Certainty Archives

Jan 11 / By Jamie Bourassa

Edge Computing is Here to Unlock the Power of your IOT Applications

Gartner defines edge computing as “solutions that facilitate data processing at or near the source of data generation,” a nice, succinct explanation of this booming technology. If you don’t need it already, you most likely… 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 13 / By Helen Ding

Power Protection can help ensure the best viewing experience, so you don’t miss any of the Big Game!

Preventing Match Interruptions The worst thing that could happen to fans as they watch their favorite teams vie for the cup is an outage that interrupts the TV or internet transmission of a match. No… Read Article »

Jun 07 / By Scott Cassidy

IT Solution Providers Are Ready to Evolve Their Businesses with a Cloud-based Management Platform

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 »

Jun 01 / By Pankaj Sharma

No Skimping on Safety: Lithium-ion UPS Batteries Must Meet Stringent Safety Standards

Lithium-ion batteries have been used in uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) for several years now, providing benefits including a longer battery life, smaller size and weight, and lower total cost of ownership vs. traditional UPS lead… Read Article »

May 23 / By Pankaj Sharma

Lithium-ion Battery Technology Addresses the Two Biggest UPS Concerns: Battery Life and Weight

Historically, the most frequent issues customers have with uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) have to do with two criteria: battery life and weight. But lithium-ion battery technology promises to bring welcome relief, because they last more… 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 »

May 08 / By Pankaj Sharma

How an APC Smart-UPS Lithium-Ion UPS Battery Can Significantly Cut Your TCO

When you’re making a technology purchase decision, thinking about Return on Investment (ROI) can help you and others consider whether the solution is worthy of budget. But that’s not the only time when ROI is… 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 »