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...]
LiveTime releases 64 bit ITIL Service Management Virtual Appliance
ITIL Service Management and Help Desk Virtual appliance now supports VMware, Virtual Box and XenServer 5.0 and the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). LiveTime Software, a leading provider of ITIL based Web 2.0 Service Management and Help Desk Software, today released version 5.5 of its highly integrated virtual appliance. The latest version of LiveTime's JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) … [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...]
LiveTime Ships New ITIL Service Desk Hardware Appliance
LiveTime Software, a leading provider of ITIL based Web 2.0 Service Management and Help Desk Software, today announced the general availability of LiveTime's Hardware Appliance v5.5. This hardware is based around Sun Microsystems Sun Fire x4140 (AMD) and x4150 (Intel) Quad core processors and LiveTime 5.5 with ZFS, MySQL Enterprise and PostgreSQL. LiveTime has been able to leverage the key … [Read more...]
Growth in Desktop Virtualization Seen in 2009
According to a new IDC study, IT departments in 2009 will face fierce pressure to reduce costs, while at the same time IT environments will become more complex than ever before, with more mobile workers and devices, increased reliance on offshore employees, new security threats, and spiraling costs around management, support, and maintenance. Desktop virtualization is a term creating lots of … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2008 on WAAS
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 with accelerated access to centralized … [Read more...]
IronKey The Worlds Most Secure USB Thumb Drive
What do you keep on your USB thumb drive? Project information, company information, client files, personal data? If you have data you want to protect with military grade encryption in a rugged USB thumb drive, take a look at the IronKey lineup of USB drives. Three Versions IronKey USB thumb drives come in a variety of sizes from 1 GB to 8 GB. You can pick from three versions depending on … [Read more...]