Jun 19 / By Jason Covitz How IT Solution Providers Can Increase Recurring Revenue through Monitoring & Dispatch Services for Edge Computing With the launch of Monitoring & Dispatch Services, IT solution providers have a new service to add to their portfolios that will optimize resources, improve efficiency, and help customers avoid downtime in edge computing sites…. Read Article »
Apr 22 / By Anna Napolitano Working Smart versus Working from Home I have been “smart working” for over 10 years. I have held either regional or global roles, which have demanded some very early mornings and some very late nights to work with colleagues around the… Read Article »
Mar 17 / By Jonathan Healey What You Should Look for in an Edge Computing Infrastructure Management Solution This blog post is part of a series focused on edge computing infrastructure management best practices. Access other blog posts in the series: Blog Post #1: Four Considerations for Managing Edge Computing Systems as Critical… Read Article »
Sep 10 / By Jamie Bourassa How CIOs can Bridge the Skills Gap for Edge Computing Deployments According to Gartner, Inc., 80 percent of corporate employees do not have the skills needed for their current and future roles. Digital transformation initiatives have only increased this gap by creating intense competition for those few workers… Read Article »
Apr 03 / By Jamie Bourassa How Edge Computing Will Evolve in 2019 and Beyond The growth of edge computing, where market size is expected to exceed $3.24 billion by 2025, signals a change in the way IT shops will structure their budgets. New investments will likely alter the mix… Read Article »
Dec 20 / By Rob McKernan CRN Awards Highlight Value of UPS and Data Center Management Services for IT Solution Providers As customers continue to build edge computing data centers to support Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing access, and other distributed applications, they face challenges inherent in managing these facilities, many of which have few… Read Article »
Aug 27 / By Jamie Bourassa The Decentralization of Higher Education IT Spending is Now Underway and “Big Data” is the Reason Information technology is impacting higher education institutions more than ever before. In the US, for example, a 2015 EDUCAUSE Core Data Service CDS Benchmarking study reports that universities, both public and private, are spending an… 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 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 »
Apr 16 / By Scott Cassidy Why Cloud-based DCIM is not Just for Data Centers Just as technology and its use are evolving at a tremendous pace, the physical infrastructure which supports IT equipment is also being transformed to support these advances. There are some significant trends driving new approaches… Read Article »