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nlyte's 6.2 release bulks up DCIM suite with 'bulk auto-allocate,' other new features
The startup has announced version 6.2 of its datacenter infrastructure management software. The update makes several improvements to its high-end products, including the ability to allocate space and power for multiple IT devices all at once.
MIS / Market Development, 6 Dec 2011
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CoolIT looking to disrupt the lukewarm liquid-cooled datacenter market
Cooling-system vendor CoolIT is aiming to disrupt server cooling systems with on-chip, direct-contact liquid cooling. The company's systems are vendor-agnostic and installable on any CPU, and present a huge opportunity for efficiency improvements.
MIS / Impact Report, 5 Dec 2011
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LEED works for Vantage's datacenter, but will it work for yours?
LEED-certified datacenters make great press, but skeptics ask if the plaque is worth the price. Vantage thinks it is, but it also thinks its builds lend themselves to certification in ways that others do not.
MIS / User Deployment Report, 29 Nov 2011
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IO and ABB hope modularity will overcome resistance to direct current
DC distribution in the datacenter is not new, and it has faced historical difficulties in adoption. DC is returning as an option for datacenters given its potential efficiency benefits, and Datacenter 2.0 may just be the springboard it needs.
MIS / Market Development, 22 Nov 2011
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For datacenter cooling, information from IT suppliers is (still) a hot issue
Detailed information from suppliers on IT hardware performance at higher temperatures could give datacenter operators the confidence to be less conservative about cooling.
MIS / Spotlight, 16 Nov 2011
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Adapteva claims most energy-efficient chip with 64-core Epiphany-1V
The startup's 70 gigaflops-per-watt, many-core chip doesn't require complex programming.
MIS / Impact Report, 10 Nov 2011
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FiberZone makes the passive patch panel more intelligent with robotics and automation
Although datacenter technologies have evolved significantly, the fiber patch panel has remained mostly unchanged over the years. FiberZone has developed an intriguing robotic technology for an industry that is becoming more hands-off and intelligent.
MIS / Impact Report, 7 Nov 2011
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Results of power-density study could chill some cooling suppliers, but warm others
High power densities challenge datacenter operators and create demand for cooling and thermal monitoring products. However, how high are current power densities, really? Uptime Institute's survey results show densities lower than many anticipated.
MIS / Spotlight, 4 Nov 2011
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Startup Christmann targets HPC with 'datacenter in a rack'
The hardware vendor sells a range of energy-efficient PCs, high-density servers and storage devices, including a device it describes as a datacenter in a rack.
MIS / Impact Report, 3 Nov 2011
Andrew Donoghue, John Barr
AiNET builds different mousetrap for datacenter outages – but is it better?
The small colocation provider has patented a technology to protect against datacenter outages from lack of UPS battery energy and integration gaps between various systems.
MIS / Impact Report, 2 Nov 2011
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