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The Path To 40GbE
Anue Systems’ 5288 NTO Network Monitoring Switch Paves The Way
Providing fast and reliable network Canada, Switzerland, Germany, China, and that Anue Systems applies to each of its
access is paramount to business productiv- Mexico. Beyond the 5288, the company 5200 networking monitoring switches is
ity in today’s enterprise environment, offers three other NTO models in its that a switch should be a flexible tool and
and network monitoring switches 5200 series. not a “set it and forget it” proposition. “If
can help enterprises avoid costly The 5204, which sports up to you want to make a change, it should be
outages. The 5288 NTO (Net Tool 24 RJ-45 Ethernet ports, is geared easy to make a change today, tomorrow,
Optimizer) from Anue Systems toward copper-based networks six months from now,” Millian says. “You
(www.anuesystems.com) is the in small enterprises but can scale go to your system, you log in, and it’s just
first network monitoring switch to up for midsized enterprise use. as intuitive as it was on day 1. You don’t
provide network managers straight-on The 5236 offers up to 24 SFP/SFP+ have to go back to your user manual to
40 Gigabit Ethernet-capable monitoring.
Further, the 5288 also offers a high density
of 10GbE ports (up to 64 in a space-efficient traffic, as well as the
2U chassis). Add those abilities together and problem of a tool not see-
the result is a network monitoring switch that ing all the traffic avail-
directly addresses two problems currently able for analysis. “That,
challenging network managers. at a high level, is what we
The first is a shortage of available access do,” Millian says. Anue
points (SPAN ports and TAPs) in many Systems does so using sev-
enterprises for connecting their monitor- eral techniques, including
ing, security, and management tools. The aggregating traffic from multiple
second problem is the increasing need to input ports to a single destination
manage rapid growth in band-
width due to the deployment understand what the CLI command was and
of more virtual servers, more how to configure the system.”
media-rich applications mov- Overall, Anue Systems’ control panel
ing to the cloud, and other “saves customers a significant amount of
technological advances. To time,” Millian says. Beyond eliminating the
keep up, network monitoring steep learning curve of a new CLI and under-
switches need to scale up. The standing the complex logic that goes along
5288 does so by paving a clear with setting up access control lists on your
migration path to 40GbE net- switch, he says, “[users don’t have to] worry
working via up to 16 40GbE about the implication of setting configuration
ports that enterprises can use to on one side and the impact that change may
connect 40GbE-capable monitor- have on a configuration you may already
ing tools as they become avail- have on the other side. That’s the operational
able. Until that time, the 5288 efficiency we deliver out of the box.”
enables enterprises to continue Other standout features include the abil-
using the 1GbE- and 10GbE- ity to interconnect and mix and match
capable tools they’ve already 5200 series models, as well as support for
invested in via up to 64 1GbE- three-stage filtering, floating port licensing,
and 10GbE-capable ports. integration with partner tools, automat-
A subtle bandwidth-related ed response technology, and delegation.
issue some customers over- To the last point, the 5200 series models
look, according to Rudy Millian, enable multiple users to have individual
product manager at Anue Sys- roles, privileges, and rights to access cer-
tems, is that even though a tain parts of the system so they can del-
monitoring tool may have, say, four 10GbE port and taking traffic from one input port at Ethernet ports and is aimed at midsized and egate access to a tool to certain groups. For
interfaces, in reality the tool may only be the network side and mirroring it to multiple large enterprises with 10GbE fiber-based example, Millian says, “a security group
able to only process 10GbE of network traf- tools on the tool side. networks. The NEBS level 3-certified 5273 can attach their security tools and make
fic. “That’s a big problem, and that’s a sub- is a carrier-grade model suitable for telecom- changes to their filters and set up without
Intelligently Simple
tle thing you know won’t get noticed until munication companies. touching anyone else’s data, but with the
you get there,” he says. “We help customers Anue Systems got its start in the network- A defining feature of every 5200 series groups all still sharing the same system
solve that problem. We can aggregate all ing testing and measurement space in 2002 model is ease of use, something exempli- and same access points potentially.” P
that traffic and filter it down to exactly what providing network emulators. The compa- fied by Anue Systems’ drag-and-drop based
the tool needs for analysis.” ny entered the network monitoring arena in interface that enables users to focus on Contact:
Such ability immediately addresses the 2008. Based in Austin, the company main- accomplishing tasks rather than on how to Anue Systems
problem of a tool being overwhelmed with tains offices in six U.S. cities, as well as in accomplish those tasks. Another philosophy [phone] | www.anuesystems.com
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for solid-state drives, DRAMeXchange says. The Report Shows 32% Rise
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Intel Surges Ahead Of Competitors followed by HP. As for total worldwide disk stor-
increase in rush orders hasn’t been enough to In Healthcare Data Breaches
In Semiconductor Market age systems revenue, HP came in first with $1.4
completely rejuvenate the SSD market, however;
According to the second-annual “Benchmark billion, IBM was second with $1.2 billion, and
Market research firm iSuppli has raised its pro- SSDs’ higher price point is still somewhat cost-
Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security” Dell took third place with $879 million; NetApp
jected 2011 growth for the global semiconductor prohibitive for consumers, and demand for memory
from the Ponemon Institute, data breaches in rounded out the top five.
market from 1.2% to 1.9% in light of impressive cards is likely to slow due to slowed digital camera
the healthcare industry are up 32%, with 96%
revenue numbers from Intel. The chip maker production resulting from the flooding. Analysts ❙ IDC Predicts Prevalence
of survey respondents claiming to have suffered
posted a 23% gain in revenue compared to expect that although there will be HDD shortages Of Big Data In 2012 . . .
a data breach in the past two years. Employee
2010, $49.7 billion worth of semiconductors in in the first part of next year, the HDD market should
mistakes, lost or stolen equipment, Research firm IDC made a number of predic-
2011, and took the top spot in market share return to normal by mid-2012.
and errors by third parties can be tions about what’s to come in 2012, including a
with 15.9%. Samsung came in second, with ❙ Chrome Edges Out Firefox blamed for most data breaches, number of showdowns in the mobile, Big Data,
9.3% of the market and $29.2 billion in reve-
For No. 2 Spot and cloud markets involving major players such
nue—a 3% increase over last year. Rounding
as Microsoft, HP, and Apple. The company’s main
out the top three is Texas Instruments, with New data from browser analytics firm
predictions for 2012 included increased spend-
$14.1 billion in revenue and 4.5% of the market. StatCounter places Google’s Chrome brows-
ing on mobile computing, cloud services, social
AMD, meanwhile, came in 11th, with $6.5 billion er 0.5% ahead of Mozilla’s Firefox in November,
networking, and Big Data analytics technologies;
in revenue and 2.1% of the market. overtaking Firefox’s long-held second place behind
6.9% growth in IT spending to $1.8 trillion, driven
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Specifically, IE had
❙
Lenovo Eyeing HP’s Top Spot largely by smartphones, media tablets, and Big
40.6% of the market for November, Chrome had
In PC Shipments Data analytics; and the rise of mobile devices over
25.7%, and Firefox had 25.2%, the firm says. Rival
traditional PCs in both shipments and spending. It
Long-time king of the PC market HP is fac- Web metrics firm Net Applications still had Firefox
also expects major competition among makers of
ing increasingly stiff competition from Lenovo, ahead of Chrome in its measurements, although
mobile software and devices, as well as serious
according to third-quarter figures from iSuppli. it predicts that its calculations will see Chrome
competition in the cloud market as companies
Lenovo shipped 12.5 million units in Q3 2011, surpassing Firefox by April or May next year.
such as Google and VMware challenge big-name
which was a 14.5% increase from the previous Chrome’s growth in the past two years has been
Ponemon says, although lackluster security companies such as IBM and Microsoft.
quarter and up 24.8% from Q3 2010. The com- precipitous; in November 2009, the browser had
measures also play a factor—for example, of
pany’s market share for Q3 2011 was 13.9%, just 4.7% of the market. ❙ . . . While Gartner Sees Rising
the 81% of respondents whose organizations
which puts Lenovo just 4.1% below HP’s 18% ❙ iPhone 4S A Hit With Consumers store personal health data on mobile devices, Importance Of Cloud & Consumerization
share. HP shipped 16.3 million units, up 5.9%
49% said their companies do little or nothing to Gartner released its predictions for the technol-
sequentially and just 2.6% year over year. HP A survey conducted by ChangeWave Research
secure the data. According to Ponemon, data ogy sector in 2012, and chief among them is
had a tough quarter, with changes in leader- early last month showed that an overwhelming
breaches have cost healthcare organizations that a lot of IT responsibilities, such as budget-
ship and some uncertainty regarding whether it 77% of 215 iPhone 4S owners were “very satis-
$6.5 billion per year on average since 2010— ing decisions, will be shifting out of IT’s hands
would spin off its PC business; analysts believe fied” with their devices, with much of the credit
enough to hire 81,250 nurses nationwide. as users take more ownership of their devices.
the turmoil may have provided an in-road for given to the introduction of Siri, the iPhone’s voice
❙ Cloud computing factored largely into Gartner’s
other PC manufacturers to gain ground. Overall assistant, cited by 49% as the best-liked feature. Tech Employment Up 2.1%
predictions; the firm believes that low-cost cloud
shipments in the PC market totaled 90.4 million, The iPhone 4S edged out its predecessor, the Year Over Year
services will begin to take the place of outsourc-
a 5.5% increase from Q2 2011 and up 2.6% iPhone 4, in customer satisfaction; in July 2010,
Employment within the tech industry is approach- ing and predicts that more than half of Global
from last year. 72% of iPhone 4 users claimed to be “very satis-
ing pre-recession levels, according to the latest 1000 companies will store customer-sensitive
fied.” The biggest complaint about the iPhone 4S
❙ Floods Spur SSD Demand, But HDDs unemployment report from the U.S. Bureau of data in the public cloud by 2016. The research
is its less-than-ideal battery life, though only 8%
Expected To Bounce Back Quickly Labor Statistics; the statistics show tech employ- firm also predicts that consumer social network
of those surveyed said battery life was a “very big
ment of 4.07 million, just shy of the 4.09 million investments will drop off in 2013, at least half
Declining hard disk drive supplies resulting from problem”; the second most reported complaint
record set back in June 2008. Tech industry of enterprise email users will rely on some form
flooding in Thailand is driving up rush order volume was the absence of 4G connectivity.
employment grew 0.17% from the previous of mobile client rather than a desktop client
month, adding about 7,100 jobs, and has grown by 2016, and the development of mobile apps
WATCH THE 2.1% from the same time last year. The report will surpass PC-aimed projects by 2015. Other
This information provides a quick glimpse of current and historical stock
STOCKS also showed an increase in average wages for predictions concerned an increase in the cost of
prices and trends for 13 major companies in the technology market.
IT workers, with wages for highly skilled work- cyber attacks and a return of 20% of outsourced
ers growing 6.85% year over year. manufacturing to American soil.
% change from
Company Symbol Year Ago Nov. 23 $ Dec. 8 $ previous issue ❙ EMC Widens Its Lead ❙ Budget May Be A Roadblock
AMD AMD $7.95 $5.05 $5.47 ▲ 8.32% In The Storage Market For DoD Data Center Consolidation
Apple AAPL $319.76 $366.99 $390.66 ▲ 6.45%
New numbers from IDC show considerable The U.S. Department of Defense says that its data
CA Technologies CA $23.98 $19.80 $20.98 ▲ 5.96%
growth for EMC’s disk storage systems revenue, center consolidation plans are on track, but budget
Cisco Systems CSCO $19.70 $17.41 $18.57 ▲ 6.66%
further widening the gap between the company concerns may hamstring its efforts in the near
Dell DELL $13.65 $14.30 $15.50 ▲ 8.39%
and its competitors. Specifically, EMC’s disk future. The DoD’s current consolidation plans are
Google GOOG $591.50 $570.11 $616.05 ▲ 8.06%
storage systems revenue for Q3 2011 increased expected to result in annual savings of $680 million
HP HPQ $42.54 $25.78 $27.66 ▲ 7.29%
22% year over year, climbing to $1.6 billion; by 2015; however, the department’s budget is set
IBM IBM $144.30 $177.95 $191.58 ▲ 7.66%
the company commanded a 28.6% share of to decrease by more than $450 million over the
Intel INTC $21.81 $22.70 $24.71 ▲ 8.85%
the external disk storage system market, which course of the next 10 years. The agency closed 55
LinkedIn LNKD n/a $66 $70.94 ▲ 7.48%
includes sales of storage arrays with space for data centers in fiscal 2011, beating its own expec-
Microsoft MSFT $27.08 $24.47 $25.40 ▲ 3.8% three or more disk drives, and a 21.7% share of tations, and hopes to close another 96 data centers
Oracle ORCL $29.26 $29 $30.74 ▲ 6% the disk storage systems market, which includes in fiscal 2012, with an overarching target of shut-
Red Hat Software RHT $47.71 $45.51 $48.81 ▲ 7.25% storage system revenue plus storage included in tering 434 centers by the end of fiscal 2015, but it’s
Symantec SYMC $16.96 $15.54 $15.69 ▲ 0.97% servers. IBM and NetApp tied for second place uncertain whether the department will be able to
NOTE: This information is meant for reference only and should not be used as a basis for buy/sell decisions. in the external disk storage systems market, reach those lofty goals in the face of budget cuts.
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semiconductor market in 2011 and foresee many
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RIM Falls Short
Providing The Latest Insight & Information negative effects on the market in 2012, including
From Leading Research Firms Research In Motion, the manufacturer of economic problems, the debt crisis, and the fear of
BlackBerry smartphones and the BlackBerry a double-dip recession.
PlayBook, announced it will not meet its own ❙
Windows 8 Tablet Loses Interest
financial expectations this quarter. The company
iPhone Climbs To The Top Of The Before Release
says that it will take a $485 million ($360 million
after taxes) hit to its third-quarter earnings for According to Forrester Research, interest in the
Enterprise Smartphone Market . . .
the fiscal year 2012. The PlayBook’s lackluster not-yet-released Windows 8 tablet is already drop-
sales in the tablet market, an arena dominated ping. The research firm found that only 25% of the
by Apple’s iPad, is one of the contributing factors U.S. consumers polled in the third quarter would
Research firm iPass recently found that Apple’s iPhone device has taken the lead among
for the subpar profit, along with fewer BlackBerry like to purchase a Windows 8 tablet, compared to
smartphones used by mobile enterprise employees, passing the previous champion, RIM’s
smartphones selling than anticipated. RIM is about 46% interested in the first quarter. The tab-
BlackBerry, as well as Android-based devices. iPass sees the trend continuing, with 18% of
now planning a strong push in marketing the let has no official release date set, but is already
the 2,300 mobile workers surveyed saying they plan to buy iPhones in 2012, compared to
PlayBook tablet, but the company is no longer a late entry in the market. On average, Forrester
11.2% planning to buy Android-based devices and 2.3% looking to purchase BlackBerrys.
expecting to reach its profit target for the year. found that customers are willing to spend $308 on
a tablet. Microsoft will have to face Apple, as the
❙
House Approves Changes
Enterprise Smartphone iPad continues to dominate this market, and other
To H-1B Regulation
Windows Mobile competitors releasing tablets at a more affordable
Market Share
5.5% The U.S. House of Representatives recently price point, including Amazon’s Kindle Fire and
approved the Fairness for High-Skilled Immi- Barnes and Noble’s Nook Tablet.
gration Act, which will eliminate the per-country ❙
Cisco: New Cloud
Symbian/Nokia cap on H-1B employment visas for foreign work-
Traffic Predictions Made
7.4% ers wishing to work in the United States. The bill
was supported by a vast majority of the House According to Cisco’s first-ever Global Cloud Index,
with a vote of 389-15. The current immigration cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold by 2015.
law limits the number of visas per country, which Today, cloud computing traffic uses about 130
greatly affects larger compa- exabytes annually, and in 2015, that number
nies such as India and will increase to 1.6 zettabytes, according to
China. With the chang- Cisco. The company says 1.6 zettabytes
es proposed in this is the equivalent of 22 trillion hours of
bill, those workers streaming music. Data center cloud
iPhone
could expect quick- traffic alone will reach 4.8 zettabytes,
45% er access to H-1B a four-fold increase from today’s traf-
Android
visas. The system fic, according to Cisco’s estimations.
21.3% would rely on a first- The company also says cloud traffic
come, first-served will reach more than a third of total
basis and would not data center traffic by 2015, a significant
increase the number of increase from the 11% of total traffic used
H-1B visas issued per year. by the cloud in 2010.
Senate approval is expected. ❙
AT&T & China Telecom Sign
❙ Verizon Buys Bandwidth Bandwidth-Sharing Deal
BlackBerry
For $3.6 Billion
AT&T and China Telecom have agreed to share
32.2%
Verizon Wireless recently purchased $3.6 bil- telecommunications infrastructure in the United
lion worth of wireless spectrum from various States and China. The companies signed a deal
cable companies, resulting in coverage for an that will allow them to use each other’s infrastruc-
additional 259 million Americans. A spokes- ture, including Wi-Fi hotspots, in order to provide a
man for Verizon Wireless said the spectrum better quality of service for international customers
purchase will help to solidify the company’s of both companies. Each of the two companies
network leadership and expand its 4G offerings aims to provide service for multinational business-
to more Americans. The added bandwidth was es, workers, and students; China Telecom will use
purchased from Time Warner Cable, Comcast, AT&T’s network to provide service to its Asian cus-
and Bright House Networks. Although there is a tomers and vice-versa. The two companies have
. . . As Mobile Workers Reach
current surplus of wireless broadband, the FCC worked together since 2000 and will likely look to
claims this will change by 2014—data airwaves expand into other regions, according to AT&T.
A State Of “Hyperconnectivity”
will reach capacity, and broadband spectrum will ❙
Switchfast To Carry Network Box
be a scarce commodity, prompting many carriers
UTM Appliance
to increase their spectrum assets now.
In a separate study, iPass found that today’s always-on access via mobile devices has led
Switchfast Technologies was recently added as
❙
mobile workers into a sort of hyperconnected state that is starting to affect their mental and SAP Buys Cloud Company
a reseller of the Network Box managed Internet
physical health. In addition to disrupted sleep and exercise habits, mobile workers with SuccessFactors
security service, including the Network Box
constant access to network resources work 240 more hours per
SAP America announced it will purchase Success- UTM (unified threat management) appliance.
year on average than non-mobile workers, iPass found.
Factors for $3.4 billion in cash. SuccessFactors The Network Box UTM appliance is geared
52% was founded in 2001 and specializes in cloud- toward small to medium-sized enterprises look-
of respondents say they sleep less due to
based management services; the company boasts ing for a security device to combat hackers,
work habits
more than 3,500 customers in 168 countries. SAP worms, and other malicious content. The appli-
aims to improve its own cloud strategy with this ance includes firewall, intrusion prevention and
45%
say they sleep within arm’s reach of acquisition, but will keep the firm independent. detection, VPN, antivirus, and content filtering.
their smartphones After this announcement, SuccessFactors said it Switchfast has already been signed as a chan-
would be making an acquisition of its own—the nel reseller for the appliance, with locations
56% company will purchase Jobs2Web for $110 million. in Chicago; Rochester, N.Y.; Hartford, Conn.;
of participants said they exercise
Jobs2Web is a developer of Web software that uti- Washington, D.C.; and Atlanta.
either erratically or not at all, with 60%of
lizes information from social networking sites. The ❙
those blaming work for their inactivity Firm Outlines Tablet Sales In Market
SAP/SuccessFactors merger is expected to close
Controlled By Apple
early next year.
59%
of respondents claim to experi- ❙ Apple’s iPad continues to dominate the tablet
Toshiba To Close
ence negative emotional effects when they market, but HP’s discontinued TouchPad tablet
Manufacturing Plants
are unable to access their smartphones held the second spot in sales during the first 10
In response to the lagging demand for personal months of the year, according to NPD. Analysts
computers, especially in the United States and attribute the sales numbers to HP’s price cut
Europe, Toshiba announced it will be closing down after announcing the company would discontinue
To combat the adverse effects of hypercon-
three of its six chip manufacturing plants and con- the device. Samsung’s tablet held the No. 3
nectivity, researchers at iPass advise mobile
solidating its production efforts into the remaining spot with 16% of the non-Apple sales during that
workers to practice moderation and set aside
three plants. Toshiba says it will now refocus its same period, just under HP’s 17% share of non-
times to “unplug” from their mobile devices.
efforts on discrete semiconductor production and Apple sales. In the No. 4 slot, Asus held 10% of
phase out power and optical semiconductors. At non-Apple sales, followed by Motorola and Acer,
this time, Toshiba is planning to relocate the 1,200 tying for fifth place with 9% apiece. The 25 mil-
affected workers to other areas of the company. lion iPads sold in 2011 account for about 65% of
Analysts are seeing a very slow growth rate in the the total tablet market.
December 16, 2011 Processor.com Page 5
News
❙ Government IT Security Spending According to AT&T, the company plans to first expenses. Forrester estimates SSDs are 10 times ❙ LaserJet Printers
face a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of more expensive than HDDs on average; however,
Less Than Business Sector Vulnerable To Attack
Justice to block the merger, which cited a viola- after flooding in Thailand stopped hard drive
According to a recent report from IDC, the U.S. tion of antitrust laws. The FCC has voiced con- production at a number of manufacturing plants, Researchers at Columbia University have uncov-
federal government is allocating significantly less cern with the proposed merger, but AT&T plans analysts predict the stalled HDD market will boost ered a security weakness present in millions of HP
of its IT budget on security than other industries. to readdress the FCC filing when practical. If the adoption of SSDs. LaserJet printers that could potentially be exploited
The government is budgeting $6.5 billion for AT&T is not able to thwart the DoJ’s efforts to ❙ by attackers, granting them access to—and even
Facebook Settles With FTC
security purposes in 2012, about 8% of its total halt the merger, the company will be respon- control of—users’ systems and data. The vulnera-
IT budget for the year. A similar IDC survey sible for paying a $4 billion accounting charge Facebook is settling with the FTC over eight bility is in the printers’ remote firmware update pro-
taken in 2007 showed businesses typically allo- to Deutsche Telekom for breaking off the deal. counts of privacy violations stemming from cess, through which attackers can insert malicious
cated 19% of their IT budgets to security needs ❙ changes in privacy settings on the social net- code and use the device for nefarious purposes.
Proposed Cyberthreat
on average. Although the research firm notes working site. The FTC claimed that Facebook For its part, HP acknowledges the flaw but says it’s
Information Sharing
that this number can vary, the government is was not delivering on its promise to millions of not as serious as the researchers purport it to be;
spending much less on security than is typical in Republican Representative Dan Lungren of users worldwide regarding their account privacy. the researchers also said the vulnerability could
the business sector. Federal agencies devoting California proposed a bill that would allow the The company was accused of releasing personal apply to printers from other manufacturers, as well.
the most to security solutions are the Department U.S. government and private companies to share information when users clicked an advertise- ❙
Nokia Siemens To Cut 17,000 Jobs
of Defense and the Department of Homeland cyberthreat information between their respective ment, not completely deleting a user’s data after
Security, according to IDC’s report. organizations. The proposed bill would include leaving Facebook, and not being clear about pri- Nokia Siemens announced that it will cut nearly
the creation of a National Information Sharing vacy settings and changes to those settings. As one-quarter of its workforce after reporting losses
❙
FCC Views AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Organization, a nonprofit serving to collect and part of the settlement, Facebook agreed to regu- quarter after quarter for nearly two years. The
As Anticompetitive . . .
distribute the shared cyberthreats. Although the lar reviews of its privacy practices by an inde- equipment manufacturer plans to completely
After reviewing the proposed merger between proposal aims to fuel cybersecurity research pendent firm for the next 20 years; no monetary refocus, moving from a global manufacturer to a
AT&T and T-Mobile, the U.S. Federal Communi- and development, some worry this organization penalties will be ordered unless the company vendor of a more specific set of products. Nokia
cations Commission found the acquisition to would jeopardize privacy between the organi- violates this agreement. Siemens will eliminate 17,000 jobs over the next
not be in the public’s best interest. The FCC zations or expose personal information. Other ❙ two years in an effort to cut costs (an estimated
Report: HIE Use Continues To Rise
announced that AT&T would now be required to critics worry about the joint venture between $1.35 billion in savings by 2013) and boost profit
present its case in front of an administrative law government and private organizations leading to CapSite, a health IT research firm, released by focusing on mobile broadband equipment.
judge. The commission stated that the merger a lack of government control. a study regarding the use of health informa- The company is a joint venture between Nokia
would make AT&T the largest carrier in the U.S. ❙ tion exchanges related to the HITECH Act. and Siemens; analysts expect the company to go
Forrester: SSD Data Storage
mobile market and would be anticompetitive. According to the results, nearly 80% of hospi- public in 2013. Although the layoffs are global, the
May Be Better Choice
AT&T previously claimed the merger would help tals already use a health information exchange bulk of the European company’s employees are in
propel 4G and would lead to the creation of jobs. A recent report from Forrester Research exam- or plan to use an HIE; specifically, 47% plan Germany and Finland.
The FCC, however, disagrees with AT&T, claim- ined the possible benefits of an all-SSD (solid- to join an HIE and 32% have already
ing the merger would more than likely lead to state drive) infrastructure vs. hard drive arrays. joined. The main reason hospitals are
massive layoffs. Although SSDs are currently more expensive than joining HIEs is to meet the government’s
hard disk drives, Forrester says enterprises can meaningful use criteria—almost half of
❙
. . . AT&T Drops FCC Application
reduce capacity requirements with deduplication, the 340 hospitals surveyed cited this as
But Plans To Keep Fighting
meaning fewer drives would need to be pur- the leading motivator. CapSite says the
Although AT&T is still planning to acquire chased; therefore, because SSDs run faster than HIE market is growing, and has been
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile, the company HDDs and consume less power, Forrester says growing since 2009; the company pre-
has withdrawn its merger application with SSD-based data storage solutions could be the dicts the HIE adoption rate to accelerate
the Federal Communications Commission. most cost-efficient option in terms of operating in the next two years.
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H O W T O
Implement RFID
In The Data Center
Get The Best Benefits With The Right Implementation
RFID tags have emerged as very use- Active tags will also require power to become unreadable if it gets damaged,
Key Points
ful devices for tracking and monitoring remain always-on. “You [may be] looking which the reader detects. But other than
data center equipment. Admins can use at lots of extra cable runs and energy loss- that, Parvey says that passive devices are
the devices to track equipment location, es with [active tags],” Longbottom says. very low-maintenance because they do not (cid:114)(cid:1) Equipment, tracking, and other needs
maintenance status, and other informa- “Passive tags will either have no energy have batteries to replace or maintain. specific to your data center will vary com-
tion. RFID tags can also help data centers source or will be able to run off a battery Most data centers will combine the use pared to other enterprises, so careful
become more compliant with regulations for many years, but will need readers that of active and passive RFID devices for a planning is required to assess the best
and add an extra layer of security by help- are portable and must be carried by the hybrid solution, Quocirca’s Longbottom solution before implementation.
ing to prevent theft. data center personnel.” says, so major assets such as mainframes,
(cid:114)(cid:1) It is necessary to determine whether
“Using RFID technology benefits the Maintenance will differ, depending on full racks, and UPS units could be tagged
equipment will use active or passive RFID
data center operations team with an auto- whether the tag is an active or passive with active tags, and sub-assets such as
tags, which vary in function and price.
mation solution utilizing leading-edge RFID device, says Dale Parvey, product individual blades, switches, and monitors
technology, which should bring improved manager for RF Code (www.rfcode.com). may be tagged with passive tags. (cid:114)(cid:1) RFID implementation requires software sol-
process, compliance, maintenance, utiliza- For active RFID devices, battery replace- Another variable to consider is the value utions to manage the devices and to serve
tion management, and financial [efficien- ment represents the main maintenance of the intellectual property associated with as the tracking and monitoring interface.
cies],” says Shawn J. Haidar, a mobility task, he says. “Our battery standard tags the equipment, Longbottom says. “Any
consultant within the technical consultant sleep for 9.9 seconds, then wake up and storage system may be viewed as being
service delivery business unit at HP (www it says ‘Here I am, and here is my status,’ of high value to the business or at least a “Active RFID will let you scan a floor of
.hp.com). “[It can also help] to eliminate then it goes back to sleep.” The battery high risk if stolen, and so may need to be servers or computers in a matter of minutes
manual data entry and processes required for those active devices only needs to be actively tagged,” he says. And technol- from a doorway compared to spending
to validate captured data validity against replaced every seven years, Parvey says, ogy requirements, of course, will differ hours doing that with passive RFID, which
core inventory repository data and pro- while a device that “wakes up” every 15 depending on the data center. For example, requires a line of sight between the tag and
vide the ability to quickly scan devices on seconds has a much longer battery life. some data centers may opt for more active the reader.”
location, enabling ongoing inventory data According to Parvey, passive RFID devices, which are also more “cutting-
The Cost Factor
collection for a data center vs. requiring maintenance involves line-of-sight spot edge” and expensive than passive devices
dedicated inventory collection processes checks using a reader to see if the device are, says Randy Rolin, a sales executive The cost of implementing RFID can vary
and resources.” However, using RFID tags is functioning like it should. The tag might for ODIN RFID (www.odinrfid.com). tremendously, while the price between
to track and monitor data center equipment active and passive RFID devices are espe-
first requires careful planning and execu- cially significant. Passive devices, for
tion. Here is how to implement the devices example, cost only a few cents per tag
in order to best take advantage of this use- compared to $50 to $70 per tag for active
ful and affordable technology. RFID devices, Rolin says. Implementation
outlays will also vary beyond what the dif-
Take Stock Of Your Needs
Top Tips ferent RFID tags and readers will cost and
RFID must be implemented in such a will depend on a number of other factors,
way that it meets the specific needs of a says Michael J. Liard, an analyst for ABI
data center; a one-size-fits-all configuration ✔Enterprises will need to outline best-practice Research. For example, the number of sites
does not work. “RFID has been undersold where RFID tags will be used, the amount
policies that RFID vendors will need to fol-
and mis-sold by vendors who have taken of IT assets that will be tagged, infra-
low, says Michael J. Liard, an analyst for ABI
the view that it is all or nothing. RFID structure constraints, and service require-
has a great part to play in a data center, Research. “[Best-practice considerations] are ments will affect how much investment is
but needs to be done correctly, at the right particularly important for international compa- required, says Liard.
price point,” says Clive Longbottom, ser- nies, where regional capabilities and needs may
Get The Right Tools
vice director for business processes facili-
differ,” he says.
tation at Quocirca. A robust software solution will need
In order to get the results you want, HP’s ✔Careful attention needs to be paid to make sure that to be selected and then implemented to
Haidar says, it’s necessary to determine RFID tags are accurately applied to the assets, says manage the devices after determining
what RFID devices work best in the data which equipment needs to be tagged and
Clive Longbottom, service director for business pro-
center’s physical environment, the material the best system to do that, Quocirca’s
cesses facilitation at Quocirca. “It is a waste of time if
on which the RFID tags will be placed, the Longbottom says. “The majority of data
the RFID tag is associated with the wrong asset, as
minimum and maximum read distances for centers are very poor on asset manage-
the tags, and security requirements. you’ll not be tracking the right stuff.” ment at the moment, so some form of
asset discovery software [used with
Passive Or Active RFID ✔As a security consideration, RFID alarm settings need
RFID devices] will be required to actu-
to be defined, Longbottom says. “Is the movement of a
A key decision to make prior to deploy- ally find out what is present,” he says.
ment is to decide whether passive or switch from one rack to another something where a full “This should be a live, dynamic system,
active RFID devices are required for the alarm needs to be raised or is an email [alert] enough, so that as new assets are added and old
data center. For example, active RFID saying that it has been noted and the asset database ones are retired, the system automati-
tags transmit information, which facili- cally updates.”
has been updated accordingly?”
tates always-on monitoring, Quocirca’s Implementing the tags and installing
Longbottom says. “[However], active ✔Buying RFID tags and readers in bulk can offer many the software will usually involve hir-
RFID means that there is a large amount benefits, says Shawn J. Haidar, a mobility consultant ing third-party system integrators, which
of radio frequency going on in the data are often hard to find. In fact, one of
within the technical consultant service delivery unit at
center, and we have found that few data the roadblocks to widespread adoption
HP (www.hp.com). “I am sure you would appreciate the
center managers are keen on this,” he of RFID IT asset tracking solutions is
heavier discount and shortened delivery timescales
says. Passive tags only transfer data “a lack of experienced systems integra-
when they are read and require an active that could then be offered [by buying in bulk], because tors and software issues associated with
electronic reader, usually within line the vendor was better able to plan his upcoming pro- integrating RFID infrastructure with
of sight of the tags, Longbottom says. duction runs more efficiently,” he says. pre-existing enterprise systems,” says
“Most passive tags work best in a near ABI’s Liard. “However, these issues are
field scenario—the reader has to be quickly being overcome as the market
very close to the tag before it ‘sees’ it,” matures and more full-scale deployments
he says. are executed,” he says. P