Billion US to $6.72 Billion US). Those in the business of… Read Article »
Oct 24 / By Ron Catanzaro Press Release: Schneider Electric Announces APC NetShelter Racks and Micro Data Centers Achieve Cisco Certification Extends Cisco UCS Pre-rack and Ship Certification to the entire NetShelter SX product line with Shock Packaging including 13 preconfigured SKUs and Micro Data Center Xpress SX 24U and 42U Provides more options for greater… Read Article »
Oct 22 / By Rob McKernan How IT Solution Providers Can Increase Recurring Revenue with Remote UPS Monitoring Currently, services make up about 30 percent of IT solution providers’ revenue, a figure that will surely grow in coming years. One of these services includes monitoring uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) to mitigate unplanned downtime…. Read Article »
Sep 14 / By Michael O'Brien Services on the Edge – Making Peace of Mind a Piece of Cake There has been a lot of communication in the market about the definition of edge computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and explaining how edge is where computing happens between here and there to reduce latency…. Read Article »
Aug 30 / By Robert Bunger OCP and Open19: Addressing the Open Compute Needs of both Edge and Hyperscale Data Centers Over the last several years, the trend towards more open IT systems has accelerated. The drivers–lower costs and operational efficiency–have brought together industry stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to form new consortiums. These collaborative industry initiatives… Read Article »
Aug 23 / By Jamie Bourassa How IT Solution Providers Can Market Edge Computing to End Users Why are end users suddenly demonstrating high levels of interest in edge computing solutions? It has to do with changing marketplace trends. Local devices make up the bulk of the “things” that constitute the much… Read Article »