Resources for IT Managers
EMC Corporation has announced two new software solutions aimed at helping customers automate configuration and compliance management across their physical and virtual information infrastructures. Announced today, EMC Server Configuration Manager and EMC Configuration Analytics Manager provide customers with a unified approach for managing their IT infrastructures – including servers, networks, storage and applications – driving [...]
Cisco Systems and Microsoft have teamed up to bring a new networking appliance for enterprises designed specifically for use in branch offices. The new product called Windows Server on WAAS (Wide Area Application Services) is now available for purchase. Windows Server® on WAAS reduces the cost and complexity of providing IT services in branch locations [...]
CA, one of the world’s largest independent software companies, and Opalis Software Inc., a market leader in IT process automation software, have announced an OEM partnership that will enhance CA’s Data Center Automation offerings with the award-winning IT process automation technology from Opalis. The joint technology solutions will further enable enterprises to drive down IT [...]
TrendPoint Systems, a leader in data center energy management solutions announced a four-point plan aimed at dramatically reducing energy costs and carbon emissions at data centers. A recent study by McKinsey & Co. predicted that data centers will surpass the airline industry as the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 and called for [...]
Microsoft’s answer to VMware’s systems-management product will be released commercially in September according to Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s chief operating officer. These remarks are in contrast to those made by Diane Prescott, product manager for System Center. She said on the team blog that Virtual Machine Manager 2008 would be released in the fourth quarter of [...]
HP today announced the world’s first two-in-one server blade. The HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 combines two independent servers in a single blade. This offers customers with scale-out environments improved data center performance, reduced floor space and lower power usage. The HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 offers three times the density of traditional 1U rack-mount servers. This [...]
IT managers are being challenged to develop a strategy to handle the increasing demands for data storage. Applications are becoming more complex and storage needs typically double every 18-24 months. You may want to look at the new HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System. Extreme is just what it offers. The platform consists of [...]
Microsoft’s Hyper-V server virtualization technology could ship as early as June or July. This is shorter than the 180 days projected after the launch of Microsoft Server 2008 which launched in February. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is a next generation hypervisor server virtualization technology. It allows you to consolidate multiple server roles as virtual machines [...]