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 »
May 20 / By Debbie Dailey How to Answer 5 Tough Customer Questions about NetShelter CX Rack Enclosures Being a Subject Matter Expert for the CX for 14 years I wanted to share some tips for getting a conversation started that can lead to the sale of a NetShelter CX rack enclosure –… Read Article »
Apr 23 / By Scott San Antonio Can I Get a Witness? Making Edge Computing Sites Truly Autonomous Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solves many problems that historically have plagued data center managers – clutter, management complexity, and high upgrade and maintenance costs created by multiple Ethernet boxes, servers, and storage arrays. Hyperconvergence removes those… 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 »
Mar 05 / By Jamie Bourassa What are Managed Power Services? Rapid expansion at the edge is creating an acute need for remote management at unstaffed edge sites. The opportunity is tailor-made for managed service providers (MSP) or IT solution providers with experience in remote services… 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 »
Jan 25 / By Steven Brown Battery Health Monitoring: A First Step Toward Predictive Capability in UPS Management The humble battery is responsible for running so many devices, but it usually only draws attention when it drains. In the IT infrastructure, where batteries are necessary for backup power supplies, the attitude toward them… Read Article »
Jan 21 / By Wendy Torell Outsourcing vs. DIY: Monitoring and Servicing Critical IT at Edge Computing Sites Monitoring and servicing are two critical functions to ensure your distributed UPS assets do the job they were intended to do to keep your critical edge computing applications available. But when you have UPSs distributed… 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 »