APC by Schneider Electric and Scale Computing in Partnership

Scale Computing, Inc. will partner with APC by Schneider Electric to deliver a Micro Data Centre in a Box solution across North America.

Utilising Schneider Electric’s Micro Data Centre portfolio of infrastructure solutions, the Micro Data Centre in a Box delivers a fast, cost effective and resilient solution for channel partners, MSPs and end users while meeting the distinct challenges of big data and IoT faced by many businesses.

The joint platform, which is built on a simplified but effective and adaptable infrastructure, offers shared automated virtualisation, compute, storage and power management resources.

Under the terms of the agreement, Scale Computing supplies its HC3 HyperCore software while APC delivers a self-contained and secure enclosure. This solution allows organisations to deliver an energy efficient IT solution that is pre-tested, optimised and able to be rapidly deployed. This creates a reliable and robust environment to leverage on-premise and multi-cloud infrastructures.

Organisations from numerous vertical sectors are realising the huge benefits of embedding compute and storage capacity to the edge, closer to where the data is being generated. Retailers, utility companies, hospitals, universities and logistics businesses are among the many seeing the result of addressing the demand for highly distributed capacity in this way.

According to 451 Research LLC, Micro Data Centres on the edge of the network are growing in popularity with a CAGR of 42% over the last three years.

The Micro Data Centre in a Box requires minimal IT expertise and no additional infrastructure software. Instead, it is a highly available, self-managing platform for running applications at the edge.

The added pay as you grow flexibility enables organisations to start small and grow their IT as and when needed.

In addition, it has built-in redundancy to provide BC, even in remote edge locations.

The solution is pre-packaged and ships ready to be deployed, providing a quick, turn-key and simple IT infrastructure, optimised to support edge computing needs.

Scale Computing customer, Benchmark Electronics, Inc., is looking to deploy Scale Computing and APC Micro Data Centre in a Box solutions across its distributed enterprise.

Stacy Black, corporate director of global IT infrastructure and operations, Benchmark Electronics, said: “The cost-effective solution will greatly simplify physical infrastructure deployment in our edge environments. The plug and play devices are easy for staff at any location, regardless of their technical capabilities, to get up and running quickly without having to know how to install, deploy and maintain the infrastructure. The Micro Data Centre in a Box will also ensure uniform configuration and installation across company’s edge locations.“

Jeff Ready, CEO, Scale Computing, commented: “One of the biggest challenges faced by businesses today is how to simplify edge IT environments, where resources and staffing are often quite different. Deploying our Micro Data Centre in a Box gives organisations the flexibility to quickly scale capacity and computing power at the edge, while eliminating the complexity of managing separate hypervisors, backup software, and DR software. This fully integrated solution saves time, money and resources, which will be a game changer for these edge and remote environments, and for those channel partners and MSPs who serve them across the world.“

John Knorr, VP, global IT channel alliance, Schneider Electric, concluded: “Our joint Micro Data Centre in a Box solution is a great example of the capabilities and technologies we are able to deliver customers in edge environments. When we partner with organisations like Scale Computing, combining our Micro Data Centre solutions with Scale’s HC3 HyperCore software, we deliver on our mission to provide our customers ‘Certainty in a Connected World.’“