With cuts in IT budgets many IT departments are looking for innovative ways to cut costs in their data centers. Yet while faced with shrinking budgets IT managers are expected to deliver expanded and reliable services to meet the growing needs of the business. For many this means difficult challenges to try and balance the two. Organizations can make savings in their operating costs by making … [Read more...]
Cisco and Partners to Accelerate Data Center Virtualization
Cisco Partner Summit – Cisco today announced plans to grow, motivate and evolve its global community of data center channel partners and customers to further accelerate the market transition toward virtualized data centers. Cisco introduced several channel programs designed to help partners gain new revenue opportunities and evolve their businesses toward a unified data center practice. To … [Read more...]
Study Reveals Green IT Now Essential IT Practice
Symantec Corp. has announced the findings of its 2009 Green IT Report, a follow up to the Green Data Center report released in late 2007. According to survey data, senior-level IT executives report significant interest in green IT strategies and solutions, attributed to both cost reduction and environmental responsibility. The data points to a shift from implementing “green” technologies … [Read more...]
Symantec Announces Managed Backup Services
Symantec Corp. today announced Symantec Managed Backup Services, a comprehensive offering which provides management of backup and recovery operations, allowing customers to more effectively utilize IT resources and focus on core business priorities. Organizations have increasingly more platforms, applications, servers, virtual machines and databases to protect than ever before. Out-tasking … [Read more...]
Cisco Expands Security Services Into the Cloud
Cisco today announced new additions to its portfolio that bolster the network security infrastructure and the delivery of cloud security services, thereby enabling businesses to collaborate with greater confidence even as their workforce and partners become increasingly mobile and interactive. Today's announcement, being made at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, comes at a time when … [Read more...]
New HP Data Center Design Methodology Saves Customers Millions in Capital, Operating Costs
HP has unveiled an approach to critical facilities design that can increase data center efficiency and reduce customers’ capital costs by 15 to 25 percent.(1) This new offering enables customers facing the challenges of today’s economic climate to cost-effectively invest in building the foundation to thrive in tomorrow’s recovery. Multi-tiered hybrid design from HP aligns facility design with … [Read more...]
Dell Helps Customers Design Data Centers for Energy Efficiency and Peak Performance
Dell has announced that its data center consulting practice will utilize Future Facilities’ 6SigmaDC software suite to design and simulate data centers that maximize space utilization and energy efficiency through the optimal configuration and placement of IT hardware, racks, cabinets and power and cooling equipment. Dell’s data center consulting practice combines innovative tools and software … [Read more...]
New Dell Data Center Products Reduce IT Complexity and Improves Energy Efficiency
Dell has introduced next-generation data center infrastructure products designed to help customers simplify and manage their data center environment while improving energy efficiency. The Dell PowerEdge 4220 and PowerEdge 2420 rack enclosures support Dell’s broad portfolio of servers and storage systems and can be used in virtually any environment, including data centers, remote offices, wiring … [Read more...]