Aug 04 / By Jeff Chabot 3 ways community colleges can keep up with unpredictable IT demands From what I’m hearing in my network, fall enrollment at community colleges in the United States is spiking dramatically. It’s no secret why: In the era of online learning, students looking to save on tuition… 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 »
Jun 03 / By Wendy Torell Not all Edge Computing Environments are the Same. Design the Physical Infrastructure accordingly Now more than ever, businesses are depending on the local edge for compute, storage, and/or networking close to the point of use. As an integral part of day-to-day business operations, these edge computing sites must… Read Article »
May 15 / By Scott San Antonio From the Nurburgring to the Micro Data Center, How Formula One Racing Can Educate Us on Edge Computing As I’ve been sheltering in place these past several weeks with no live sporting events to watch, I’ve been taking advantage of the free (or low cost) streams of one of my favorite sports –… Read Article »
Feb 26 / By Jonathan Healey Four Considerations for Managing Edge Computing Systems as Critical Assets Market and technology trends such as big data and the Internet of Things have altered the way distributed computing is managed. Remote pockets of computing power, traditionally found in network closets of commercial buildings, now… Read Article »
Jan 21 / By Jamie Bourassa From Dunkin’ to Llama Llama – How Edge Computing Drives Digital Experiences These days, digitization-driven value creation is cropping up in all kinds of different ways. It influences everything from the way we more efficiently conduct our business to benefits we accrue in our daily personal lives…. Read Article »
Nov 26 / By Jamie Bourassa Why My Smart Phone Told Me Not to Eat My Wife’s Banana Bread: A Food & Beverage Industry Edge Computing Story My family and I are pretty brave when it comes to trying out new and exotic foods. Hot chili peppers? No problem. Escargot on a Friday night? Why not? However, that’s the exception rather… Read Article »
Oct 02 / By Jim Simonelli As Edge Computing Applications Diversify, So Do the Micro Data Centers that Support Them Big data and the Internet of Things are among the market and technology trends that have altered the distributed computing landscape. Whereas pockets of network closets traditionally hosted communications switches in office buildings, now, more… Read Article »
Sep 20 / By Jamie Bourassa Edge Computing: The Retail Technology Enabler that Drives In-Store Digital Capabilities Changing markets are impacting how most retailers restructure their operations. With trade barriers rising, retailers are forced to transform sourcing and logistics into sophisticated digital supply chains. At the same time, minimum wages are rising… Read Article »
Jun 21 / By Jamie Bourassa A New Ecosystem of Technology Partners Helps Retailers Bolster Business Continuity Through System Downtime Avoidance As the retail industry accelerates its drive towards more interactive and digitized customer experiences, the requirement for more complex “hybrid” IT systems becomes more acute. However, as systems grow in complexity, system architecture design and… Read Article »