Data Centres
How the channel can sell the next generation of Business Intelligence
Matt Mullen
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Conseal Server to Bring USB Device Security and Control to Private Clouds
Enterprises and Service Providers can deploy a full Conseal solution in their own network or datacentre, providing Dual Locks security for data on removable storage, a powerful central management console and remote wiping.Read more: Conseal Server to Bring USB Device Security and Control to Private Clouds
Raritan Introduces Low-Cost, Palm-sized Device for Server Management
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Scanning Digitizing and Printing Solutions for oil and gas industry
Neuralog offers practical and intuitive solutions to the oil and gas industry.
From scanning, digitising and printing, to organizing and analysing your data, to getting answers about hydrocarbon reserves, each step of your workflow is supported with Neuralog Professional Solutions. Each Neuralog product contributes to your interpretation workflow.
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broadband services NIB-II would put India at par with more advanced nations.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is in the process of commissioning of a world class, multi-gigabit,
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AES Wins CTRM Deal With Geneva-Based Integral Petroleum
Black Sea and Mediterranean distribution specialist Integral Petroleum has moved from paper-based to Web-delivered trade capture in a first-phase deal with Aspect Enterprise Solutions (AES).Read more: AES Wins CTRM Deal With Geneva-Based Integral Petroleum
Measure of Data Centre Efficiency and Offers Efficiency Calculator
An industry-wide measure of data centre efficiency is a critical next step in addressing IT energy consumption, according to a new white paper issued today by Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical ContinuityTM.
This latest installment of Emerson Network Power’s Energy Logic white paper series advances the discussion started last year with the initial Energy Logic white paper, a prioritized roadmap for optimizing energy use without compromising availability or flexibility. The first Energy Logic analysis, however, did not address data centre efficiency directly, because without a universally accepted metric for data centre output, efficiency cannot be accurately quantified.
Today’s white paper, Energy Logic: Calculating and Prioritizing Your Data Center IT Efficiency Actions, takes the next step by using a placeholder metric to highlight the value of measuring data center efficiency in the same way that miles-per-gallon (MPG) provides an easily understood, agreed-upon efficiency measure for cars. Specifically, the new Energy Logic white paper introduces the concept of CUPS, or Compute Units per Second, to demonstrate how a metric can work. CUPS is a relative measure of server output, based on average server performance in 2002. Using data from multiple industry sources, Emerson Network Power calculated the change in CUPS between 2002 and 2007, providing a common server performance measure required to calculate efficiency.
CUPS uncovers an important fact – while data centre energy consumption has risen in recent years, these increases have been accompanied by dramatic gains in data centre output and efficiency. If data centre output had remained flat between 2002 and 2007, the efficiency improvements achieved would have cut 2007 data centre consumption to one-eighth the 2002 consumption.
The analysis also helps data centre managers prioritize energy efficiency decisions. Using the CUPS metric, the report shows that 10 prioritized strategies proposed in the original Energy Logic white paper increase data centre efficiency by 3.6 times. The measurement also pinpoints three strategies with the most impact – faster replacement of IT technologies, virtualization and high-density architecture.
The analysis also helps data centre managers prioritize energy efficiency decisions. Using the CUPS metric, the report shows that 10 prioritized strategies proposed in the original Energy Logic white paper increase data centre efficiency by 3.6 times. The measurement also pinpoints three strategies with the most impact – faster replacement of IT technologies, virtualization and high-density architecture.
“Our goal with this next step in Energy Logic is to illustrate how a metric can uncover important insights about performance while helping data centre managers prioritize efficiency efforts,” said Jack Pouchet, director of energy initiatives for Emerson Network Power. “Ultimately, a universal metric will help data centre professionals make significant improvements in energy efficiency while meeting growing performance demands.”
To promote industry discussion and debate toward development of an agreed-upon approach, today’s new installment of Energy Logic offers three criteria that an efficiency metric should meet: it should drive the right behavior; be available and published at the IT device level to help buyers make the right choice; and be scalable from the IT device to the data centre level.
“We continue to emphasize that today’s increasingly efficient technologies, along with effective management strategies, can help drive data centre efficiency,” said Michael Zatz, manager of the U.S. EPA’s ENERGY STAR Commercial Buildings Program. “Through continued discussion and information sharing, the data centre community can continue to deliver critical benefits to our economy and society while reducing energy usage.”
The aforementioned www.efficientdatacenters.com is a new Web site developed by Emerson Network Power to offer data centre professionals information on the latest advances in energy efficiency.
34% Increase in Chinese Server Market as Expansion Continues,
IDC claims a 34% Increase in Chinese Server Market and the worldwide server market has increased by 4.8% year over year to $12.7 billion in the third quarter of 2014. This is the second consecutive quarter that the server market has experienced a year-over-year improvement in worldwide revenue. Server unit shipments improved 5.7% year over year in Q3 2014 to 2.38 million units as investments in hyperscale datacenter capacity expansion continue to reshape the core server market. Additionally, IDC thinks the signs of a server refresh cycle, which we expect will continue to lift the market into 2015.
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Gamma Global To Launch Dedicated Distribution Division
Datacentre Distribution brings together world leading IT brands
After successfully securing Authorised Distribution status with leading IT industry names such as Emerson Power Network and Server Technology, Gamma Global is set to launch a dedicated distribution division - Datacentre Distribution.
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EMEA Server Market Records Annual Revenue Growth of 9.1% in 4Q10
According to International Data Corporation ( IDC's ) EMEA Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the EMEA server market grew year-on-year by 9.1% in 4Q10.
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Globally spending moves from £15.5b to £18.5b entering business information,
According to the research which benchmarked over 4,000 organisations around the globe, companies worldwide spend £15.5 -18.5b interpreting and entering business information: 80 per cent of this is unstructured. Finance departments bear much of the brunt of this in the form of invoice transactions.
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