The compact and reliable mini PCs can play a significant role in evolving the hardware as a service model.

The small form factor, robust nature and versatility of mini-PCs make these devices suitable for a wide number of industry sectors.

With a sudden surge in remote working, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, companies need to find ways to provide staff with an experience equivalent to being in the office.

Mini-PCs offer a multitude of advantages over their larger brethren when it comes to the delivery of highly capable intelligent edge devices.

Mini-PCs offer agility and efficiency, increase productivity and enable companies to quickly and cost-effectively move to remote sites, says Xavier Nel, head of product at CloudGate.

Xavier Nel, head of product at CloudGate, examines whether IT services and sustainability can ever work hand-in-hand.

High-speed Internet connectivity and the rise of the cloud is changing organisations’ approach to desktop PCs, enabling these large devices to be replaced with palm-sized micro-computers.

Micro-computers offer a multitude of benefits to the contact centre, says CloudGate.

A micro-computer offers many advantages to the education sector, not the least of which is that if it is smaller, it is easier to install and maintain, says Xavier Nel, head of product at CloudGate.

The benefits of the cloud go beyond cost and efficiency – cloud can also impact a small business owner’s carbon footprint.

Prohibitive electricity costs and fragile supply are driving innovation around more agile, resilient and energy-efficient hardware, says Xavier Nel, head of Product at CloudGate.

The palm-sized desktop alternative supports Windows 10 Pro as well as Linux operating systems.