May 24 / By Larry Hann Protecting and Updating Customer IT Environments with UPS Assessments Wherever you run IT infrastructure, whether on-premise, in the cloud or at the edge, power backup is critical. While end customers generally don’t give it much thought, solution providers know how important it is to… Read Article »
Mar 24 / By Sarah Jane Hannon How to Pick the Right UPS for Your Home or Business The increase in the frequency of severe weather means that power disruptions pose a growing threat to equipment and data within businesses and home offices. Many livelihoods depend on a constant supply of electrical power…. Read Article »
Mar 18 / By Roseann Brusco Power Outages: Assess Costs and Risks Before the Lights Go Out The recent Texas winter storm was a clear reminder that power outages are one of the leading causes of unplanned downtime for businesses, and that translates directly into lost revenue. So, taking steps to mitigate… Read Article »
Mar 08 / By Larry Hann Managed Power Services: A High-Growth Edge Computing Opportunity for IT Solution Providers The managed services market is growing at an estimated CAGR of 12% while edge computing spending is predicted to reach $33 billion by 2024. These markets intersect and, as such, create new opportunities for managed services providers (MSPs) and value… Read Article »
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 »
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 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 »