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November 22, 2011
Gartner Data Center Conference
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV
Monday, December 5-7, 2011
Booth # 42
Come to our booth to see Raritan’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution - dcTrack.
dcTrack brings an even stronger asset, capacity and change management solution, while also incorporating PowerIQ®, our energy management solution, to complete the DCIM solution. Power IQ provides a clear picture of available power, energy and environmental trends amongst all assets. This helps provide accurate information on power usage that can be used to save on energy costs and maintain compliance.
Dorothy Ochs
October 4, 2011
In addition to traditional uptime goals, Data center managers now need to efficiently manage IT assets, capacity, changes, the environment, power, energy, and carbon. It all boils down to the care and feeding of IT assets in racks. With so many technologies and so many choices, where does one begin? Come see Raritan’s latest solutions for making racks smarter. With more information and intelligence from your racks, you can know more, manage smarter.
Or come to the presentation at 2:50 pm in Hall 1.
Each attendee will enter a drawing to win a Pair of Motorola Two-Radios (20-mile distance).
To register, visit http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/conferences/2011/chicago
Dorothy Ochs
September 26, 2011
Come see Raritan at the September 29th Datacenter Marketplace Event in New York and Learn About PUE Effectiveness.
You are invited to attend the complimentary Data Center Discussion Panel Event Thursday September 29, 2011 from 12:00pm - 5:30pm, at Andaz | Wall Street in New York City, NY. A catered reception will follow the main event; including wine, beer and hors d’oeuvres. You can also tour the Telx Data Center (8th Avenue facility) from 9:00 am to Noon.
* Pre-Event Mixer on September 28th at Bar Seven Five (in Andaz).
For more information and to register, please visit http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e35bdv73ae254c7e
Dorothy Ochs
September 13, 2011
Hyatt Regency Boston (Cape Cod Room)
Learn about the latest trends and technologies for data center cooling, active airflow, environment, power, rack and cabling, and electronic asset management.
Featured guest speakers include Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Columbia University and the National Grid.
State-of-the-art colo tour and cocktail hour included.
To register and for more information, please visit www.raritan.com.
August 19, 2011
In the server world, an appliance is a completely enclosed turn-key unit, in which the operating system, application software and client interfaces are integrated into one easy to deploy package. Administrators don’t need to spend nearly as much time managing an appliance as they do a typical server. The hardware and software is pre-installed and configured by the manufacturer and is typically a plug and play device. Very secure, hardened appliances also require no management of security tools such as firewalls and anti-virus software. For several years, Raritan has provided its CommandCenter Secure Gateway centralized management solution in the form of an appliance. Rack mounted hardware and virtualized versions are available. The hardware (or physical) appliance is deployed as a two unit “cluster” for easy primary/secondary redundancy. When added scalability is needed, primary units can be set up in a multi-appliance “Neighborhood”.
Other solutions in the market are available simply as Windows or Linux applications and use what’s known as a “hub & spoke” configuration to enable scalability and redundancy. A hub & spoke solution consists of one primary host or “hub” server and one or more secondary “spoke” servers. Access & management application software is installed on each server in the configuration and are identified as either a hub or a spoke. Each hub & spoke server contains a database for storing user, configuration and system information. Each unit also serves as a point for authentication, user access rights, logging and licensing. One of the servers is assigned “hub” status and contains the system’s master database.