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 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 »
Aug 16 / By Kim Povlsen AI-driven, Cloud-based DCIM is Simplifying Data Center and Edge Computing Management This article was originally published on Data Center Dynamics. There is no doubt in my mind that the jobs of IT and data center managers are getting tougher. I’ve witnessed it firsthand. Most are being… Read Article »
Mar 06 / By Kim Povlsen Cloud-based DCIM vs. On-premise: Just the Facts Try as you might, these days it’s hard to avoid on-premise-vs.-cloud discussions. Why would this blog post be any different? This time we’re talking about DCIM (data center infrastructure management) and when it makes sense… 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 »
Sep 15 / By Ron Catanzaro Physical Security and Environmental Monitoring for the Edge Keeping an eye on the server room is a big challenge, even for companies with an IT staff. While servers hum along in some out-of-the way location, IT professionals usually are busy attending to other… Read Article »
Sep 08 / By Rob McKernan What Does DMaaS Mean for the Channel? As you’ve been going about your business working with IT and data center professionals, you might recently have encountered a new technical term to add to your vocabulary: DMaaS. It stands for Data Center Management… Read Article »
Jul 27 / By Rob McKernan Managed Power Services Differentiates Vology and Increases Customer Satisfaction Vology’s management is fond of telling customers: “Say the word, and our IT department becomes your IT department.” That pretty much sums up this MSP’s (Managed Service Provider) approach to delivering IT services. An APC… Read Article »
Aug 30 / By Steven Carlini Top Five Reasons Power and Cooling Is Critical to Edge Computing Edge computing is bringing compute, storage and management capabilities to the edge of the network – just close enough to prevent the lag and potential security issues of the cloud without clogging up the network… Read Article »