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Mar 12 / By Jamie Bourassa

How an Integrated Ecosystem of Partners Drives Edge Computing Customer Value

Many of us in the business world perceive the announcement of innovation as a big splash, oftentimes presented on a mega screen during a major tradeshow. Elon Musk announces a plan for colonies on Mars…. Read Article »

Mar 08 / By Rob McKernan

APC Webinar Featuring Canalys: Edge Computing Opportunity for Channel Partners

Anyone who is even tangentially involved in IT has been hearing a lot about the “edge” lately – whether edge computing or edge data centers. IT solution providers may rightfully be wondering, “What’s in it… Read Article »

Feb 26 / By Rob McKernan

Edge Computing is Key to Meeting Digital Transformation Demands – and Partnerships Can Help Deliver Them

Organizations in virtually every vertical industry are undergoing a digital transformation in an attempt to take advantage of edge computing technology to make their businesses more efficient, innovative and profitable. In the process, they’re coming… Read Article »

Feb 19 / By Wendy Torell

Robots in Retail are Real… and so is Edge Computing

I’ve seen plenty of articles touting the promise of edge computing technologies like AI and robotics in retail brick & mortar, but it wasn’t until this past weekend that I had my first encounter with an… Read Article »

Jan 25 / By Jamie Bourassa

Physical Security for Edge Computing Emerges as Major Theme at Edge Congress Conference

As the trend towards more distributed IT edge architectures continues to expand, key industry stakeholders are collaborating to learn more about how these new technologies are impacting business growth opportunities. Once such recent event, the… Read Article »

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 »

Nov 20 / By Ron Catanzaro

How the Server Rack in your Converged Infrastructure can Speed up your Edge Computing Deployment

According to research firm MarketsandMarkets™, from 2017 through to 2022, edge computing will experience a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 35.4% (from $1.47 Billion US to $6.72 Billion US). Those in the business of… Read Article »

Aug 30 / By Robert Bunger

OCP and Open19: Addressing the Open Compute Needs of both Edge and Hyperscale Data Centers

Over the last several years, the trend towards more open IT systems has accelerated. The drivers–lower costs and operational efficiency–have brought together industry stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to form new consortiums. These collaborative industry initiatives… Read Article »

May 30 / By Pankaj Sharma

Your server room UPS has something to say. Here’s why you should be listening.

Analysts predict that Internet of Things (IoT) devices will grow from around 10 billion connected internet devices today to 30 billion devices by 2020—an uptick of about 3 billion new devices per year. These devices… Read Article »

Aug 23 / By Steven Carlini

What IT Solution Providers Need to Know about Edge Infrastructure

Pendulum swings are a common occurrence in the IT industry. Take what’s happening with edge infrastructure, which consists of bringing assets back from the cloud into network closets. You wouldn’t have edge computing without the… Read Article »