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VMware's Vision for the Software-Defined Data Center

Just how realistic is VMware's endgame of a data center where everything is virtualized and controlled via software?


Tags: Nicira, software-defined data center, Virtualization Management, virtualization software, VMware, virtually speaking, data center, virtualization

Rackspace CTO: Open Rack Is Nice, But We Like Our White Boxes

With the cloud and data center vendor in continual need of new servers, what do they buy?


Tags: whitebox, server, Open Rack, Open Compute, Rackspace Cloud, Rackspace, data center

Open Compute Widens Servers with Open Rack

19 inch servers could soon become a thing of the past as the open source group pushes a new standard.


Tags: Facebook, server, rack mount, data center, Open Rack, blade server, Server Blades, Open Compute

5 Help Desk Solutions You Need to Know

The weakest link in IT organizations is often the help desk. Shift that label to another group with great software.


Tags: help desk, data center, server room

iTRACS Data Center Management Tool Keeps an Eye on Power Consumption

iTRACS PowerEye released for reducing energy consumption and costs in the data center.
Tags: data center, data center management, Data Center Manager, Data Center Management Software

A Cloud Computing Guide for Data Center Management

AFCOM has released a new data center guide to help organizations before they begin the transformation to public, private or hybrid cloud computing.
Tags: data center management, data center, data center virtualization

Old School Server Management Still Alive and Well

It's 2010, and you'd think server management would have reached new heights by now, but it hasn't -- Unless you've recently bought yourself a new pair of shoes.
Tags: data center, data center management, Data Center Management Software, OS, server management

Brocade Data Center Reports Energy Savings

The company claims a 75 percent energy savings using a new custom cooling system.
Tags: energy, data center, cooling

Case Study: A Cisco Data Center Convert

NightHawk Radiology Services uses Cisco UCS servers running virtualized workloads.
Tags: data center, Cisco UCS, Cisco, server room management

New Data Center Management Trends for Virtualization Technologies

Virtualization technologies help drive data center efficiency.
Tags: virtualization technologies, data center, data center management

Wipro Launches New FluidState Data Center

The company claims its prefabricated data center can be setup in less than a week.
Tags: data center, modular, modular data center, data center infrastructure

Server Room Management Trends: Going Dark

The dark data center is an increasingly viable strategy where infrequently staffed and equipped server rooms are equipped with motion-activated lighting.
Tags: server room management, data center management, data center

Data Center Management Mishaps

Overheated systems shut down after a worker changes a thermostat setting -- and other data center follies caused by human error.
Tags: data center, data center management, server room management

Green Data Center Management News

This week in green data center management news: Canadian researchers hope to perfect a way to host the Internet's content purely on green power.
Tags: data center management, data center, IT, green IT, green data center

Does Your Data Center Need a Storage Server?

Not all data centers need some form of local storage.
Tags: storage server, data center

Oracle Takes Next-Gen Data Center Push on the Road

Next week's event will tout Oracle's systems approach, Sun hardware and the benefits of private clouds.
Tags: Sun, Oracle, SAP, data center, enterprise applications

Data Center Management to Support Growth

Data centers approaching the limits of energy and space resources may need a transformation to prepare for the future.
Tags: data center management, data center

Green Data Center Management News

This week in green data center management news GE is in investing in SynapSense - a startup that uses software and wireless sensors to reduce energy usage in data centers.
Tags: green technology, green IT, data center management, data center

3 Ways to Secure Your Virtualized Data Center

Server virtualization may have caught on far and wide, but the technology for securing virtual environments lags. Regaining visibility at the access layer is critical to keeping your data safe. Here are three ways to accomplish this.
Tags: data center, virtual server, server virtualization, virtual machine, security

Universal to Power and Cool Datapod Modular Data Centers

Universal Networking Services will provide site infrastructure in Datapod's modular data center system.
Tags: modular data center, data center, server room management

Green IT: Data Center Management News

A new Forrester Research study indicates that nearly 40 percent of businesses now have a plan for implementing an enterprise-wide carbon and energy management system.
Tags: data center management, green IT, data center

AccelOps Launches Data Center Monitoring Channel Program

The company has announced details of a new channel program that lets partners sell its integrated data center monitoring platform.
Tags: data center management, data center

Data Center Management Green IT News

This week in data center management news China is developing the Tianjin Eco-City concept that will include green data centers for banking and manufacturing software systems.
Tags: green power, green technology, data center management, data center, green IT

Future Facilities, SynapSense Offers Integrated Data Center Management

Future Facilities has announced integration with SynapSense Data Center Monitoring and Energy Management Solution.
Tags: data center management, data center

IBM's in Hot Water to Cool Servers

The latest idea in supercomputer cooling is to let the machines operate at something warmer than meat locker temperatures.
Tags: supercomputing, IBM, data center, cooling, blade servers

Raritan Data Center Management Solutions Support Cisco UCS

Raritan's solutions are designed to support high-performance data centers, such as those built on Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS).
Tags: Cisco, data center, Cisco UCS, data center management

ElasticHosts Launches ElasticStack Cloud Server Platform

The company claims providers have already signed up to offer branded cloud services.
Tags: Cloud server, cloud service, cloud services, data center

Using Server Virtualization to Cool 4 Data Center 'Hotspots'

Finding your data center hotspots is one problem. Resolving them is another. Server virtualization may be part of the answer.
Tags: data center, server virtualization, data center management, virtualization

Know Your Data Center Management Capabilities

What does your management actually know about your data center?
Tags: data center, IT, deployment, data center management

iWave Offers Automated Data Center Management Solution

Orchestrator provides automation and service management for data centers and private clouds.
Tags: data center management, data centers, data center

Government Calls for Better Data Center Power Management

The Federal Government is looking for ways to better manage data center efficiency and reduce energy usage.
Tags: data center, power management, data center management

Data Center Servers Need Energy Star Rating

EPA standards failed to include a major energy hog in data centers: the data storage server.
Tags: data center, server, Energy Star Rating, Enterprise, EPA

NetApp, Microsoft Partner on Data Center Management Tools

The partnership will enable IT to manage virtual environments with standard Microsoft data center management tools.
Tags: data center, data center management, Microsoft, NetApp

Data Center Management Can Save IRS Millions

The IRS says it could save more than $3 million by implementing better cooling techniques in its data centers.
Tags: data center, cooling, energy, data center management

Top Data Center Management Concerns

Adequate data center management and monitoring capabilities have surpassed all other concerns on the lists of priorities.
Tags: server power, data center management, data center

Oracle Updates Virtualization Technologies

The Sun Ray 3 Plus client can significantly reduce power consumption.
Tags: Oracle, virtualization technologies, virtual desktop, data center, VDI

Implementing The Right VDI Strategy

A good virtual desktop strategy should focus on following the end user from device to device.
Tags: desktop virtualization, virtualization technologies, VDI, data center

JouleX Offers Smart Energy Data Center Management

JouleX promises energy monitoring products for the enterprise data center that can be installed in just a few hours.
Tags: data center, data center management, Energy Star

Data Center Management: Reduce Container Costs with Standardization

Containerized data centers lower costs, but it currently lacks standardization.
Tags: Data Center Manager, standard, container, data center

SGI Modular Data Center for Extreme Server Densities

The company has announced a new Universal ICE Cube modular data center for extreme server and storage densities.
Tags: data center, SGI, modular data center

Manure-Powered Data Centers -- The Next Big Thing?

Besides generating a chuckle or two, a manure-powered data center may be the ultimate in sustainable energy for both developed and developing countries. HP Labs presented the concept at the ASME International Conference on Sustainability last week.
Tags: green technology, green IT, data center, green computing

Data Center Management: Power Management and Virtualization

Despite adopting virtualization and power management techniques, data centers are still power-hungry.
Tags: data center, power management, data center management

Move Virtualized Server Applications Across Data Centers

AppZero 4.5 lets groups of virtualized server applications to be 'scooped and moved' across the data center and cloud.
Tags: Server Applications, Enterprise, Cloud, data center, Virtualized Server

Juniper Unveils Software to Automate Data Center Management

The company has announced new software to improve the automated management and support of enterprise and data center networks.
Tags: data center, data center management, Enterprise

Dell to test ARM Servers for Large Data Centers

Dell plans to test multicore ARM processors from Marvell Technology Group for use in low-power data center servers.
Tags: ARM, ARM server, data center, Dell

Server Virtualization for Better Data Center Management

More data centers require server deployments to be virtual unless there is specific need for a physical server.
Tags: virtualization, data center, server virtualization, data center management

Government Data Center Management and Consolidation Plans

Through its government-wide data center consolidation effort, the federal government plans to increase server virtualization.
Tags: virtualization, consolidation, data center management, data center

Choosing Between Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions

How to choose the right edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 to best suit your needs.
Tags: data center, Windows Server 2008 R2

Inside Ten of the World's Largest Data Centers

In pictures, here is an inside look at ten of the world’s largest data centers.
Tags: data center, server, Microsoft, Google, Facebook

Liquid Blade Servers for the Data Center

From PCs to rack mount and blade servers, liquid cooling is making its way in to the data center.
Tags: blade server, servers, liquid cooling, data center

SynapSense Offers New Data Center Management Services

The company is offering new environmental optimization services as a part of its Data Center Monitoring and Energy Management Solution.
Tags: optimize, data center management, data center, energy management

Infoblox Acquires Netcordia Data Center Management Solution

The two companies will immediately begin integrating data center management functions.
Tags: data center management, integration, storage server, data center

BeyondTrust Secures Server Virtualization Migrations

Company offers privilege identity management across guest operating systems as well as hypervisor hosts.
Tags: virtualization, data center, virtual platform, server virtualization

QNAP Announces 8-Drive, Rack-Mounted Storage Server

The TS-859U-RP Business Series Turbo NAS offers 8 hot-swappable hard disk drives and redundant power-supply in a 2U rack-mounted unit.
Tags: server, rackmount, data center, storage server

Intel Labs Uses Old Servers to Create Routers

Intel Labs uses open-source Click Router to tie servers together for a new role.
Tags: data center, router, redeployment, server

Eaton Power Management Integrates with VMware vCenter

The company's Intelligent Power Manager software are fully integrated into VMware's vCenter server virtualization platform.
Tags: data center, server virtualization, virtualization, power management

The Data Center Shift to Virtualization

Virtualization is becoming the underlying technology for many different data center IT needs.
Tags: virtualization, data center, data center management

The Next Step in Enterprise Virtualization

Enterprise virtualization technology is in high demand with infrastructure-as-a-service or virtualization-as-a-service announcements expected.
Tags: virtualization, server virtualization, data center, Enterprise

Lightfleet Uses Light for Blade Server Interconnections

Lightfleet claims its product uses light signals to replace the cabling and switches typically used in a blade server.
Tags: data center, blade, power, blade server, cooling

Extreme Virtualization for Data Center Management

Extreme Networks announces its new dynamic virtualization lifecycle data center management solution.
Tags: virtualization, data center, data center management, Cloud, dynamic

HP Details its 'Cisco-free' Data Center

Calling the technology 'Cisco-free', HP has announced its newest data center that uses HP/3Com equipment.
Tags: 3Com, HP, Cisco, data center

Voltaire Offers Virtualized Data Center Management

New software designed for virtualized data center management orchestrates end-to-end virtual machine connectivity.
Tags: data center, virtualization, data center management, Voltaire

New Tool for Server Room Monitoring

Degree Controls announces the Accusense F333 monitoring tool.
Tags: monitor, server, server management, management, data center

How the Quest for Mobility Leads to Modular Data Center Management

When it comes to data center management, is a modular server room the way to go?
Tags: data center management, data center

Microsoft Data Center Management: More than Containers

Microsoft's data center of the future will be more like a trailer park. Only the concrete pad will need to be built on-site.
Tags: ITPAC, Microsoft, data center, data center management

Viridity Launches New Data Center Management Software

The company's new data center management software offers energy monitoring and measurement.
Tags: energy, data center management, data center, green IT, cooling

10 Must-Have Certs for Landing Your Dream Data Center Job

If you're looking for a job in a data center involving software, networking or security, you probably already know there are ample certifications from which to choose. Finding a cert is the easy part; determining which will lead to the most career advancement is trickier.
Tags: certification, data center jobs, data center, Certifications

HP's Mark Payne on Data Center Management Trends

Mark Payne, VP of EMEA industry standard servers at HP looks at the emerging trends in data center management and design.
Tags: data center management, servers, cooling, data center

A Look at Desktop Virtualization Technologies

Desktop virtualization technologies are becoming more common in the enterprise, but is this a viable technology?
Tags: data center, virtualization technologies, desktop virtualization, hardware, Enterprise

Increased Server Sales Could Mean More Data Center Renovations

A number of factors could make increased data center construction and renovations increasingly likely.
Tags: server, growth, outsource, technology, data center

Data Center Cloud Disaster Recovery

Dealing with disaster recovery in a data center cloud environment.
Tags: data center, recovery, cloud computing, Cloud

Standalone Servers and Other Things in a 2010 Data Center

The data center of tomorrow will look different from today's rack-filled halls.
Tags: standalone server, unified integrated systems, virtualization, technology, data center

Convergence of Server, Storage, and Networking Requires Super Admin

As servers, storage, and networking become more tightly integrated, the data center will be in need of a new super administrator.
Tags: data center, networking, server, convergence, Storage

Schwarzenegger Orders Data Center Consolidation

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an executive order requiring California to reduce the total amount of data center square footage used by state agencies.
Tags: consolidation, servers, data center, government, capacity

Facebook Data Centers Look to 100-Gigabit Ethernet

The company sees a need for 100-Gigabit Ethernet, some upgrades need 1 Terabit.
Tags: data center, 100 Gigabit, servers, Facebook, EtherNet