SolarWinds Survey Explores the Tech Skills Gap and the Future of the IT Professional

Highlights need to increase upskilling and tech pro confidence

September 20, 2019

SolarWinds announced the findings from its IT Pro Day 2019 survey, “Building Confidence for Tech Pros of Tomorrow.” The survey results explore what tech pros need to build confidence in managing both today’s hybrid, distributed tech environments and the complex environments of tomorrow.

The Four Pillars of a Critical Mindset

Together, they create a successful environment

Michael Kappel

September 4, 2019

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In mission critical systems, managers must champion and exemplify what has come to be known as the "critical mindset." But what is this exactly?

Powering Edge Data Centers

On Demand An edge data facility is still a data center. One still and must consider design, construction, and operational habits that result in high levels of system availability, maintainability, and resiliency. The disaggregation that edge poses will distribute compute and storage assets, and the challenge will be placing edge assets into sufficiently robust facilities or enclosures outside of traditional data centers where those local solutions can equally sustain those IT operations and systems.

Planning For Power Density Challenges

New Date Load densities in data centers continue to increase. In response, designers and operators need to get creative about how to accommodate power density challenges and how to reject excess heat. What operational modifications can be made or what infrastructure additions need to be provided to address these increasing load densities and the ability to cool at increasing densities?

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The Future of UPS Systems

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Mission Critical Magazine

July/August 2019

Mission Critical’s 2019 July/August issue focuses on green data centers, intelligent power management, cooling options, and another installment of our State of the Mission Critical Industry roundtable article.

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