The pandemic exposed a nation-wide digital divide. Brad Alexander of DartPoints, outlines how edge computing is bridging that gap and changing the digital ecosystem landscape.
DartPoints
Launched in 2014, DartPoints emphasizes edge computing with their aim to build a national network of micro-data centers. Their modular “building block” micro-data centers allow for quick and cost-effective deployment in secondary markets while allowing scalability for different customer needs.
Headquarters: Dallas, TX
Web: http://dartpoints.com/
Is the Midwest a New Silicon Valley? Here’s Why You Should Take Advantage of the Trend.
Site selection is a strategic process that requires the right blend of power, cost savings, environmental conditions, and scalability. Blake Proffitt of DartPoints explores the reasons that enterprises and hyperscalers are building new data centers in the American Midwest.
Roundtable Recap: Edge, Uptime, Supply Chain and the Nuclear Option
Our Executive Roundtable for Q1 2022 explores four topics: The growing traction for edge computing, ensuring uptime as apps and services become more complex, the state of the data center supply chain, and the potential for nuclear power as an option for data centers.
Are Nuclear-Powered Data Centers on the Horizon?
Are nuclear-powered data centers an option in the battle to forestall climate change? That’s the focus of today’s edition of the DCF Executive Roundtable. featuring five experts on data centers and cloud computing.
The Data Center Industry Begins to Feel the Supply Chain Pinch
After several years of supply chain disruptions, the data center industry is working harder to keep pace with continuing demand for capacity. The DCF Roundtable offers expert takes on the state of the data center supply chain.
Cloud Outages Sharpen Focus on Uptime and Reliability
Reliability is in the spotlight after major outages in 2021 for some of the Internet economy’s marquee names Our DCF Data Center Executive Roundtable panel of industry experts examines uptime in the cloud computing era.
Executive Roundtable: Edge Computing Adoption Gaining Traction
After years of high expectations, edge computing is emerging as a more significant component of Internet architecture, with adoption growing across industries, use cases and geographies, according to the experts on the DCF Executive Roundtable.
Containerization 101: What you Need to Know
As an increasing amount of our day-to-day activities have at least one foot in the internet, we are generating a nearly incomprehensible amount of data. Brad Alexander, Chief Technology Officer at DartPoints shares six key benefits of containerization, including how it can reduce the strain of increasing IT demands.
DartPoints Buys Metro Data Center, Expands Into Ohio Hyperscale Hub
Edge computing specialist DartPoints has acquired Metro Data Centers in a deal that will give it access to the growing hyperscale cloud ecosystem in Central Ohio.
Switch Developing Security Robots to Patrol Edge Data Centers
Switch has developed Switch Sentry security robots to deploy at future edge data centers and enterprise sites. Robots could be an important tool to solve challenges in data center management, as well as contactless commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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