Mar 26 / By Rob McKernan Physical Security for Edge Computing Offers Managed Service Opportunity for IT Solution Providers A recent survey of IT channel partners conducted for APC by Schneider Electric uncovered convincing evidence that there’s a significant opportunity for IT solution providers in offering managed security services targeting the increasing number of… Read Article »
Feb 12 / By Jamie Bourassa Top 4 Edge Computing Challenges that IT Solution Providers Can Solve The global edge computing market size is projected to reach $3.24 billion US by 2025 (according to a study conducted by Grand View Research, Inc.). While this research underscores the speed and volume at which… 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 »
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 »
May 31 / By Ron Catanzaro Is your Business GDPR-Ready? The European Union (EU) has a new data privacy and breach disclosure law, which went into effect on May 25. That’s why you’ve been getting all those emails from various companies with updates on privacy… Read Article »
Mar 14 / By Pankaj Sharma 3 Questions to Ask Regarding the Security of your UPS Management Software Across small and medium businesses, millions of small (5 kVA and below) uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) are hooked up directly to key servers that help to run and operate the business. These UPSs provide valuable… Read Article »
Nov 08 / By Rob McKernan Physical Security Is Critical to Edge Computing Deployments For many Managed Service Providers (MSPs), security has become the No. 1 topic when discussing IT services with customers. The discussion typically revolves around cybersecurity for obvious reasons, but partners need to also broach physical… Read Article »
Sep 15 / By Ron Catanzaro Physical Security and Environmental Monitoring for the Edge Keeping an eye on the server room is a big challenge, even for companies with an IT staff. While servers hum along in some out-of-the way location, IT professionals usually are busy attending to other… Read Article »
Jan 25 / By Pedro Pereira Up your Cyber Security Game – Using Predictive Analytics to Create a Defense Plan Cybersecurity has become a frustrating game of whack-a-mole, with new threats constantly showing up in new and unexpected places every time you beat back the last one. At times it feels as if security vendors… Read Article »
Dec 21 / By Pedro Pereira 2016 Year in Review: Balancing Security Concerns with Delivering Business Value Through Digitalization Looking back on 2016, two major technology trends stand out for IT Solution Providers: a daunting security challenge and a fervent obsession to deliver business value. If you take a negative perspective, 2016 may go… Read Article »