Oct 15 / By Steven Brown The Edge Computing Opportunity Combines Hardware with Software and Services In selling edge computing solutions, IT solution providers should take into account the whole picture – hardware, software and services. Unlike data centers, where it’s common to deploy different components separately, edges computing sites typically require single-rack… Read Article »
Aug 26 / By Larry Hann Four Reasons to Offer Managed Power Services Power infrastructure discussions usually occur late in the technology sales cycle. Customers typically are more interested in applications, servers, storage and networking. So it’s up to the IT solution provider or managed service provider (MSP)… Read Article »
Jul 01 / By Tarunjeet Sarao Are Today’s UPSs Addressing the Needs of Customers with Edge Computing Sites? As businesses push forward with digitization strategies, they are calling on IT Solution Providers to deliver solutions that address their most pressing challenges at the edge. Edge computing deployments are growing into massive, distributed networks making it… Read Article »
May 13 / By Larry Hann 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 »
May 07 / 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 »
Apr 08 / 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 »
Dec 08 / 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 »
Nov 24 / 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 »
Nov 17 / By Scott San Antonio As Schools Ramp Up Digital Learning, Edge Computing Technology Partners are Key A significant change was already underway at educational institutions far and wide, including the adoption of cloud resources and online learning. But, as with so many industries, the pandemic is driving schools to adopt these… Read Article »
Sep 24 / By Katie Boeh Vertical IoT Opportunities for MSPs are about to Explode As the Internet of Things (IoT) gradually shifts from aspiration to reality, managed service providers (MSPs) should be paying attention to new market opportunities. The IoT is primarily a vertical play, with purpose-built applications that… Read Article »
