The COVID pandemic has accelerated the migration to cloud-native apps for many retailers, quick-serve restaurants and convenience stores, yet applications still need to run locally for performance and latency requirements. Luckily, the advent of hyper-converged infrastructure and the ability to integrate these environments into a cloud-managed strategy has made it easier for organizations with hundreds […]
Fortinet SD-WAN and TIC 3.0 standard means faster internet for federal agencies
Fortinet SD-WAN and the TIC 3.0 standard allows federal agencies to move from a hub-and-spoke network to a much faster software-defined network at a much lower cost. Best part is that SD-WAN capabilities is included with every Fortigate firewall.
Lopez Foods puts Intel NUC to work as both plant floor terminal and Kubernetes cluster
When the developers at Lopez Food needed more compute power to compile software in their agile development environment, the infrastructure team chose to use the computing power available in their Intel NUC plant floor workstations rather than purchase compute cycles in Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web services. Lopez Foods is a prepared meat processor based […]
My Whirlpool disaster – caused by poor IT systems
As the world becomes even more connected, the functions of back-end IT systems becomes even more critical to a company’s success. My recent experience with a new “smart oven” from Whirlpool is a testament to how poorly integrated IT systems can ruin the reputation of a nice product.
Sierra Wireless for cellular backup
How can you develop an easy-to-manage cellular backup strategy for hundreds, or even thousands of locations, with a single point of contact and a single bill each month? By teaming with SageNet and Sierra Wireless. Cellular backup made easy SageNet and Sierra Wireless have teamed to make implementing cellular backup easy and pain-free. As anyone […]