Frank J. Ohlhorst

Heat is one of the biggest enemies in the data center, with the potential to cost both an enterprise and an IT department a lot of money. Heat generation in the data center contributes to system failures, reduces component life, increases environmental control costs and can be difficult and expensive to mitigate. Hardware vendor Asetek […]

In what may be a sign of the times, Internap Network Services has acquired hosting provider Voxel Holdings in a deal that will boost the company’s cloud-computing offerings and expand its base of small business customers. Internap has become one of the latest companies to expand cloud services via an acquisition. The all-cash deal, which […]

Getting compute time on a supercomputer has long been a privilege limited to physicists, scientists, medical researchers and other academic types.Researchers had to apply for time by submitting project proposals in hopes they would be deemed worthy of approval and priority access to a supercomputer. In fact, getting time on a supercomputer used to be […]

Most enterprise administrators have viewed Virtual Desktop Infrastructure as a way to deliver enterprise desktops to users more efficiently. However, VDI can deliver more than just a typical business desktop; the technology can also be used to deliver specialized business services. A case in point is bank hardware vendor Diebold, which is now running a […]

The Eaton 5PX Solid and well-built, Eaton’s 5PX3000 can be mounted in a rack or set up vertically on a shelf. Easy to Set Up and Maintain Well-labeled outlets, ports and connectors make setup quite easy, while reducing wiring confusion in racks. An EPM port is included, which supports additional batteries. Display An integrated LCD […]

How green is your IT? That’s a question asked by many business managers and IT staffers alike. The problem with developing a green strategy for your business is trying to measure your success when it comes to saving power, especially at the device level. Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) manufacturer Eaton has taken a hard look […]

Open-source cloud services provider OpenLogic announced Dec. 27 it has joined the Cloud Tools program with Rackspace Hosting, enabling CloudSwing to be deployed on the Rackspace Cloud. Rackspace Cloud Tools is a showcase site for the company’s strategic partners and independent developers to work with Rackspace Cloud to share tools, applications and services. “The Rackspace […]

Akamai Technologies, which has made its name providing content delivery networks designed to boost Web performance for high-bandwidth uses such as video and big data, is looking to expand its market share with the purchase of competitor Cotendo. The $268 million cash purchase is Akamai’s second largest after the $2.19 billion acquisition of InterVU in […]

A funny thing happened on the way to virtualization: Many IT managers discovered that instead of bringing simplicity to their busy data centers, the technology actually made things more complicated. Sure, physical server counts were reduced, energy costs lowered and hardware footprints shrank-all thanks to virtualization. However, complexity and confusion grew, and managing virtual environments […]

Schneider Electric is acquiring Viridity’s EnergyCenter 2.0 platform, aiming to provide data center managers complete visibility over IT and facility operations, especially when it comes to power management and green technology. Schneider Electric’s strategic investment in EnergyCenter 2.0 will enhance the company’s existing data center management suite, StruxureWare, by adding functionality to track energy use […]

When it comes to blazing new trails in the realm of IT, the road is often paved with a mixture of danger, luck and, most importantly, uncertainty. Nowhere is this more true than with cloud services, an ever evolving segment of technology that many enterprises are hoping provides them with reduce costs and improve IT […]

The worldwide systems management and database software markets grew significantly through 2011, despite a weak global economy, according to two Dec. 21 reports from IDC. IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual System Management Software Tracker showed that the global systems management software market is expected to reach $15.4 billion by the close of 2011. That’s a 9.2 percent […]