EcoStruxure IT Archives

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 »

Jul 20 / By Jamie Bourassa

How Edge Computing Creates New Opportunities for IT Solution Providers

Today’s data center landscape represents a broad patchwork of processing hub architectures that embrace both centralized and distributed approaches. Analysts often coin the term “hybrid” to describe this mix of cloud and colocation data centers,… Read Article »

Jul 14 / By Jason Covitz

5 Reasons to Sell Power and Cooling Managed Services

The managed services provider’s (MSP) primary mission is to prevent downtime for the customer. Savvy MSPs know that going beyond simply monitoring power and cooling for online/offline status is critical to deliver on their service… Read Article »

Jun 29 / By Steven Brown

EcoStruxure IT Expert API Enables Seamless Remote Monitoring and Management of Edge Computing Critical Infrastructure

The IT landscape has transformed into a hybrid architecture with many geographically distributed edge computing sites. In fact, Grand View Research predicts that the global edge computing market will reach USD 43.4 billion by 2027…. Read Article »

Jun 17 / By Maud Giroud

Four Tips for Monitoring Edge Computing Data Centers and a Network Operations Center – from Home

In recent months, many organizations have had to quickly shift to a work from home set up. Even as some may be slowly returning to an office environment, many lessons have been learned along the… Read Article »

Jun 10 / By Patrick Donovan

Remote Monitoring and Service Dispatch for Edge Computing Goes Digital

Remote monitoring services for edge computing infrastructure devices have been around for years. You paid the UPS vendor to look from afar for battery self-test failures and other faults. A failed unit would send a… Read Article »

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 »

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 20 / By Scott Cassidy

New Cloud-based Monitoring Tool Shifts Playing Field for IT Solution Providers

Most successful IT solution providers are adept at growing their customer base without having to hire additional hard-to-find technicians. They manage to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction through superior support without driving up… 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 »