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COVER FOCUS
2010: The Year In IT
The Year In Review
What will go down in the books as being the tech
highlights for this year? We talked with some
industry insiders to get their takes.
Mobility, Money & Moves Monopolize The Headlines
2010: The Year In IT....................................................1
2010: Who Bought Whom?........................................11 In An Exciting Year
The Biggest IT Trends Of 2010..................................12
Looking Ahead At IT Spending..................................13
by Christian Perry
Companies
To Watch • • •
EVEN AS CLOUDS CONTINUE to hover over
We profile several
the country as the remnants of a bitter
companies we think
economy refuse to leave, 2010 left enter-
are worthy of your
prise IT in surprisingly good shape, thanks
enterprise’s attention.
in part to a strong push by the mobility seg-
See page 24.
ment to boost communication and comput-
ing flexibility in businesses of every size.
PHYSICAL
But although 2010 will undoubtedly serve
INFRASTRUCTURE
as a landmark for mobile evolution, rum-
■The problem of airborne contamination blings spawned by the down economy con-
certainly isn’t new to data centers, but it’s growing tinued to keep IT organizations on their
more prominent..............................................page 14 toes to the very end of the calendar year.
■Buying Guide:Specialty Racks & Cabinets..page 15 Mobility Makes Noise
■ Product Spotlight: Without question, the biggest newsmaker
Specialty Racks & Cabinets ............................page 16 in 2010 came in the form of Apple’s iPad.
Although other tablets were already on
■Belden says enterprises can expect to slash their
the market, it was the release of the high-
electricity costs with the company’s airflow manage-
profile iPad that broke down enterprise bar-
ment systemcompared to traditional cooling and air-
riers with a consumer-friendly hammer,
flow enclosures ..............................................page 18
just as Apple’s iPhone had done in the past.
NETWORKING & VPN Key Points
Although Warren Arbogast, founder and
■You can have a more efficient data center through president of Boulder Management Group
• The Apple iPad signaled the tablet computer’s arrival as not only an enterprise staple, but (www.bouldermanagementgroup.com),
effective cable management. Here are some sugges-
also as a sign that workers will increasingly demand anywhere, anytime access. doesn’t necessarily disagree with people
tions of how to do so effectively......................page 19
who say the iPad isn’t a full-fledged com-
• Enterprise IT spending saw modest increases in 2010 but remained significantly lower than
■Enterprises need to keep a tighter grip on theirasset puter, he does say that it helped to bring
what analysts had predicted at the end of 2009.
utilization and efficiency. The key to preventing future mobility into the everyday mindset.
equipment inefficiencies starts with asking how present • Facebook’s plans for a $450 million data center raised eyebrows among IT observers who “The iPad, born in 2010 and in the wake
underutilization arrived in the first place..........page 20 see other companies shrinking their own data centers. of smartphones, moved more and more
■With aprivate cloud, you get the same benefits of a Go to Page 10
public cloud, but you maintain control and security, and
you dodge recurring public cloud provider costs..page 21
■After several years of work, IEEE published its speci- Evaluating Data Center
fications for100 Gigabit Ethernet, or 100GbE, in June
2010, and manufacturers already are introducing
100GbE-capable routers and interface cards to make
use of the new standard..................................page 22 Colocation Providers
■In an EPA report, the government recommended
finding more ways for fewer servers to do more work
more efficiently—largely through what we’ve come to
callvirtualization ..........................................page 22 Knowing About Power Systems, Security
■With the definition of an IT network quickly changing, & Financial Stability Is Essential Key Points
the manner in which IT managers can best monitor
their networksis changing as well................page 23
• Companies choose to colocate for a variety
by Sue Marquette Poremba mundane, physical aspects of IT as possi- of reasons, but the three main ones include
STORAGE • • • ble,” explains the network operations and the connectivity, coverage, and commun-
AT THE MIDWEST-BASED financial compa- security manager. ity advantages.
■Despitemagnetic media’sseemingly unlimited
ny where J. Wolfgang Goerlich works, the After looking at the costs of upgrading the
capacity, most agree that the storage problem can’t be • Data center colocation should focus
corporate-owned data center was aging facilities and other financial-related matters,
solved by brute force; enterprises must make more effi- on neutrality.
and needed repairs and upgrades. The Goerlich and his team came to the conclu-
cient use of the space......................................page 29
company was also due for its three-year sion the best option was to colocate the data. • The No. 1 cause of failure in data centers
hardware cycle. With colocation, a company locates its IT is power, so be sure to make examining
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STORAGE (CONT’D)
■Finding and producing electronic documents for |Bing Gains Ground; purchase licenses in the Lower 700MHz | Passwords Remain Weak
frequency band. Currently, Qualcomm uses
civil litigationcan be difficult if you aren’t careful. A Google Still Dominates
the services to support Flo TV’s business, a An analysis of the 400,000-some passwords
cloud data storage provider may be unwilling to pro- Google and Yahoo! both lost a portion of their subsidiary of Qualcomm. Qualcomm is exposed by the recent Gawker attack found
duce your data and return it to you..................page 30 overall search engine market share during expected to shut down the Flo TV business that, despite efforts to educate users on the
November to Bing, but the search engines and network in March. Overall, the spectrum importance of using strong passwords, weak
SECURITY
continue to rank first and second, respective- covers 300 million people across the country passwords are still common. Duo Security,
■Encryption technologiesand solutions are finding ly. Bing, which gained about 0.3% for in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Los which makes authentication tools, examined
greater adoption as enterprises strive to secure their November, still comes in as No. 3 with an Angeles, San Francisco, and other areas. the passwords used in Gawker sites and
networks and information................................page 31 11.8% overall market share (up from 11.5% in AT&T says it plans to deploy the spectrum as found that almost all of the top 25 most
October), according to “supplemental downlink, using carrier common passwords used for Gawker were
■Product Spotlight: ComScore. Google aggregation technology” that’s extremely easy to guess. The most common
Email Security Appliances................................page 32 continues to designed to provide capacity password was “123456,” followed by “pass-
■CipherOptics makes anencryption softwareproduct dominate the gains and be enabled with the word,” “12345678,” “qwerty,” “abc123,” and
called CipherEngine, which the company sells installed on sector with a completion of 3GPP “12345.” According to Duo Security, 99.45%
appliances called encryptors................................page 34 66.2% mar- Release 10. of the cracked passwords were strictly alpha-
ket share, numeric and did not contain any special
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RIM Posts
SERVICES down from characters or symbols. Of the alphanumeric
Record Results
66.3% in passwords, 61% were all lowercase alphabet-
■Withcolocation, a company puts its IT equipment in a October. Despite stiffening compe- ic characters.
shared environment that contains infrastructure and Yahoo! tition in the smartphone |
security to provide and protect the data................page 1 owned market, BlackBerry Former Tech Employees
Allegedly Sold Company Secrets
■Buying Guide: 16.4% of maker Research In
Data Center Cleaning Services........................page 35 the mar- Motion posted Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have filed
ket for strong third-quar- a criminal complaint against former employ-
■Product Spotlight: November, ter revenue and ees of several tech companies, including
Data Center Cleaning Services........................page 36 down from 16.5% shipment num- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing,
in October. For bers. RIM had Flextronics International, AMD, and Dell, for
SERVERS
November, ComScore third-quarter allegedly selling inside information about their
■Product Spotlight:Blade Servers ..............page 38 reports there were more than 16 bil- revenue of companies to hedge funds. The inside infor-
lion core searches conducted, with $5.49 billion, mation was reportedly sold through an expert
MESSAGING & TELEPHONY Google’s various sites accounting for 10.6 bil- up 19% networking firm, Primary Global Research.
lion (down 4%) of the total searches com- from the James Fleishman, an executive at that firm,
■VoIP maximizes the efficiency of existing IP networks, pared to Yahoo!’s 2.6 billion (down 4%) and previous has been arrested and charged with conspir-
but it can also add complexity. Effective strategies for the 1.9 billion (down 2%) conducted via quarter and acy. The most damaging of the transactions
troubleshooting a VoIP networkare essential..page 40 Microsoft sites. 40% from a year ago. It shipped a record involved the sale of confidential sales fore-
■Canunified communicationswork with an existing | 14.2 million devices, up 40% year-over-year, cast information about new features of Apple’s
AT&T Purchases
PBX system? See how you can implement new tech- and added about 5.1 million new BlackBerry iPhone by an employee of Flextronics, an
Qualcomm-Owned Spectrum Licenses
nologies alongside an existing PBX..................page 41 subscribers, bringing its total account base to Apple parts supplier. Additionally, one em-
AT&T inked a deal with Qualcomm in late more than 55 million. Earnings per share of ployee each from AMD and Taiwan Semi-
CLIENTS December to buy $1.925 billion worth of $1.74 were up 58% from a year ago. The conductor Manufacturing were arrested for
spectrum licenses in an effort to spread its company expects fourth-quarter revenue of securities fraud.
■Giada’s DN2301-IONMini PCis quiet and small, but 4G capacity. AT&T announced it will between $5.5 billion and $5.7 billion. |
it packs a lot more power into that diminutive case than SEC To Investigate
you would think possible ................................page 35 Former HP CEO’s Departure
WATCH THE
■Migrating a core business systemis never an easy STOCKS This information provides a quick glimpse of current and historical stock After HP CEO Mark Hurd’s abrupt departure
job. If it involves the migration of a company’s entire set prices and trends for 13 major companies in the technology market. from the company, the U.S. Securities and
of business data from a 20-year-old legacy system, it is Exchange Commission is conducting an
almost certain to become an IT nightmare........page 42 information investigation in an effort to help
% change from
Company Symbol Year Ago Dec. 9 $ Dec. 22 $ previous issue explain the departure. The Wall Street
DATA CENTER AMD AMD $9.43 $7.95 $8.11 ▲2.01% Journal reported the investigation, citing
MANAGEMENT CA Technologies CA $22.60 $23.98 $24.65 ▲2.79% anonymous sources who said that the
Cisco Systems CSCO $23.75 $19.70 $19.56 ▼0.71% investigation could look into whether Hurd
■Even if your data center budget for this quarter or year
Dell DELL $14.11 $13.65 $13.88 ▲1.68% shared insider information regarding HP’s
remains flat, there are several things that can be done to
Google GOOG $601.12 $591.50 $605.49 ▲2.37% May 2008 acquisition of Electronic Data
boost efficiencythat require little or no money...page 43
Systems or whether he filed inaccurate
HP HPQ $52.46 $42.54 $41.48 ▼2.49%
■When considering best practices, make sure you take IBM IBM $129.93 $144.30 $145.95 ▲1.14% expense reports. Previously, Hurd was
into account your SME and what is best for it..... page 44 Intel INTC $20.04 $21.81 $20.89 ▼4.22% investigated on claims he sexually harassed
former HP contractor Jodie Fisher. He was
■Buyingused or refurbished hardwareis no longer McAfee MFE $39.77 $46.97 $46.30 ▼1.43%
later cleared, but evidence was found that
Microsoft MSFT $30.82 $27.08 $28.19 ▲4.1%
limited to the capital-constrained....................page 45
showed Hurd filed inaccurate expense
Oracle ORCL $24.46 $29.26 $31.66 ▲8.2%
reports to hide his relationship with Fisher.
Red Hat Software RHT $29.87 $47.71 $46.70 ▼2.12%
Hurd was CEO of HP for four years and is
The Processor.com home page is frequently updated with Symantec SYMC $17.71 $16.96 $16.71 ▼1.47% now president of Oracle.
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Upcoming
Are you looking to learn more about data center
or ITC toonpsicidse?r N joeitnwinogrk a w gitrho uspo mofe d oaft ay ocuern pteere rs? | Adobe Posts Record Results view the cloud as an opportunity for their IT | EU May Investigate
departments to be more strategic. Additionally,
professionals. If you have an event you’d like Intel-McAfee Deal
Adobe Systems has for the first time generat- 24% say cloud computing offers capabilities
listed, please send an email to
[email protected]. ed more than $1 billion in a fiscal quarter, not previously available to enterprises. Intel’s acquisition of McAfee could meet a road-
the company reports. Adobe’s revenues for block if the European Union decides to investi-
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Electronic Health Records Adoption
the fourth quarter totaled $1.008 billion; that gate the deal and whether it violates any
- JANUARY - Shows Steady Growth
figure represents a 33% increase over the antitrust laws. Intel has expressed interest in
company’s year-ago results. Third-quarter The percentage of physicians who report hav- building security features into its microproces-
Cisco (SWITCH):
Implementing revenues reached $990.3 million. Adobe’s ing an EHR (electronic health record) system sors, and the EU worries that this may give
Cisco Switched Networks overall 2010 revenues were $3.8 billion, up that meets the basic criteria is up 14% this McAfee an unfair advantage in the security
Jan. 3, 9 a.m. 29% compared to the previous year’s earn- year, according to a recent NAMCS (National industry. The $7.68 billion deal was announced
Online Live ings. An Adobe Systems spokesperson attrib- Ambulatory Medical Care Survey). And the in August with hopes of completing the acquisi-
www.nhnorthflorida.com
utes the growth to the company’s diverse line number of doctors reporting a fully functioning tion by early next year, but this possible investi-
• • • • •
BICSI of products and services. The company fore- EHR system was up by 46%. In total, 51% of gation could put the deal on hold.
Winter Conference sees continued growth in fiscal 2011, pre- physicians say they are using a complete or |
2010 Semiconductor Revenue
Jan. 16-20 dicting first-quarter revenues of between $1 partial EHR system, which is up 3% from last
Rosen Shingle Creek Expected To Reach Milestone
billion and $1.05 billion. year. A lack of economic incentives and tech-
Orlando, Fla.
nical expertise are the top reasons cited for Gartner expects the growth the semiconduc-
bicsi.org/winter/2011/event | Earthlink To Acquire
_overview.aspx?id=4818 slow adoption of EHR systems, according to tor industry experienced in 2010 to continue
One Communications
• • • • • a study by the President’s Council of Advisors into next year, although at a slower pace.
Cisco (ICND1): Earthlink plans to acquire Burlington, Mass.,- on Science and Technology. In addition, Gartner characterized 2010 as “one of the
Interconnecting Cisco based Web and telephone services provider physicians find it difficult to get the informa- most successful years” for the industry, citing
NetworkDevices Part 1
One Communications for $370 million. tion they need out of EHR systems. estimated revenue of $300.3 billion. For
Jan. 17, 9 a.m.
Online Live The deal will add about 113,000 SMB 2011, Gartner expects growth to rise 4.6% to
www.nhnorthflorida.com customers in 17 states to Earthlink’s $314 billion. 2010 revenue growth
• • • • • customer base. Earthlink spokes- is on pace to hit 31.5%, helping the
Central Ohio persons say the company plans sector surpass $300 billion for the
VMware Users Group
to integrate One Communica- first time. The memory segment is
Jan. 18, 8 a.m.
Platform Labs tions into a new Earthlink busi- expected to hit 49.8% growth for 2010
1275 Kinnear Road ness division. As a result of but decline in 2011 by 2.4%. DRAM
Columbus, Ohio the acquisition, Earthlink chip revenue is slated to see a 15.6%
www.platformlab.org plans to reduce its quar- dip because of weaker-than-expected
• • • • •
terly dividend by more PC demand and declining DRAM prices.
SharePoint 2010
Jan. 20, 9 a.m. than two-thirds, from 16 NAND memory, meanwhile, is set to grow
New Horizons Webinar cents a share to 5 cents 24%. The media tablet chip market is
tinyurl.com/NHWebinar12011 a share. The One expected to increase from $2.4 billion in
Communications deal, 2010 to $17.8 billion in 2014. The PC seg-
Jan. 20, 1 p.m.
expected to close in the ment is forecasted to experience 34.8%
New Horizons Dayton
1890 Commerce Center first half of next year, works out growth ($64 billion) in 2010 but decline 3.2%
Fairborn, Ohio to $85 million in cash and $285 million in 2011 ($62 billion). Mobile phone chip rev-
tinyurl.com/NHDayton12011 in assumed debt. enue is slated to hit $55.4 billion in 2011, a
13.6% increase from this year.
Jan. 21, 9 a.m. | Oracle Announces Profits | U.S. Health Records
New Horizons Cincinnati Need Improvement | European Commission Issues
10653 Techwoods Circle The second quarter of Oracle’s fiscal year
Rules On Industry Cooperation
Cincinnati, Ohio 2011 proved to be a lucrative one for the soft- The United States lacks appropriate mea-
tinyurl.com/NHCincy12111 ware maker and owner of Sun Microsystems. surement tools to track and respond to the The European Commission announced new
• • • • • Net income was up 28% on a GAAP, year- social and environmental issues that it rules regarding industry competition. The
Cisco (ICND2):
over-year basis to $1.9 billion, while non- believes are some of the most powerful fac- rules, called Horizontal Guidelines, are
Interconnecting
Cisco Network Devices GAAP net income reached $2.6 billion, a 34% tors in life expectancy and health-related designed to allow industry competitors to
Part 2 increase. Total revenues rose 47% to $8.6 quality of life, according to a report from the exchange information that is advantageous to
Jan. 24, 9 a.m. billion on both a GAAP and a non-GAAP Institute of Medicine. Despite efforts to mitigating risk, sharing profits, saving costs,
Online Live basis. Earnings surged 27% GAAP and 33% change to EHRs (electronic health records), and promoting innovation without violating
www.nhnorthflorida.com
non-GAAP to 37 cents and 51 cents per the report found that there are deficiencies in European Union competition laws. The laws
• • • • •
Datalink’s Advanced Virtualization/ share, respectively. Oracle also announced a the completeness, timeliness, and relevance are designed to encourage items, such as
Cloud Technology Event cash dividend of 5 cents per share of out- of health information being collected. The standardization and increasing the trans-
Jan. 25, 11 a.m. standing common stock. The results reflect Institute of Medicine also believes that there parency of licensing costs, which ultimately
Platform Labs increases in new software license sales and are no agreements on what the best indica- benefit consumers. According to the EU legis-
1275 Kinnear Road
Sun’s profitability. tors of progress are, which hinders efforts to lation site, the Horizontal Guidelines provide
Columbus, Ohio
www.platformlab.org | improve the health of Americans. companies with an “analytical framework” for
Rare Earth Metals Report Released
• • • • • | determining the legality of the collaboration
Panel Recommends
Microsoft Lync 2010 Many technologies depend in part on rare they’re undertaking with another entity.
Jan. 25, 9 a.m. Spending More
earth elements that are rare indeed in the
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New Horizons Dallas On Federal IT Research Commerce Department
United States but relatively plentiful in
150 W John Carpenter Freeway Calls For Online Privacy Guidelines
Irving, Texas China. A new report released by the U.S. According to PCAST (the President’s Council
tinyurl.com/NHDallas12511 Department of Energy analyzes the supply of Advisors on Science and Technology), the The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Internet
and demand issues involving materials critical federal government should allocate $1 billion Policy Task Force recommends that the United
Jan. 25, 2 p.m. to oil refining and green energy initiatives in new funding for IT research in the areas of States government create a privacy bill of
New Horizons Webinar
such as solar, wind, electric vehicles, and supercomputing, cybersecurity, and health IT. rights to help regulate the commercial collec-
tinyurl.com/NHWebinar12511
low-power light sources. The “Critical PCAST released the 104-page “Designing A tion of consumer data online. The policy would
Jan. 26, 9 a.m. Materials Strategy” report focuses on rare Digital Future: Federally Funded require companies to be more transpar-
New Horizons Fort Worth earth metals dysprosium, europium, neodymi- Research and Development in ent about how they collect con-
4100 International Plaza, Suite 200 um, terbium, and yttrium, along with indium Networking and Information sumer information online
Fort Worth, Texas
and eight other elements. The study also Technology” report to and provide consumers
Jan. 27, 9 a.m. makes recommendations for policies and pro- advocate for National with more detail about
New Horizons San Antonio grams to ensure access to said materials in Information how that data is
8200 IH-1- West, Suite 500 the future. Technology used. It would also
San Antonio, Texas Research and place restrictions
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tunyurl.com/NHSanAntonio12811 SMBs Begin To Accept The Cloud
Development on the use of the
Jan. 27, 1 p.m. Small and medium-sized businesses are Program initiatives data and require
New Horizons Austin increasingly viewing cloud opportunities with a that spearhead companies to
300 Highland Mall Blvd, Suite 100 positive outlook, according to a Microsoft-spon- health information increase audits
Austin, Texas sored survey that polled SMBs about cloud technology, trans- and other account-
tinyurl.com/NHAustin12711
computing technologies and the cloud services portation, energy, ability practices. The
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PMP – currently being used. Although 29% of respon- and cyber infrastruc- Commerce Depart-
Project Management Professional dents say they are not currently using the ture protection. PCAST ment’s report also pro-
Jan. 31, 9 a.m. cloud, 26% see it as a “technology revolution” consists of 14 members poses the creation of a
Online Live and 29% perceive embracing the cloud as from 14 different agencies and Privacy Policy Office that would
www.nhnorthflorida.com
innovative. Cloud computing could be benefi- spends about $4.3 billion each year work with the FTC to examine privacy
cial to IT, as well—one-third of respondents on research. policies in the United States.
For more Upcoming IT Events, see page 11.
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S T A T S & F A C T S
PROVIDINGTHELATEST INSIGHT& INFORMATIONFROMLEADINGRESEARCH FIRMS
THEENDOFONEYEAR brings a chance to look ahead at the next. Not wanting to be left behind, two major research groups have released
their IT and data center predictions for 2011 and beyond. Here are the highlights.
“With costs still under pressure, growth opportunities limited, “What really distinguishes the year ahead is that [cloud
and the tolerance to bear risk low, IT faces increased levels of services, mobile computing, and social networking] are finally
scrutiny from stakeholders both internal and external.” being integrated with each other.”
—Daryl Plummer, Gartner managing vice president —Frank Gens, IDC senior vice president and chief analyst
• By 2015, information-smart businesses will increase recognized IT spending • Three “disruptive technologies” (cloud services, mobile computing, and social
per head by 60%. Consolidation, optimization, and cost networking) will reign. The move toward this “next dominant platform” will
transparency lead to an IT productivity windfall. “overthrow nearly every assumption about who the industry’s leaders will be,”
Gens says.
• By 2015, tools and automation will eliminate
25% of labor hours associated with IT • Worldwide IT spending will reach $1.6 trillion, a 5.7% increase over 2010.
services. Automated delivery of IT services Hardware spending leads with a 7.8% year-over-year growth, followed by
becomes the name of the game. software (5.3% growth) and outsourcing (4% growth).
• By 2014, 90% of organizations will support • Spending on public IT cloud services will grow five times faster than the IT
corporate applications on personal devices. industry. Cloud use among small and midsized businesses could reach 33%
Attention shifts from devices to information in some service areas, and private cloud computing will continue to evolve.
and interaction with peers.
• Shipments of app-capable, non-PC mobile devices will outnumber PC
• By 2013, 80% of businesses shipments within 18 months. PC-based vendors will scramble to secure their
will support a workforce using new positions, and competition in the mobile apps market will be intense.
tablets. Enterprise support for
these new devices will vary • The use of social business software will experience a CAGR of 38% through
among companies depending 2014. The industry consolidates as major software vendors acquire social
on usage scenarios. software providers.
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HP released HP Critical Advantage, a
■ATEN CL5808/CL5816 Slideaway ■ Raritan dcTrack 2.4 Attachmate released Attachmate Re- service that provides clients running busi-
ATEN announced the release of its Raritan announced dcTrack release 2.4, flection for the Web 2008 R3, software for ness-critical applications on virtualized
CL5808 and CL5816 Slideaway 19” LCD which is DCIM software that’s now securely connecting local and remote users HP ProLiant servers the ability to improve
KVM switches that are designed to work available as a VMware-ready virtual appli- to legacy applications running on a num- performance and availability. The service
with ATEN’s LCD products. The CL5808 ance. The result can lower total cost of ber of host platforms, including IBM, HP, lets clients provide support and maintain
is an eight-port switch, while the CL5816 ownership by simplifying installation and Unisys, Unix, and OpenVMS. The release uptime of virtualized environments.
is a 16-port switch. Both feature external saving hours for deployment and configu- simplifies the central installation and Facets of the service include flexible
consoles that support USB or PS/2 key- ration. Additionally, platform operating deployment of legacy applications through credits, a defined set of proactive ser-
boards, mice, computers, and KVMs. system and database licensing costs are integration with LDAP and Active Direc- vices, and the HP Global Mission Critical
eliminated, along with their associated tory services. Attachmate Reflection for Solution Center.
■Belkin Smart Cables integration costs. the Web 2008 R3 also provides support
Users of Belkin Secure DVI KVM for zLinux, Google Chrome, and the latest ■ Intego Remote Management Console 2
Switches now have more legacy connec- ■Server Technology Wire-Free versions of Java. The product provides Mac security software company Intego
tion options available for use with work- Power Monitoring Solution users with instant access to applications released Remote Management Console 2.
stations, servers, and more. The company Server Technology unveiled its rack from most devices, simplifying desktop Used to remotely manage Intego software
level wire-free power monitoring plat- management and update processes. on multiple Macs, the tool lets administra-
form, which is capable of optimizing a tors manage Intego software on any num-
■ Attachmate Reflection Suite
ber of Macs in multiple locations from a
For X 2011
central administration console. The new
Attachmate announced the latest ver- release introduces a client-server architec-
sion of Attachmate Reflection Suite for ture, as well as an improved interface and
BELKIN X 2011, a tool designed to help compa- reporting tools.
has fielded a trio of Smart Cables to adapt nies securely access text-based and
systems with VGA graphics connections data center’s energy output budget. 2D/3D graphics applications on Unix, ■ iPass HotSpot Finder 2.0
for use with the digital DVI displays sup- The offering consists of Server Tech- Linux, System i, and System z platforms. iPass unveiled HotSpot Finder 2.0 for
ported by the KVMs. Two Smart Cables nology’s Smart and Switched cabinet Features include Windows 7 compati- mobile employees. Able to help users
handle VGA to DVI and DVI to VGA power distribution units and RF Code’s bility, support for virtualization tech- locate and rate more than 150,000 Wi-
conversion, respectively. The third prod- active RFID hardware and management nologies, and automatic bandwidth and Fi hotspots in 99 countries, iPass Hot-
uct takes care of PS/2 to USB adaptation. software. latency detection. Spot Finder 2.0 includes user-generated
The passive, 6-foot adapter cables require reviews, trip planning, favorites storage,
no drivers or external power. They’re also ■SGI ICE Cube Air ■Citrix Receiver For Chrome Notebooks geotracking, at-a-glance venue informa-
TAA-compliant with an EAL 4+ security SGI released its ICE Cube Air, a modu- Citrix announced a free app available tion, and access to in-flight Wi-Fi on par-
rating, Belkin says. lar data center that supports up to four in Google’s Chrome Web Store called ticipating airlines.
compute racks ventilated by fans. SGI Citrix Receiver for Chrome Notebooks.
■Chatsworth Products GlobalFrame says an optional cooling system can use The app will let Google customers run ■ Lancope StealthWatch
Cabinet System any clean source of water, including a gar- existing Windows business apps on new FlowSensor 250
Chatsworth Products has launched its den hose. ICE Cube Air, which starts at Web-based Chrome notebooks with full Lancope released the StealthWatch
GlobalFrame Cabinet System, a line of $99,000, can be operational within hours, enterprise security, thus giving users FlowSensor 250, the company’s lower-
cabinets for efficient storage of computer the company says. secure access to Windows-based work capacity, compact network performance
and network equipment. The system com- apps, desktops, and data whenever need- and security monitoring appliance.
plies with data center, computer room, and NETWORKING& VPN ed. Citrix HDX technology, meanwhile,
on-premises network equipment room will enable an HD experience for apps
requirements. The cabinets support front- ■Apparent Networks and desktops.
to-rear or front-to-top airflow and offer a AppView Web
■Dell KACE K2000
wide range of thermal, power, and cable Apparent Networks launched its App-
Deployment Appliance
management accessories. View Web, a Web application perfor-
mance monitoring add-on that works with Dell KACE released its K2000 De- PROCESSOR
■Leviton 24-fiber Apparent Networks’ cloud-based Path- ployment Appliance, which provides IT
MTP Cabling System View Remote Performance Management organizations with Windows 7 deploy-
is now on Facebook
Leviton will unveil what it’s billing as ment and migration technology. En-
an industry first at the BICSI Winter hancements quicken Win7 migrations and
and Twitter!
Conference in Orlando. It’s a preterminat- cut time related to manual procedures.
ed 24-fiber MTP cabling system intended Features include the ability to migrate
for 100Gbps Ethernet applications with up end-user documents and settings with less
to 20 channels of 100GBASE-SR10. error while enforcing compliance; contin-
Leviton says the system was designed to uous driver feed updates; and K-image
meet IEEE 802.3ba requirements. services. AppView Web offers real-time hard-link optimization to accelerate
feedback on the performance of Web- deployment.
■nlyte Software nlyte 6.0
based CRM, hosted email, hosted data
■Edgewater Networks EdgeMarc 4601
nlyte Software launched nlyte 6.0, a storage, backup, voice, Web conferenc-
Enterprise Session Border Controller
data center performance management suite ing, and internal custom services appli-
that now incorporates nlyte Analytics. The cations. Features include performance Edgewater Networks announced an
set of fully integrated business intelligence monitoring from any local or remote addition to the EdgeMarc product fam-
capabilities allow data center profession- location, HTTP/S and DNS analysis, and ily called the EdgeMarc 4601 Enter-
als, managers, and executives to gain the ability to concurrently view pure net- prise Session Border Controller, which
visibility into the information and key per- work performance and detailed Web per- is used to connect enterprise IP and
formance indicators, which will help formance activities. TDM PBXes to SIP trunking services.
optimize the critical resources of power, Designed to connect, protect, optimize,
cooling, and space. ■Anue Systems 5200 Series and monitor converged voice, video, and Follow us at
Net Tool Optimizer data networks, the 4601 is certified to
■ Panduit PIM Software Platform Anue Systems released version 3.0 of work with PBX and communications
Version 4.0 the 5200 Series Net Tool Optimizer for systems by the Edgewater SIP Trunking http://twitter.com/processorpub
Panduit announced its PIM (Physical always-on network connectivity. The Interoperability lab. Features include
or search for
Infrastructure Manager) Software Platform NTO’s automation features can filter support for up to 80 concurrent WAN
Version 4.0. The latest iteration of the incoming traffic, maintain priority traf- calls, an integrated 4x10/100 managed
“Processor”
product is designed to provide real-time fic, re-route traffic to a second device, VLAN switch, 1x10/100 Ethernet WAN,
continuous, local, and remote visibility of and detect security anomalies. In addi- Dual T1/E1 WAN and Dual T1/E1 PRI
on Facebook.
data center connectivity, power usage, tion, the NTO includes Boolean logic fil- interfaces, media compression, echo can-
asset tracking and utilization, and envi- ters plus support for IPv6 and Filter cellation, gain control, and Out-of-Band
ronmental conditions. PIM works with Priority Assurance. DTMF (RFC2833).
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StealthWatch FlowSensor 250 offers sites. The Standard Edition supports cap- an InfiniBand-based I/O fabric, and Windows Server 2008, and Windows
comprehensive visibility into IP flow, turing alarms from an unlimited number solid-state storage with the market-lead- Vista, as well as a number of usability and
helps find security-related network prob- of devices. ing Oracle WebLogic Server. performance enhancements. For example,
lems, and troubleshoots network latency WebLOAD’s expert performance knowl-
and application performance problems for ■ NaviSite TestDev Cloud ■ Quest Software Quest Cloud Automation edge can help users more quickly identify
branch offices and remote locations. NaviSite announced the release of Platform 7.5 the performance bottlenecks that impact
TestDev Cloud, an on-demand, cloud- Quest Software announced its Quest their systems. During a load test, Web-
■ ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP based development and testing platform Cloud Automation Platform 7.5, the next LOAD collects server side statistics and
ManageEngine announced Desktop suitable for small or large development generation of its enterprise-class cloud compares them to a set of best practice
Central MSP, a tool that allows MSPs initiatives. The platform is built on the automation and management technology. server performance rules.
(managed service providers) to more easily NaviCloud platform and provides flexi- The platform enables organizations to effi-
offer remote desktop management. Using bility, role-based access control, and a ciently manage and deliver complex IT ■ Solarflare SFP+ 10GBASE-SR
agents, users can manage remote machines Web console UI for simplified manage- services across the enterprise, while maxi- Solarflare has extended its family of
from the Desktop Central MSP server or ment and administration. TestDev sup- mizing their investment in virtual and SFN5000 10GbE server adapters with the
over a distribution server. Features include ports a number of development environ- physical infrastructures. The Quest Cloud launch of its SFP+ 10GBASE-SR optical
software distribution, patch management, ments, including Windows, .NET, LAMP, Automation Platform assumes the pres- transceiver module. The low-power mod-
asset management, remote control, and con- and Java. ence of virtual infrastructure from either ule supports multiple types of optical
figuration and system tools. VMware or Microsoft. fiber, including OM1, OM2, and OM3
■ Opengear ACM5004-G multimode fiber, with standard LC con-
■Micro Focus Modernization Opengear launched the ACM5004- ■ RadView WebLOAD nectors. It can drive OM3 fiber up to 300
Workbench 3.2 G, its line of smart cellular routers. Professional 8.6 meters to support cluster, data center, and
Micro Focus announced the latest iter- ACM5004-G routers unify Opengear’s RadView Software announced Web- enterprise networking applications.
ation of its Modernization Workbench, a advanced router, firewall, power manage- LOAD Professional version 8.6. The
■ Specops Software
tool designed to help organizations ment, environmental monitoring, and release includes expert performance
Specops Deploy
decrease the costs associated with delay- advanced console server functionality. knowledge and best practice performance
ing application maintenance. Features The Opengear ACM5004-G can monitor Specops Software released the latest
include increased analytics within all devices with serial, USB, Ethernet, and version of Specops Deploy. This version
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 via Micro digital I/O interfaces. Opengear also utilizes the latest release of MDT 2010
Focus’s Analyzer Express module and allows for UPS monitoring and manage- Update 1, and it also automates the front
C# compatibility. ment for PDUs and RPS. end of Windows Deployment Services.
The features allow an administrator to
■Modius OpenData Standard Edition ■ Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2 deploy a complete operating system, as
Modius released OpenData Standard Oracle released its Exalogic Elastic well as other software within one hour of
Edition, which provides unified monitor- Cloud X2-2, a complete cloud applica- downloading the Specops Deploy product.
ing and alarm management for a company’s tion infrastructure for a range of Java
data center infrastructure equipment. and non-Java application types and ■ TeamQuest Performance
Pricing starts at $1,995 per year per user. workloads to meet the most demanding Software Release 10.3
Modius includes OpenData Enterprise service-level requirements. The Exalogic RADVIEW TeamQuest added the ability to auto-
Edition, which contains advanced per- Elastic Cloud X2-2 is an engineered rules that proactively identify performance matically discover and analyze VMware
formance data analysis and visualiza- hardware and software system that com- bottlenecks in the system under test. This clusters, hosts, and virtual machines to its
tion and data integration across multiple bines cutting-edge 64-bit x86 processors, release also adds support for Windows 7, Go to Page 8
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Continued from Page 7 Improvements give users the ability to Adobe Flash apps, and reproduce wireless
Performance Software Release 10.3 solu- offer remotely managed backup and disas- MITM (man in the middle) attacks. ■ Jiransoft OfficeHARD
tion. Specifically, the release adds the ter recovery services that can protect data Jiransoft launched its OfficeHARD
capability to automatically discover clus- for workstations, servers, and virtual ■ Dataguise RAPID Service product line, enterprise-class security
ters and their physical and virtual machines on VMware servers locally and Dataguise announced the release of its appliances for SMEs. The software appli-
online. Included is a Web-based central RAPID (Risk Assessment Program for ances help address security concerns by
management console for administrators to Information Detection) Service, which enabling staff to safely transfer large files
configure and schedule backup jobs at the provides a free one-day assessment over a closed network, rather than risk
file level. to help determine whether an organiza- third-party interception. The OfficeHARD
tion has sensitive data exposed. The line complements the company’s other
machines; track clusters’ configuration ■ RAIDON iR2420-2S-S2 program uses Dataguise DgDiscover, security and office efficiency offerings.
and performance over time; detect, ana- & iS2420-2S-S2 an automated database security solution,
lyze, and troubleshoot performance prob- RAIDON announced two 2.5-inch stor- to find and search structured data across ■ Juniper Networks Junos Pulse
lems with clusters; and drill down from a ages devices, the iR2420-2S-S2 and the the enterprise. App For iPad
problem cluster to underlying host and iS2420-2S-S2. The iR2420 has RAID 1 Juniper Networks announced the Junos
VM performance. Other features in- and RAID 0 functionality and features ■ DataMotion SecureMail Pulse App for the iPad, which allows for
clude the ability to allow large groups RAID Guide software and an environment For Salesforce secure access to enterprise networks and
of users to efficiently access reports; detector. The iS2420-2S-S2 can access DataMotion released SecureMail for resources. Protection is included no matter
additional support for Windows 2008 two SSDs or two HDDs at a time using Salesforce, which lets Salesforce Enter- what network the device is on (corporate,
Server Core, SuSE Enterprise Linux two separate SATA ports. prise Edition users send sensitive informa- Wi-Fi, or 3G), and the app is also avail-
Server 11 on Itanium, Power, zSeries, tion using encrypted emails. SecureMail able for Android, BlackBerry, Symbian,
and x86/x64; and SuSE Enterprise ■ Seagate Constellation.2 secures emails as well as attachments and Windows Mobile phones.
Linux Desktop 11 support on x86/ Seagate announced its Constellation.2, a and gives users the ability to attach files
x64 platforms. 2.5-inch enterprise-class hard drive, which that are up to 2GB in size. Each email ■ Lighthouse Security Group Lighthouse
comes in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB models that’s sent is then tracked in the Salesforce Gateway Enhancements
STORAGE with either 6Gbps SAS or 6Gbps SATA activity history. Lighthouse Security Group added
interfaces. The Constellation.2 family of enhancements to its Lighthouse Gateway
■ AMAX StorMax-X1 hard drives is built to work in SAN, NAS, ■ eEye Digital Security Retina CS 2.0 cloud-based IAM services. The solution’s
AMAX released the StorMax-X1, a and DAS environments and is designed Management Console Quick Connect technology streamlines
NAS solution dedicated to rich media with SMEs in mind. eEye Digital Security announced the user provisioning and SSO for SaaS appli-
and content sharing platforms. The Retina CS 2.0 Management Console, cations and makes it possible for compa-
StorMax-X1 can linearly expand to sup- ■ Symantec Data Insight For Storage which is designed to meet configuration nies to share user credentials with partner
port up to 516 3.5-inch SATA/SAS hard Symantec announced the Symantec compliance, regulatory reporting, and organizations so that users can access
drives or SSDs in a standard 42U rack, Data Insight for Storage to help IT per- patch management requirements. eEye third-party applications through one iden-
the company says. That means petabytes sonnel better manage unstructured data, also announced three new add-on modules tity authentication solution.
of hot-swappable storage are on tap for such as documents, spreadsheets and that integrate with Retina CS: Regulatory
high-performance applications. emails. The offering lets users view and Report Packs, Configuration Compliance ■ Proofpoint Enterprise Protection
manage the ownership of unstructured Module, and Patch Management Module. & Privacy Suites
■ Bocada Prism Lite data to lower storage costs and secure Proofpoint announced its Enterprise 6.2
Bocada released Prism Lite, a data- sensitive information. ■ Enterasys Networks email security and compliance platform,
protection reporting and troubleshooting Intrusion Prevention Solution which includes the Enterprise Protection
solution that helps organizations with ■ Winchester Systems Enterasys Networks announced the lat- and Enterprise Privacy suites. The latest
fewer than 500 data protection clients FlashDisk VX-2500 est version of Intrusion Prevention version features Proofpoint Smart Send,
determine the health of data protection Winchester Systems’ latest RAID Disk Solution, a tool designed to address the
environments. Further, companies can Array supports up to 24 drives in the 2.5- widest possible variety of network and
view trend usage over time for purposes of inch, small form factor. It can expand host-based threats. Features include VoIP
auditing, capacity planning, and policy to 144 drives. The VX-2500, available traffic analysis, vulnerability signature
management. Prism Lite is sold per license for less than $16,000 including CA matching, protocol analysis, network which lets administrators create company-
in one of three tiers. ARCserve Replication software and data behavioral analysis, and support for plat- specific policies that will alert employees
services, features 8Gbps Fibre Channel or forms including VMware ESX server, if one of their outgoing emails violates
■ C2C ArchiveOne Version 6 6Gbps SAS. Windows, AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris. company policy. Smart Send also lets
C2C released ArchiveOne Version 6 to users make policies for specific groups
assist business users with archival reten- ■ Xiotech ISE Manager: ■ Exar Express DX 1845 or individuals. Proofpoint Enterprise
tion, discovery, and preservation without vSphere Edition Exar announced its Express DX 1845 includes enhanced spam control that can
the IT department. ArchiveOne is de- Xiotech released its ISE Manager: high-performance data security and identify and quarantine spam and other
signed to reduce the email data footprint, vSphere Edition, which is a plug-in for reduction card. The DX 1845 is an x8 threats, as well as customizable email
decrease backup and restore time, improve VMware vSphere clients that lets users PCI Express 2 add-in card that features a encryption that can be used with both
compliance, provide full archiving control, provision, monitor, and manage ISE stor- 3.2Gbps encryption speed. The card is desktop and mobile devices.
and reduce overall cost. ArchiveOne Ver- age blades from within vSphere. Aside designed to support multiple security
sion 6 is available in Express and Enter- from eliminating the need for separate protocols and can be used with OpenSSL ■ Symantec Data Loss Prevention 11
prise versions. storage management software, the offering and OpenSwan, in addition to Linux Symantec launched its Symantec Data
also offers simplified provisioning and and Windows. Loss Prevention 11 software, which
■ EMC Atmos Cloud capacity deployment. makes it easier to detect and protect intel-
Delivery Platform ■ IBM Rational AppScan lectual property. Symantec’s latest data
EMC introduced the EMC Atmos SECURITY Portfolio Enhancements security suite features Vector Machine
Cloud Delivery Platform, which is a self- IBM announced enhancements to its Learning, more efficient remediation,
service cloud storage platform. Features ■ Adtran NetVanta Rational AppScan Portfolio that simplify Data Insight enhancements, and endpoint
include a rich metering module that mea- 2000 Series and automate security scanning and security capabilities.
sures bandwidth and storage at the end- Adtran released the NetVanta 2000 improve vulnerability identification
user level, letting service providers better series of Unified Threat Management and remediation, the company says. MESSAGING& TELEPHONY
manage multitenant and multiuser envi- appliances. Models come with one year Enhancements include Hybrid Analysis
ronments. EMC also launched the EMC of continuous threat protection, SSL, Reporting, Hybrid Analysis Scanning, and ■ Smith Micro Software Visual Voicemail
Consulting Services and enhancements to and IPsec VPN clients; antivirus and a simplified security assessment process. With Voicemail-To-Text Service
EMC Atmos. antispyware clients; and a centralized IBM also included string analysis, a soft- Smith Micro Software introduced its
management system. Models include ware development capability that will help mobile carrier-grade Visual Voicemail
■ HighPoint RocketRAID 2744, 2722 the NetVanta 2630, 2630W, 2730, developers improve the accuracy and effi- with Voicemail-to-Text service, which lets
& 2721 and 2830 and come with SonicWall ciency of security testing. carriers offer customers an enhanced
HighPoint released the RocketRAID security clients for remote access and voicemail product. The offering also
2700 SATA PM series of HBAs, which PC security. ■ Imperva Incapsula enables carriers to offload messages to the
support port multiplier storage enclo- Imperva has spun off Incapsula, a Web user handset and reduce or eliminate calls
■ Core Security Technologies
sures, according to the company. Each application firewall service for small to voicemail services, which saves storage
Core Impact Pro Version 11
PCI-E 2.0 card supports up to 64 devices businesses. Incapsula supports Imper- costs and reduces network congestion.
and 192TB. Models include the 16- Core Security Technologies announced va’s SecureSphere WAF (Web Appli-
port 2744, the eight-port 2722, and the the release of Core Impact Pro version 11, cation Firewall), which protects Web ■ VBrick H.264
four-port 2721. an automated penetration testing solution. applications from sophisticated attacks. Video Solution
The newest version of Core Impact Pro SecureSphere applicances can be de- VBrick Systems released what it says
■ NovaStor NovaBackup xSP 12.0 can detect network router and switch vul- ployed physically and virtually in the is the industry’s first H.264 IP video
NovaStor released NovaBackup xSP nerabilities, import Web vulnerability scan form of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and enterprise solution for wide enterprise deployment.
12.0 for managed service providers. results, exploit Cross-Site Scripting in private clouds. VBrick’s H.264 platform includes the
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include a close partnership with Microsoft
CLIENTS BPOS teams, support for cloud-to-cloud
migrations, and local-to-cloud migrations.
■Giada DN2301-ION Mini PC
■ NextComputing Radius LE
Giada’s DN2301-ION Mini PC is a
quiet, powerful unit with multimedia fea- NextComputing released its Radius LE Do you have a
tures that can fit well in a business envi- portable workstation computer, which fea-
ronment. The DN2301-ION is just 9 x 6.8 tures a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor,
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much larger systems: an Intel Core i5- memory, 8GB DDR3 memory, 1TB of
VBRICK 430UM processor with Intel HM55 storage, and a built-in 17-inch display.
H.264 Distributed Media Engine, which chipset, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, mic The Radius LE also supports Gigabit
lets multisite organizations deliver H.264 in/out jacks, five USB 2.0 ports, an e- Ethernet, eSATA, and USB 2.0 and 3.0
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■ Oracle MySQL 5.5
5.3, when combined with the DME,
routes users to the best location to receive Oracle announced MySQL 5.5, which
on-demand content and allows presenta- features enhancements that the company
that data center/IT
tions in high definition, VBrick says. The says will improve the performance and
platform also includes the 7000 Series scalability of Windows, Linux, Oracle
managers would be
H.264 Encoding Appliance Version 3.0, Solaris, and Mac OS X Web applications.
which encodes and streams high-defini- In this release, the performance and scala-
interested in
tion IP video to a range of endpoints bility of the MySQL Database and InnoDB
simultaneously. The 7000 Series H.264 storage engine have been improved and
learning about?
Decoding Appliance is intended for plus Ethernet LAN, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and optimized for multi-CPU and multicore
video backhaul applications and remote Bluetooth. A 320GB 2.5-inch hard drive hardware and operating systems.
device control. and a DVD-RW (or optional Blu-ray Disc)
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year warranty. For more on this product, ■ EMC PCI DSS 2.0 Services related product
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Continued from Page 1 mobilize enterprise applications. There made it, and 2011 looks brighter. Though
Budgetary Blues
people to having and wanting constant was also strong growth in open developer once again, I think people need to be pru-
access to work and play materials anytime platforms to create mobile applications for From an economic standpoint, the out- dent and cautious and have contingencies
and anywhere—in high quality,” he says. PayPal, NavTeq, and other companies, he look heading into this year wasn’t much at the ready.”
“In three to five years, I think most people says, adding that 2010 witnessed both different than where IT organizations stood
Movers & Shakers
will do most of their daily tasks from a Fortune 500 and small to midsized enter- at the close of 2009. There were guarded
hybrid mobile device, and IT organiza- prises adopting mobile Web applications hopes that the recession was nearing its The past year in IT had some occur-
tions will have to change and adapt a lot or developing native applications across end and that IT spending would begin to rences that were unique, if not outright
of established ways of doing things. In a different platforms. spike, but the wait for those events contin- perplexing. For example, Allen notes that
ued throughout this year and kept data cen- corporate laws now “have no meaning
ters and IT departments focused primarily whatsoever” after HP CEO Mark Hurd
“Here we are, at the end of a year that
on surviving and taking advantage of resigned amid controversy and then imme-
lower-cost technologies. Economy-related diately signed on as co-CEO with
was, for lots of people, all about sur-
news reports in 2010 were decidedly more Oracle—despite a two-year non-compete
positive than in 2009, but the economy’s separation agreement that the executive
vival. In the broad sense, we made it, effect on IT remained relatively the same. signed with HP.
“Last year, when asked what I saw “Another unique event that comes to
ahead for 2010, I talked about a year mind is the story of Facebook building their
and 2011 looks brighter.”
where consumption, our dependency on own data center in Oregon,” Parrish says.
the cloud, and interest in energy efficiency “This is interesting, as most companies are
- Boulder Management Group’s Warren Arbogast would continue to grow—all against an shrinking their data centers and moving
extended difficult economic background,” more of their investment to vendors. This
few years, I think we’ll look back and see On the smartphone front, Android Arbogast says. “Here we are, at the end of effort reinforces my belief that smart,
how significant 2010 was in the evolu- became the fastest-selling mobile OS plat- a year that was, for lots of people, all responsible, business-aligned investment is
tionary process.” form by December, surpassing both Apple about survival. In the broad sense, we the wave of the future for IT.” P
Michael Parrish, managing director of and BlackBerry. This rise in mobility
IT consulting company Vivo, agrees, not- across multiple platforms has increased
ing that Apple’s foray into tablet-style concerns around security, but developers Surprising Staffing Moves
computing has “served notice to all other and manufacturers met the call in 2010
computer companies that the iPad has a with better controls for data privacy and Plenty of shifting among enterprises of all sizes occurred throughout 2010, but a few recent
legitimate place within the enterprise, security. “Security technology has occurrences raised some eyebrows. For example, Yahoo! in December cut a whopping 600
especially with the mobile workforce.” improved in areas like smartphones, and employees after a year that saw its revenue rise by less than 2%. Tracy Cashman, partner and
Many companies in 2010 appeared to handhelds—with the help of the cloud— general manager of the Winter, Wyman’s Information Technology Group (www.winterwyman
have little trouble bringing mobile tech- have become much more powerful,” says .com), says that late-year layoffs are serving as a sort of shock to the system to economy
nologies into their folds, even if the Bo Parker, managing director with observers who might have assumed that the near future held only better days.
devices came with a consumer-focused PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com).
façade. Reddy Allen, CEO of TechnoDyne “What that implies is an unprecedented “Companies are looking to the bottom line now, as well as in the future, and trying to remain ahead
(www.technodyne.com), points to the pro- amount of power in a single person’s of the curve,” Cashman says. “It’s a bit of a nerve-wracking sign for our supposed ongoing recov-
liferation of Android, bada, and other plat- hands and a critical need for security that ery and leads me to wonder if other firms may take similar measures to stay competitive.”
forms as the spark that helped further goes beyond IT.”
Evaluating Data Center Colocation Providers
Continued from Page 1 Those resources include power, cooling, Similar questions can be asked about the held and the dedicated space available for
security to provide and protect the data, bandwidth, security, community, and the cooling system and fire suppression, his company. He also looked closely at the
explains Kevin Dean, chief marketing ability to be able to access whatever is Unger adds. company’s business numbers, including
officer at Interxion (www.interxion.com). needed within the neutral facility. Customers also need to inquire about how long the vendor had been in business,
“Companies choose to colocate for a “Power, space, bandwidth, and physical the financial stability of the vendor, how many customers it had, and the finan-
variety of reasons, but the three main ones security are the primary items to consid- although it may be difficult to ask or cial liability.
include the connectivity, coverage, and er,” Unger says. “And customers need to ascertain. “Most operators are private Goerlich’s search for the right colocation
community advantages,” Dean says. make sure the vendors are experts at man- companies, so they don’t have to show facility took about a year. Unger agrees
aging a data center.” financials. But the truth is, the data centers that the process should take a lot of careful
Often The Best Solution
The age of the technology in use is also are expensive to operate,” Unger says. consideration. “When moving into a data
Outsourcing IT infrastructure is often the a consideration. Computing power over Security and security procedures are center, you are making a significant invest-
best solution for SMBs because of cost, the past 10 years has multiplied immense- growing increasingly important as threats ment,” Unger says. “You need to make
resources, and time. “SMBs will look to a ly. “Any data center built eight or nine against data and networks become more sure you are going to be happy in this
third-party colocation provider because years ago won’t be able to support tomor- sophisticated. Customers should know place. You want to be able to live out the
they serve a specific requirement,” Dean row’s equipment,” Unger says. “In the who has access to the facility and the data. lifecycle of the equipment. You don’t want
says. “One such requirement that’s growing colocation world, you shouldn’t have the to have to do this again after six months.
Establish Priorities
in demand is a colocation provider’s carrier problem to worry about.” Colocation cen- You really need to do your homework.” P
neutrality. An SMB would not want to pay ters are sold out faster and built with state- When Goerlich began his search for a
for the last mile in connectivity from multi- of-the-art technology, so the customer gets data center for colocation, his priorities
Successful
ple carriers to their own data center, which to stay on the cutting edge without having included physical security, surveillance,
can cost millions of dollars, all to make to worry about improving its business- financial liability of the vendor, and flexi-
Colocation
sure they have more than one supply ser- owned facility. bility. “We were also looking for a site
vicing their data transit requirements. with geographic proximity, so we could
Questions To Ask Companies can take several steps to
Instead, they will choose a carrier-neutral use their IT hotel space for disaster recov-
optimize their colocation options. Yehuda
colocation facility to take advantage of When evaluating a potential colocation ery,” he says.
Cagen, director of marketing in the business
reduction in cost for IP transit.” vendor, Unger says, the first item to As he narrowed down his options,
development division of Xvand Technology
Data center colocation should be all inquire about is power systems. “The No. Goerlich went to the sites to investigate
(www.xvand.com), offers these tips to help:
about neutrality, says John Unger, CEO of 1 cause of failure in data centers is the facilities and meet the staff. The final
BCS Data Centers (www.bcsdatacenters power,” Unger says. “You want the ven- decision was made partly based on the
• Establish business outcomes to ensure
.com). A 30-year veteran of the business, dor to walk you through the power sys- vendor with the newer plant and the com-
measurability and accountability
Unger explains that in the past, data cen- tem. See what the redundancies are. Have fort level with the staff. “It’s hard to quan-
ters were an afterthought for most compa- them walk you through the generated tify, but the responsiveness you get when • Determine the true financial savings
nies. “The original colocation centers were power. How much generated power is sending out an RFP or when asking ques-
• Choose a proactive business partner
ISPs or Web hosting or application there vs. load in the facility? Do they have tions about the business can give you a
providers first, so the data center wasn’t enough generators to run everything in the sense of comfort that, if we do go into a • Select a provider that thrives off your
their primary concern. It was just extra building? What is the guaranteed battery long-term relationship with them, they success, not your problems
space that could earn extra money for the backup time? And finally, what are the will respond to our needs.”
• Hire a business partner, not just
company.” Hence, protecting that outside maintenance [procedures] of the power Specific questions Goerlich asked
a provider
data wasn’t a high priority. “The data cen- system? The vendor should have a routine focused on redundancy in power, cooling,
ters need to be nothing more than re- process and conduct regular tests on the and connectivity. He wanted to know • Use a shared-risk approach
sources available to the occupants.” power system.” about certifications the data center vendor