Vertiv Insights - Edge Computing, IoT & Tech Trends

Availability & Uptime

SAFTEY RULES: An Update on Lithium-ion Battery Use in Critical Facilities

April 25, 2018

Data Center/Colocation/Hosting

Why Colos Will Not Only Survive but Thrive: Analyzing the Impact of Shifting Workloads on Colocation Providers

April 19, 2018

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Availability & Uptime

Pacific Seafood taps the quick ship program and sources a Liebert EXM UPS to solve power issues and maintain customer service.

Pacific Seafood, founded in 1941, is a family-owned provider of seafood with 38 processing facilities along the Pacific Coast and distribution facilities in seven states. The company experienced a potentially crippling outage when a non-Vertiv UPS had failed, relegating Pacific Seafood's IT systems to operate on unprotected power. Calling on Veriv, they leveraged the power of the Quick Configure and Delivery program and selected, acquired and installed a Liebert EXM UPS in under 4 days.

April 18, 2018

Edge Computing

Vertiv Defines Four Primary Edge Archetypes And Their Technology Requirements

Vertiv released Defining Four Edge Archetypes and their Technology Requirements, a global, research-based analysis of network edge use cases, resulting in the identification of four main archetypes for edge applications and the technology required to support them. Vertiv edge experts identified more than 100 use cases and refined the initial list to 24 considered to have the greatest impact on businesses and end users, based on projected growth, criticality and financial impact

April 17, 2018

Edge Computing

Bringing Clarity to Edge Computing Through Leading Archetypes

Edge computing has the potential to reshape the network architectures we’ve lived with for the last twenty years. We need to work together to ensure that process happens as efficiently and intelligently as possible.

April 16, 2018

Defining The Edge: Four Edge Archetypes and their Technology Requirements Report

Vertiv edge experts, in conjunction with an independent third party consulting firm, identified and analyzed use cases that comprise the edge ecosystem to develop a better understanding of the edge and needs for the supporting infrastructure. This report defines the four edge archetypes, the top 24 use cases and connectivity requirements.

April 16, 2018

Defining “The Edge”: A Simplified Approach to Understanding a Digital Ecosystem.

The digital world is constantly changing, especially at the network edge. Edge computing might be defined differently depending on your industry, your world region, your role in technology and other factors. It is growing rapidly, and network architectures must adapt to support this growth. Working with an independent, third-party research group, Vertiv conducted an extensive audit of the various edge use cases that exist today, this led to our recognition of four archetypes that we believe encompass most of edge uses cases and can help guide decisions regarding the infrastructure required to support edge applications. Check out the infographic to understand our process.

April 16, 2018

Colocation

451 Report: The Impact of Cloud and the Internet of Things on Datacenter Demand

With the growing adoption of public cloud services by enterprises and ever-evolving IT options and priorities – including the growth of mobility and IoT – demand drivers for leased data center space have changed, and will continue to do so.

April 10, 2018

DCIM & IT Management

How companies can benefit from the job-hopping generation

The massive generational shift that’s taking place in today’s workforce is bringing change to businesses world-wide. Over the past few years, this is a topic that’s been heavily discussed across industries - and rightfully so.

April 05, 2018

Colocation

Geist Delivers Future-Proof Data Center Power Management with Next Generation Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) Platform

Geist, a division of Vertiv and provider of intelligent power and management solutions for data centers, today announced the release of Geist GU2, its highly anticipated next generation of upgradeable rack PDUs. The Geist GU2 family establishes a robust power infrastructure foundation for mission-critical facilities and introduces an evolutionary design platform that simplifies upgrades to technology advances as business needs evolve. Geist GU2 is available immediately in all regions where Geist products are sold.

April 04, 2018

Featured

Leveraging The Internet of Things in the Data Center and Edge

With projections of up to 50 billion Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices by 2020, many industries are finding ways to leverage IoT. Data Centers and Edge computing sites are uniquely positioned to leverage IoT and improve visibility, efficiency, availability and scalability, for a more profitable business.

Keys to Powering Today's Critical Network Edge

The IT landscape continues to change. Trends are driving more and more computing to the "edge of the network". Professionals today are asking what this means to their infrastructure power systems.

Data Center 2025

The only certainty in computing is that change is coming. What will that mean for the data center of the future? Bigger? Or smaller? Faster? Better? Sure, but how?

Tech In Marketing - A Dream for the CMO but a Nightmare for the CIO and IT?

Marketing and IT should be intimate friends, often they’re barely fleeting acquaintances. As a marketer, working in a business enabling the digital applications of the digital world, I see both sides, and they are now, and are becoming more intertwined and interdependent.

App-first: Simplicity for Customers, Complexity for IT

Mobile devices have fast become the most important screen for consumers, to the point that firefighters are weighing in on our digital addictions.

Virtual Reality Needs Real Infrastructure. Are IT Professionals Prepared?

I must confess that I was not immune to the Pokemon Go craze. Like many others, last summer I observed people hunting Squirtles and Bulbasaurs. I also witnessed the first world frustrations of people getting frustrated because the game would not load when they were sure there must be a Pikachu close to hand.

Autonomous Cars: The Unfolding Impact for IT Professionals

Years later and countless hours spent trawling up motorways and crawling around cities, that dream had been firmly wiped from my mind. Yet in the near future, it looks like becoming a reality for the next learner generation.

How Does "Mission-Critical" Translate In the Digital Economy?

I vaguely remember when I first came across the concept of the data center. In fact, it was the discovery of a seemingly obscure and futuristic sounding thing called a ‘mainframe’.