Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

During a media event this week Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, set the stage for Intel’s approach to re-architect the data center and journey through periods of transformation that are changing from network-centric to human-centric models. Networking.

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Our goal has been to find a cost-effective solution for our IT needs that would make it convenient for employees of our company to access our shared network (documents and emails) all over the globe without much hassle, difficulty, or expense. ► 2006. (2). ► August. (3). ► July. (1). ► June. (2). ► May. (2).

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Cloud Data Center Storage Google 113

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. The new products cut across the company’s market leading Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker and Mozy product lines. EMC NetWorker 8.1 Networking.

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Data Center Data Backup Storage 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Networking. To move into a hybrid packet-optical circuit switch network, optical circuit switches (or photonic switches) can be aided by SDN scripts to redirect data flows from one network to another. RELATED POSTS: Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks are New Data Center Standard. Networking.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 173

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Web-based communication, collaboration and office productivity software suite provider Open-Xchange has secured $20 million in Series C funding to grow its cloud office suite. The additional funds will support the company’s growth through investments into software development. Pertino Raises $20M to Bring Cloud Networking to SMBs.

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Data Center Cloud Disaster Recovery Internet 186

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Intel is offering a new Software Development Kit for data centers that complements its Data Center Manager (DCM) product, a key ingredient in more than 80 percent of today’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) offerings. Riverbed Enhances Network Performance Management Tools. Intel Launches Data Center Manager Software.

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Data Center Intel Tools Development 192

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

And, each will provide disaster recovery office space, redundant private telco rooms and 10,000 square feet of raised floor in a Private Data Hall. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31). July 2006 (26). May 2006 (28).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

software that adds support for Fibre Channel to its existing iSCSI support, enabling Granite solutions to now support over 90 percent of the current enterprise-class storage array market. also improves data protection with automated snapshots and simplified support for existing data-center class backup and recovery software.

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Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 191

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Some highlights from the week included: Pixar celebrated the 25th anniversary of its RenderMan software, which has been used in 19 of the last 21 Academy Award-winners for Visual Effects. fxguide has an exclusive on Pixar’s RenderMan and the software’s co-founder Ed Catmull. Networking. December 2006 (43).

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Data Center Meeting Data Storage 187

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Earlier this year, BrightRoll created an ultra-low-latency video advertising solution by building on Equinix’s Ad-IX platform instead of public networks for its ad exchange traffic. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31).

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Data Center Data Advertising Disaster Recovery 183

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

CloudFoundry is open source software developed by VMware and now part of the Pivotal Initiative, an independent entity funded by VMware and EMC. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31). July 2006 (26). June 2006 (37).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Fishbowl , providers of software and services to the restaurant industry, has leveraged Latisys for a hybrid solution that encompasses colocation, managed services, and cloud. The company has a typical software as service setup with a few pieces added in. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51).

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Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Atomic writes are used in the popular MySQL databases for streamlining the software stack by replacing the need to write twice to maintain atomicty, or database ACID compliance. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31). White Papers.

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Open Source Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 177

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

an updated version of its SaaS-based data center performance and lifcycle management software suite. can be deployed and delivering value in days without disruptive and costly hardware or software agents. RELATED POSTS: Network News: Juniper Targets Mobile Services. Networking. December 2006 (43). August 2006 (31).

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Data Storage 185

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

“We decided a year ago that given our growth, we needed to upgrade our data center to assure uninterrupted services in hosting our online data management and software services for our customers,” said David Termondt, CEO of PureSense. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44).

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Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

IT automation software provider Puppet Labs has acquired Cloudsmith , a provider of development tools for rapidly building and testing infrastructure automation. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31). July 2006 (26).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

This simplifies integration of historical and real-time data collected by FieldView into asset, systems and network management solutions, as well as financial applications, dynamic facilities control, IT power control, and other applications. Closer Look: FieldView Solutions DCIM Software. Networking. December 2006 (43).

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Applications Data 180

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

The company’s portfolio includes technology industry leaders such as Avaya, Gartner, Interactive Data Corporation, the NASDAQ OMX Group, NetScout, Seagate Technology, Serena Software and Skype. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

Virtualization must be at least 40% – Virtualization is defined as a technology that allows multiple, software-based machines, with different operating systems, to run in isolation, side-by-side, on the same physical machine. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

The partnership matches Univa’s distributed resource management software platform with the MapR enterprise-grade big data platform. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31). July 2006 (26). June 2006 (37).

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Data Center Data Big Data Enterprise 184

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

This allows the business to use their own developed software in a cloud that they personally handle the security of, while getting the cost saving benefits of the public cloud by avoiding upfront equipment costs and other overhead. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). White Papers.

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Data Center Cloud Data Storage 242

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

” (Source: Market Share Analysis: IT Operations Management Software, Worldwide, 2012: by Laurie F. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31). July 2006 (26). June 2006 (37). May 2006 (28). April 2006 (16).

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Data Center Big Data Data Analysis 209

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Adding ScaleIO’s highly scalable server software with PCIe Flash cards to EMC XtremSF PCIe cards will increase EMC’s portfolio for Enterprise Private Cloud and Service Provider environments. ScaleIO Elastic Converged Storage (ECS) software will become part of the EMC XtremSW Suite of Flash storage software.

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Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery Virtualization 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

IT consumerization and BYOD are paving the way to conducting business in a new fashion and allowing users new level so of network access. In creating the right type of platform, consider the following: Simple network access. Software Defined Technologies Bring Data Centers Closer Together. Networking. December 2006 (43).

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Policies 182

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

With 3,265 software piracy cases settled around the world in the past year Microsoft gladly embraces the cloud computing advantages that it can benefit its partners. Independent Software Vendors. Microsoft announced new partner agreements with four leading global independent software vendors (GISVs). Networking.

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Data Center Microsoft Cloud Data 178

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

KV, and later KVM, helped IT centralize management by delivering the ability to connect to any remote server or networking device through an overlay network of dedicated hardware switches. Hardware KVM solutions have been replaced with software solutions and in many instances merged into holistic management consoles and platforms.

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Data Center Data Hardware Virtualization 187

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

CSL’s CSL-WAVE software enables companies to monitor and manage thei z/VM and Linux on System z environments using a powerful and easy-to-use interface. IBM Acquires BLADE Network Technologies. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35).

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Data Center IBM System Cloud 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

However, modern day backup software can now also backup directly to disk storage via local disk, OST, NFS, and CIFS protocols. Backup software today can backup to disk storage with de-duplication, a compression technique used to get single instances of data on the storage, saving possibly 50-90% of capacity on repeated data segments.

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Data Center Data Backup Storage 195

Fountainhead

JUNE 2, 2009

As much as 3 years ago, the company was anticipating "virtualization sprawl", the need for automating VMs, the expectation that IT environments will have both physical and virtual machines, and the fact that "you shouldnt care what machines your software runs on, so long as you meet your SLA". not just a networking play. but growing.

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Data Center Load Balancer Virtualization Analysis 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 21, 2013

Pairing for Scalability: In-Memory Data Grids and the Cloud - By dramatically simplifying and enhancing the deployment of scalable applications within cloud infrastructures, in-memory data grids play a key role in delivering on the promise of cloud computing, writes William Bain of ScaleOut Software. Networking. December 2006 (43).

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Data Center Industry Data Disaster Recovery 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

This pertains to managing the infrastructure elements on which the cloud is running – including the physical infrastructure elements such as servers, networks and storage, as well as the virtualization layer and the cloud stack. Networking. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44).

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Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Customers deploy Scality’s software to provide large-scale storage for Cloud, Big Data, and Backup and Archive applications. The growth opportunity in the software storage market is very exciting for us,” said Doug Carlisle, managing director, Menlo Ventures. “The EMC World: New Scale-out Storage and Software. Networking.

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Data Center Storage Data Big Data 100

Fountainhead

AUGUST 12, 2010

The Cisco Unified Computing System is a next-generation data center platform that unites compute, network, storage access, and virtualization into a cohesive system.". A technology where CPU allocation , data I/O , storage I/O , network configurations, and s torage connections are all logically defined and configured in software.

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Disaster Recovery Data Center Virtualization Network 145

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

More than one person took note of how I compared its simplicity in contrast to other offerings in the same space, but failed to detail the specifics of Egeneras PAN Manager software and how it mapped to 13 common IT Service Management functions. ► 2006. (2). Ken Oestreich. ► August. (3). ► July. (1). ► June. (2).

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Disaster Recovery Load Balancer Dell Data Center 100

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In the early eras of PCs, a number of new technologies arose: in particular there was the IP network, that allowed the CPU to talk to others, and external/networked storage, that externalized (or removed) the dedicated hard drive. Each had a software driver, usually tied to the O/S. This all made for an operations nightmare.

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Hardware Data Center Storage Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

IO Virtualization is an approach whereby physical IO components such as Network Interface Cards (NICs) Host Bus Adaptors (HBAs) and Keyboard/video/Mouse ports (KVM) are reproduced logically rather than physically. Converged Networking Adapters (e.g. However, to be clear, IOV is not a software layer as-is the hypervisor).

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Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Four days packed with presentations and networking (of the social kind). Think of it this way: Fabric Computing is the componentization and abstraction of infrastructure (such as CPU, Memory, Network and Storage). This is very much analogous to how OS virtualization componentizes and abstracts OS and application software stacks.

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Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113