Innovation insights, trends, and breakthroughs for tech leaders.
Have hyperscale, will travel: How the next data center revolution starts in a toolshed Where we discover the form factor for a portable, potentially hyperscale data center, small enough to fit in the service shed beside a cellphone tower, multiplied by tens of thousands. Within an industrial park in a major metropolitan US city, in ...
In honor of Earth Day 2018, this ebook offers a collection of advice, insights, and use cases that demonstrate how individuals, industries, enterprises, and communities are implementing programs and developing technologies to improve energy efficiency and reduce negative impacts on the environment. From the ebook: The Internet of Things (IoT) has spread to office buildings ...
For this cover story, Conner Forrest talked with members from the group of early PayPal employees nicknamed the ‘PayPal Mafia.’ Some of them went on to start the most influential companies of our time, including Tesla, LinkedIn, and YouTube, creating a blueprint for explosive growth and scale that forever changed the tech industry. This download ...
Turning a great idea into a business requires careful planning and strategic execution. This ebook offers advice and insight on how to get the ball rolling and make sure all the pieces are in place for the best outcome. From the ebook: Everyone has at least one idea for the next big thing. What makes ...
Powerful trends are pushing the global community to develop more smart cities and invest in connected technologies, as the world population increases and more people move to urban environments. This ebook looks at smart city growth from several angles and offers real-world examples of where and how the tech is being planned and implemented. From ...
Beyond cryptocurrency, blockchain offers the potential to revolutionize how we conduct business, provide services, and exchange information. This ebook looks at where blockchain may be headed and how it’s already being used in industries ranging from healthcare to food safety to mining operations. From the ebook: Blockchain has proven to be the largest value of ...
As a technology provider, you have a team to support, business to manage, and distributor relationships to maintain, all while providing your customers with the best possible service—and remaining profitable. This also means budgeting and planning for the future. These can all be tough tasks to manage. Growth can be unpredictable and you may be ...
Smart pricing based on a sound strategy is fundamental to the success of your technology business. While you may think you can’t afford to spend time and resources defining and enforcing a pricing strategy, the truth is, you can’t afford not to. Sticking to a plan for pricing will help grow your profits, while veering ...
As a technology provider, you have a team to support, business to manage, and distributor relationships to maintain, all while providing your customers with the best possible service—and remaining profitable. This also means budgeting and planning for the future. These can all be tough tasks to manage. Growth can be unpredictable and you may be ...
If you’re a VAR in the technology space struggling with quoting, you aren’t alone. Quoting projects for your clients means navigating a lot of complex variables and, more often than not, conquering a beast of a spreadsheet lurking in your sales quoting process. Complicated costing formulas, manual upkeep, and a lack of standardization of output ...
As a technology provider, you have a team to support, business to manage, and distributor relationships to maintain, all while providing your customers with the best possible service—and remaining profitable. This also means budgeting and planning for the future. These can all be tough tasks to manage. Growth can be unpredictable and you may be ...
Smart pricing based on a sound strategy is fundamental to the success of your technology business. While you may think you can’t afford to spend time and resources defining and enforcing a pricing strategy, the truth is, you can’t afford not to. Sticking to a plan for pricing will help grow your profits, while veering ...
There’s a lot of buzz around the cloud as more and more applications are making the move from on-premise to cloud-based. At the current rate, it won’t be long before everything is in the cloud. As a technology solution provider, it’s up to you to stay ahead of the curve by proactively offering cloud services ...
Smart pricing based on a sound strategy is fundamental to the success of your technology business. While you may think you can’t afford to spend time and resources defining and enforcing a pricing strategy, the truth is, you can’t afford not to. Sticking to a plan for pricing will help grow your profits, while veering ...
If you’re a VAR in the technology space struggling with quoting, you aren’t alone. Quoting projects for your clients means navigating a lot of complex variables and, more often than not, conquering a beast of a spreadsheet lurking in your sales quoting process. Complicated costing formulas, manual upkeep, and a lack of standardization of output ...