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,
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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
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
Avocent Adds Support for More Server Models to Help Businesses Stay ‘Always On’
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 27, 2007 – Avocent® Corporation (Nasdaq: AVCT) today announced its MergePoint® 5200 family of service processor managers now supports more server models, enhancing IT infrastructure management capabilities for data center managers charged with keeping business operations ‘always on.’ The MergePoint products leverage service processors, the embedded “chips” inside servers designed to help
Avocent Launches New Serial Console Servers for Remote Management of Small and Midsize Data Centers
Affordable system simplifies remote management of UNIX, Linux and Solaris servers, routers, and power management devices The Cyclades CS Console Server, based on the industry leading Cyclades ACS Console Server platform, allow consolidated and cost effective management from a single point of access to serial devices. “These new additions to our range of switching solutions
Earthquake-Proofing the Data Center
For those of you located in earthquake prone areas…this article will definitely be of interest. Data Center Knowledge posted this article following the 6.2 earthquake which recently hit Japan. Tuesday’s magnitude 6.2 earthquake in central Japan was was only the most recent in a series of strong earthquakes to hit the country, one of the
Minicom Forms New Digital Signage Division
LINDEN, New Jersey, July 5 /PRNewswire/ — Minicom Advanced Systems announced today the formation of a dedicated Digital Signage Division is to be led by former Vice President for North American Sales, Dave Haar. The decision comes as a result of the company’s recognition of the need to provide specialized business attention to the rapidly