Broomfield, CO – March 7, 2008 — 42U today announced it is among the first wave of graduates from Avocent’s initial VAR accreditation training program for data center solutions, one of several initiatives planned this year to help partners further expand their Avocent expertise and offer increased value to customers. The course emphasizes how partners
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42U Awarded GSA Contract for Data Center Equipment
42U the nation’s largest, vendor-independent valued-added reseller of data center infrastructure solutions, today announced it has been granted a contract number by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Broomfield, CO – January 29, 2008 — 42U (https://www.42u.com/) the nation’s largest, vendor-independent valued-added reseller of data center infrastructure solutions, today announced it has been granted a
Curbing IT Power Usage
New Ideas To Save Energy In Your Data Center Thanks to energy hogs such as blade centers, data center energy costs are high. SMEs will find it hard to absorb these kinds of financial hits without some help. Fortunately, there are more than a few ways to curb power consumption. Measure Power Consumption According to
KVM Streamlines Remote Server Management
For 3,000 machines, remote server management is easier than managing locally, but for business intelligence software company SAS, wrestling with multiple management interfaces was only marginally helpful. …Reducing the divorce rate Do not underestimate the power of remote server management, warned Dennis Drogseth, a vice president and analyst at Enterprise Management Associates. Marx, for example,
Web Seminar: Avocent IT Infrastructure Tools
Unleashing the Power of Avocent IT Infrastructure Tools Data center build outs, expansions, updates and server consolidation have reached a feverish pace and so have the challenges in keeping up with compliance, green initiatives – all while attempting to lower costs, increase scalability and keeping IT operations and Business always on. On Wednesday, February 6th
Avocent Introduces Family of Space-Saving Desktop KVM Switches for Small and Home Offices
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 17, 2007 – Avocent Corporation (Nasdaq: AVCT) today introduced its family of SwitchView® 100 desktop KVM switches for small and home offices. These latest additions to the Avocent family of market-leading connectivity solutions include four space-saving desktop KVM switches that support multimedia applications. SwitchView 100 switches come bundled with all the necessary
Top 10 Ways to Save Energy in the Data Center
By Shamus McGillicuddy, News Writer 11.29.2007 | SearchCIO.com LAS VEGAS — Gartner Inc. has predicted that the cost of supplying energy to a server over its three-year lifetime will soon exceed the server’s acquisition cost. With this in mind, Chris Loeffler, product manager of data center solutions at Eaton Corp. in Cleveland, offered delegates at
State-by-State Green Power Locator
More companies are tracking the carbon footprint of their data center facilities as part of broader initiatives towards eco-responsibility. As a result, there’s growing interest in renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas and hydro power. But how do you find these “green power” providers? The Environmental Protection Agency has gathered information on
What does Green Data Center Mean to You?
Firms Making Their Own ‘Green’ Standards North American companies want energy-efficient data centers, but are struggling to define what “green” really means, and often developing their own metrics and standards. That’s the conclusion of a Digital Realty Trust (DRL) survey of enterprise data center users, which found strong commitment to energy efficiency but no clear
Avocent First to Combine Management of Virtualized and Physical Assets in the Data Center
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 5, 2007 – Avocent® Corporation (Nasdaq: AVCT) today introduced a major upgrade to its award-winning flagship DSView 3 management software that enables IT managers to seamlessly access and control virtualized environments in the same way they access and control their physical IT environments. Avocent DSView 3 software is the first management platform