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 »
Aug 20 / By Scott Cassidy New Cloud-based Monitoring Tool Shifts Playing Field for IT Solution Providers Most successful IT solution providers are adept at growing their customer base without having to hire additional hard-to-find technicians. They manage to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction through superior support without driving up… Read Article »
Jun 27 / By Scott Cassidy Cloud-based Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Enables IT Solution Providers to Offer New Services The trend to everything-as-a-service in the IT world is providing a spark of innovation for our IT solution provider community. As with any shift, some are going all-in and repositioning themselves as managed service providers…. Read Article »
Jun 07 / By Scott Cassidy IT Solution Providers Ready to Evolve Their Businesses with Cloud-based DCIM It’s no secret that the ability to adapt and evolve is key to success for the IT Channel. For example, IT solution providers were quick to jump on the sales opportunity presented by Uninterruptible Power… Read Article »
May 17 / By Rob McKernan Steps MSPs Can Take to Address the IT Skills Shortage for IoT and Edge Computing In an industry where change is relentless, there is one constant you can always count on – a chronic shortage of IT skills. Even during economic downturns, it’s difficult to fill IT job vacancies because… Read Article »
Apr 26 / By Jason Covitz Success with Edge Computing: MSPs Must Manage Customer Sites As edge computing sites sprout across the IT landscape to handle IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (artificial intelligence) applications, organizations are facing performance and management challenges. Eventually companies will have hundreds and thousands of… Read Article »
Apr 20 / By Jason Covitz Resilience at Edge Computing Sites Is Resilience for the Whole IT Environment As edge computing deployments get under way, organizations need to make their edge computing sites resilient. As the saying goes, “you’re only as good as your weakest link,” so if edge computing locations are allowed… Read Article »