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Schneider Electric: The Powerhouse for Healthcare IoT

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Few of us realize that the Apple Watch on your wrist telling you your heart-rate, the IV in somebody’s arm, and the electrical panels in hospitals are all intertwined within the Internet of Things (IoT). These are just a few of Gartner’s predicted 20.4 billion connected things that will be in use by 2020, and BI Intelligence predicts that by the same year, the installed base of healthcare IoT devices will reach 646 million. What do these numbers mean, exactly? That healthcare will account for 25% of the IoT market. The era of IoT has allowed Schneider Electric to essentially act as a virtual hub, linking what is most important in the healthcare realm: patient care and satisfaction. In hospitals, healthcare IoT or also commonly referred to as the Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT) is used to improve daily operations, patient care, and ultimately the patient experience. There is truly no limit to the benefits that Healthcare IoT can bring. In a recent article written by Solution ...

How Standardization Supports QTS’ 3-in-1 Colocation Model

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How many times have you heard this one? There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to data centers. It may be an old cliché, but the idea applies now more than ever. That’s why the need to offer different types of colocation models is so imperative. The speed of business is surpassing the enterprise’s ability to scale; meeting customer expectations takes aggregating and analyzing tons of data, and IT resources are needed for more strategic work. Keeping up and, more importantly, getting ahead, calls for data center standardization for speed to market. Speed to Market Whether through custom data centers, traditional colocation or public and private cloud, it’s key that colocation providers help customers mitigate today’s business pressures. By providing different data center types in the same facility as QTS does, you can create the right model and deploy the optimal combination of approaches for organizations of all sizes. To successfully deploy different colocation models, the sta...