Processor Newspaper Volume 33 Number 11

2011·11.6 MB·English

by  Sandhills Publishing

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June 3, 2011
Volume 33 Number 11
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FEATURE PACKAGE
Managing The
Mobility Options
& How To Work
With Them
What challenges do you
face with a mobile work- Cabling Infrastructure(cid:1)
force, and how do you
overcome them? We
offer some tips from
experts in the field.
Mobile Workforce Challenges....................................26
Though Easy To Overlook, Organized Cables
Make Tablets Work For Your Mobile Strategy............27 Key Points
Harness The Power Of Notebooks.............................28 Are Key To Healthy Networks
The Smartphone Is The New PC................................29 (cid:114)(cid:1) Choosing your method of cable distribu-
PHYSICAL tion depends on the size of your data
INFRASTRUCTURE by Robyn Weisman center, your cooling scheme, and your
personal preference.
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■ Developing and managing your cabling infrastructure
Data center cable management(cid:1)
(cid:114)(cid:1) Bundling your cables makes them easier to
is fairly straightforward if you take the right steps....page 1
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find. They also look better and stay cleaner.
■ Staco Energy’s FirstLine BMS Battery Monitoring System (cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:224)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:135)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:69)(cid:13)(cid:1)
is a wireless battery monitoring system that captures (cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:114)(cid:1) Label and color-code your cables in a
battery parameters in real time....................................page 9 (cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:15)(cid:1) fashion that works for your enterprise.
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■PDU Cables’ Air-Guard line of airflow management
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productssuch as grommets and brush kits prevent cooled
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air from escaping through cabling holes.......................page 9
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■ Cyber Switching’s line of ePower iPDUs (intelligent (cid:35)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:36)(cid:37)(cid:56)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:15)(cid:68)(cid:69)(cid:88)(cid:15)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:10)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)
PDUs) is designed to give IT workers control over every (cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:77)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)- (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:76)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)
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environmental and cost savings.......................page 11 (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:224)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:14)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:14)
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■ The easy solution to prevent overcrowding in the data
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centeris to simply build a new computer room, but invest-
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ing tens of millions of dollars in a new facility isn’t an option
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for the vast majority of enterprises............................page 12
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■ Increases in the cost of traditional power, coupled (cid:51)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:15)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)
with advances in alternative energy technologies, are (cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:10)(cid:15)(cid:1)(cid:105)(cid:42)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)
prompting more data centers to reconsider where they (cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:90)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:8)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:1) (cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:14)
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■Buying Guide: Environmental Monitoring....page 15
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■Product Spotlight: Environmental Monitoring.....page 16 (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:13)(cid:117)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:84)(cid:15)
Overhead vs. Raised Flooring
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■Product Spotlight: KVMs............................page 18
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■ Imagine moving one data center into another or trying to (cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:1) Go to Page 10
shoehorn two existing data centers into one space. That’s
the challenge of consolidating data centers.......page 20
NETWORKING & VPN
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■ In the months since the FCC released a new block of
spectrum for commercial use, there’s been a lot of talk
about so-called super Wi-Fi.............................page 1
■ For the small to midsized enterprise, blending
The Promise Of Higher Speeds & Wider Ranges Is Enticing,
public and private clouds is proving to be a wise
strategy that leverages their respective strengths But Is Super Wi-Fi A Viable Option?
for maximum benefit.................................page 21
■ Terenine dreamed of building a world-class data
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Oracle failed to produce an Iowa center, but Mainelli claims
SECURITY effective program with either her as one of its employees
■ The key to successful malware incident response, Blackboard or iProjects, didn’t who was contracted to
integrate a project management work for Google.
experts say, is to have teams first prepare for the
plan, and never kept separate Peterson asserted
encounter by planning how they will react when a mal-
logs of tracking issues and project that Mainelli and
ware incident occurs.......................................page 36
risks. Specifically, Montclair is Eurest took over
■ Do you lay awake at night wondering about the secu- suing Oracle for breaching its payroll responsibility
rity of mobile computer users accessing Wi-Fi hotspots contract, gross negligence, and from Google shortly after
around the world? You’re not alone.....................page 37 compensatory damages, alleg- her hiring. The amount of dam-
ing that the project as a whole will ages Peterson is seeking has
MESSAGING & cost the university $20 million more not yet been released.
TELEPHONY
than it was supposed to. are
■HP Developing Next-Gen
■ A recent CDW poll found that cloud computing is ■ Microsoft Corrects down Memristor Technology
0.4% com-
aiding the move to unified communications. Most
Windows 8 Statements
pared to Q1 A group of scientists at HP announced
IT professionals say the cloud makes UC faster, easier,
A Microsoft spokesperson has released a 2010. Acer’s sales, for a breakthrough in their work to improve
and more cost-effective...................................page 38
statement clarifying statements CEO Steve example, dropped a whopping 20.4%, mostly memristors, which are circuit elements similar
■ For a while now, the implementation of VoIP in all Ballmer made in Tokyo late last month. due to a decline in the company’s sales of to resistors or capacitors and are seen as a pos-
types of businesses has been considered a slam-dunk Speaking at a conference of software de- netbooks. HP, the largest supplier of PCs, sible replacement for today’s flash and DRAM
proposition. But maintaining good quality of service velopers, Ballmer told the audience that Win- reported that its shipments were down 2.1% memory technologies. Previously, scientists have
for voice calls is needed to ensure successful VoIP dows 8 could be expected for release in compared to last year. While the corporate been able to prove that the technology can be
system operation.............................................page 39 2012, as well as Win8-based tablets and market for traditional PCs remains strong, made to switch back and forth between levels of
other mobile devices. The statement Micro- consumer demand for computers has weak- electrical resistance, but studying the switching
CLIENTS
soft released following Ballmer’s comments, ened in the face of the increased popularity of process is very difficult because the memris-
■ Data center and IT managers typically put a great deal however, retracted Ballmer’s comments, tablets such as the Apple iPad. tors are so small. However, the HP scientists
announced that they have been able to map out
of thought into planning and preparing for an operating
the basic chemistry and structure of what happens
system upgrade or update. Some straightforward steps WATCH THE
This information provides a quick glimpse of current and historical stock inside a memristor during its electrical operation,
can smooth the move..............................................page 40 STOCKS
prices and trends for 14 major companies in the technology market. which should help them better understand and
DATA CENTER improve the technology.
MANAGEMENT % change from
Company Symbol Year Ago May 12 $ May 25 $ previous issue ■Feds Lagging In
■ How can your enterprise best transition away from AMD AMD $8.22 $8.93 $8.43 ▼ 5.6% Enforcing Health IT Security
mainframes? On the other hand, if you’ll likely always Apple AAPL $244.11 $346.57 $336.78 ▼ 2.82% According to recently released reports, a pair
have a mainframe around for certain tasks, how do you CA Technologies CA $19.68 $25.06 $22.64 ▼ 9.66% of audits conducted by the Department of
incorporate it into a mixed environment?.........page 41
Cisco Systems CSCO $22.89 $16.93 $16.19 ▼ 4.37% Health and Human Services’ OIG (Office of
■ Data center managers must find ways to simultane- Dell DELL $13.25 $16.66 $15.51 ▼ 6.9% Inspector General) found fault with two federal
ouslycut costs while somehow bringing revenue growth Google GOOG $475.47 $535.05 $519.67 ▼ 2.87% agencies tasked with enforcing the security of
and improved efficiencies to the business...........page 42 HP HPQ $45.72 $40.88 $36.01 ▼ 11.91% electronic protected health information. The
IBM IBM $123.23 $172.24 $167.75 ▼ 2.61% OIG’s reports emphasize that the Centers for
■ Enterprises looking for low prices can find great
Intel INTC $20.70 $23.71 $22.68 ▼ 4.34% Medicare & Medicaid Services, along with the
deals on the used market, but where do you start
LinkedIn LNKD N/A N/A $94.33 N/A Department’s Office for Civil Rights and Office
when you’re ready to give refurbished equipment a try?
Microsoft MSFT $25.01 $25.32 $24.19 ▼ 4.46% of the National Coordinator, need to do more to
What equipment is a safe bet to buy used?......page 43
Oracle ORCL $21.91 $35.73 $32.99 ▼ 7.67% compel hospitals, Medicare contractors, state
Red Hat Software RHT $28.92 $47.44 $43.07 ▼ 9.21% Medicaid agencies, and other organizations to
The Processor.com home page is frequently updated with
Symantec SYMC $14.14 $20.42 $18.93 ▼ 7.3% comply with health IT security mandates such
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S TAT S & F A C T S
Providing The Latest Insight & Information ■Citrix Acquires Kaviza, comprehensive information management solu-
Gains VDI-in-a-Box Solution
From Leading Research Firms tion portfolio, which includes Enterprise Vault
Citrix Systems has acquired Kaviza, a company and NetBackup, with Clearwell’s e-discovery,
known for its all-in-one VDI-in-a-Box solution archiving, and backup capabilities in an effort to
Security In The Cloud for small and midsized businesses. By adding provide Symantec’s customers with a more end-
Kaviza’s solution to its portfolio, Citrix says it can to-end e-discovery solution that will help those
further extend its reach into the small and midsized in the IT and legal fields to reduce costs, time,
business market in terms of desktop virtualiza- and risk. There are also opportunities for cross-
Forecast Looks Sunny tion. Citrix says Kaviza’s VDI-in-a-Box product sell and product integration synergies across
complements its own XenDesktop line of products Symantec products in the future. Clearwell will join
offering enterprise-class desktop virtualization. The Symantec’s Information Management Group.
solution also provides support for VMware ESX,
Last year was a banner year for managed security services, and the years ahead promise to and support for Microsoft Hyper-V is coming soon. ■Physicians Starting To Embrace
be even better, according to Infonetics Research. And, Infonetics points out, there’s plenty of Videoconferencing
According to Citrix, Kaviza’s offering isn’t a scaled-
room for continued growth because managed security services are location-independent.
down enterprise product with limited features but Manhattan Research reports that about 7% of
rather a solution designed from the ground up physicians now conduct video chats with patients,
to offer a low-cost, all-in-one VDI product built to even though few doctors utilize email as a tool for
meet the needs of smaller enterprises. patient communication. The group’s “Taking the
Pulse” survey reports that physicians in certain
■IT Downtime Results In Millions
specialties—those that don’t necessarily require
Of Lost Man-Hours
tactile interactions or which are non-urgent in
Results of a recent survey of 2,000 North Amer- nature, such as psychiatry and oncology—are
ican and European organizations indicate that more likely to use videoconferencing with patients
businesses collectively lose more than 127 mil- than are other physicians. The report notes that
lion man-hours a year. That averages out to physicians who don’t communicate online with
Revenue growth in 2010: 12% 545 man-hours per company, or the equivalent patients cited HIPAA concerns and liability as rea-
of 63,500 people not working for an entire year. sons for their reluctance to do so.
Expected growth over the next five years: 62% Additionally, the survey, which was sponsored by
CA Technologies, found that IT outages occur fre- ■Enterprise SSD Performance
Test Spec Finalized
Money spent each year on managed security quently and are lengthy, ultimately doing damage
services by 2015: $17 billion to companies’ reputations, morale, and customer The SNIA’s (Storage Networking Industry Associ-
loyalty. Still, 56% of North American organizations ation’s) Solid State Storage Initiative has released
Regions expected to significantly grow market share and 30% of European organizations don’t have a version 1.0 of its Solid State Storage Performance
in the coming years: Asia Pacific and disaster recovery policy in place that’s both formal Test specification. The new spec is intended to
Central and Latin America and comprehensive. Additional CA-sponsored standardize the criteria by which manufacturers
research found that IT downtime results in more benchmark and compare enterprise SSDs, giving
than $26.5 billion in revenue a year, which comes prospective customers information that’s more
out to about $150,000 lost per year per business. apples-to-apples than what was previously avail-
able. The SSSI plans to release another version
■E-Prescriptions See Big Uptick
of the spec for server and client-side SSDs in the
Medical institutions are increasingly relying on third quarter of this year.
health information technology, according
to a recent study from Surescripts. ■Gartner: Smartphones
Outpace Mobile
At the end of last year,
Communications
about one in four
Market
eligible prescriptions
were prescribed elec- About 428 million
But Who’s Responsible?
tronically; for com- mobile communica-
parison, about one tions devices were
in 18 prescriptions sold during the
Pointing fingers. That’s what appears to be happening between cloud providers and were prescribed first quarter of 2011,
enterprises when it comes to answering the question, “Who’s in charge of security?” electronically in according to research
2008. In addition, firm Gartner, up 19% from
Here are some of the findings from a recent Ponemon Institute study: the number of prescrip- a year ago. Smartphone sales
tions routed electronically grew were the dominant force leading
69% of cloud providers think users are most responsible for security. 72% between 2009 and 2010, and the industry, accounting for 23.6% of
32% of cloud users think providers are primarily responsible. about 79% of prescribers used electronic medi- overall sales, and a new midtier smart-
79% of cloud providers allocate 10% or less of their IT resources to security. cal records last year. Surescripts points to several phone market will accelerate this trend,
factors contributing to the growth, including incen- Gartner says. Apple sold 16.9 million units,
Cloud providers are most confident in their ability to . . . tive programs offered through the HITECH and more than double the number it sold a year
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the growth in e-prescribing are serving as a model LG. Devices sold with the Android operat-
Cloud providers are least confident in their ability to . . . for broader adoption and use of health IT,” says ing system dominated the market with a
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■Autonomy To Buy Iron Mountain Assets
Cloud provider Autonomy announced plans to ■Symantec Report Assesses
The State Of Spam
acquire portions of Iron Mountain’s assets from its
digital division, including its archiving, e-discov- According to the May 2011 “State of Spam &
ery, and online backup tools, in order to bolster Phishing” report from Symantec, the average
Autonomy’s regulatory compliance, legal discov- daily spam volume fell 5.35% in April. Year over
ery, and analytics services. The deal is reportedly year, spam volumes are down an impressive
worth $380 million in cash and will give Autonomy 65.42%. Overall, three out of every four messages
an additional 6 petabytes of data and 6,000 cus- (74.81%) were spam as of April 2011, but that’s
tomers to manage, bringing Autonomy’s total to a solid improvement over last year’s April spam
about 25PB of data and 25,000 customers. The volumes, which accounted for 89.22% of all mes-
company expects to subsequently reap revenues sages. Symantec claims that last month’s Rustock
of up to $140 million, spend about $10 million botnet shutdown contributed to the lower spam
on restructuring, and see earnings-per-share volumes. But it’s not all good news: Phishing-
accretion of 15% in 2012. The deal is expected to based attacks increased by 15.61% between
close within 60 days. April and May. Cybercriminals also relied more on
automated toolkits and unique domains to launch
■Symantec To Acquire
their attacks, with automated toolkit-based attacks
Clearwell Systems
rising 26.19% and unique URL attacks increas-
Symantec says it will acquire e-discovery provider ing 12.29% compared to March. Symantec also
Clearwell Systems in a deal worth a reported $390 reported a spike in phishing emails that dealt with
million. The acquisition will enhance Symantec’s the death of Osama bin Laden.
June 3, 2011 Processor.com Page 5
News
■IBM Investing $100 Million
from either Medicare or Medicaid, but not both; of two transmission lines stretching about off the funding and put spam on the endan-
Into Big Data Research
however, hospitals are able to receive pay- 250 miles along the coast, is designed to gered species list.
IBM announced that it will invest $100 mil- ments from both. More than $83 million has connect 6,000 megawatts of wind power
lion into big-data analysis research, which been distributed so far. to the grid, enough to power almost 2 mil- ■Tablet Use Rising In The Enterprise
includes analytics and how they can be used lion households. The transmission line still A recent study commissioned by Model Metrics
by businesses, furthering the research used ■Report Studies EHR Use In California needs approval from the Interior Department, reveals a growing number of enterprises are
to make its “Jeopardy!”-winning Watson A new study from the California Healthcare various state agencies, and the planning to use tablets for business-
machine. The goal is to help companies Foundation indicates that 90% of California region’s main grid operator, related purposes. By 2013, 78%
gather as much information as possible so hospitals are in the process of installing but the developers of respondents will have
they can better understand their industries as or have installed clinical decision support hope to have the tablets deployed in the
well as their customers and their behavior. systems. That being said, only 40% have a line’s first phase enterprise; at the time
Another goal is to create tools that can ana- computerized order entry system installed. completed by of the survey, 22%
lyze specific jobs or infrastructure needs and The study identified that financial support 2016. of respondents had
decide whether they would be better suited was a critical factor in HIT adoption. In already done so. The
in the cloud. terms of primary care physicians, 55% of ■Nuking most popular device
Spam Once
those surveyed are using EHR technology, of choice for enter-
■Medicare Issuing Meaningful while 46% are routinely using electronic & For All prises is the iPad,
Use Payments
clinical documentation. Practices Between 75% with 83% of respon-
Medicare has started sending out bonuses to with six to 50 doctors have a and 90% of dents choosing or
physicians and other members of the 64% implementation rate for all email mes- planning to choose
healthcare industry that have EHR, while those with sages sent this device over any
instituted the meaningful between two and are spam, but other option (34%
use of EHRs (electron- five doctors only researchers at plan to deploy an
ic health records). have a 39% imple- the University Android-based tablet).
Individual mentation rate. of California Curiously, a mere
healthcare may have figured out a 51% of respondents have actu-
■Google Transmission
professionals way to slash spam volumes permanently. ally devised an adoption strategy.
Line Incentives Approved
who have used Rather than going after the botnets that
■IT Helps Compensate For Staff
EHRs exten- The Federal Energy Regulatory cybercriminals use to disseminate spam, the
Shortages In Healthcare Industry
sively for a year Commission approved incentives researchers actually sought out and paid for
and demonstrated at for companies that are backing a the offers for Viagra, rogue antivirus utilities, About 25% of healthcare quality profession-
least 90 consecutive proposed $5 billion power trans- and herbal remedies. By analyzing almost als believe that IT will be the No. 1 tool to help
days of meaningful use mission line that will connect a billion spam messages, taking the bait, battle staff shortages in the healthcare industry,
can receive as much as wind farms off the Atlantic and tracking the payments, the research- according to a study by the American Society
$18,000 for their first year coast with the region’s ers determined that 95% of all transactions for Quality. The study consisted of an online
and a total of $44,000 over five power grid. The FERC were handled by just three financial institu- poll where 475 healthcare quality professionals
years, provided they meet meaningful approved a 12.59% rate tions, one in Azerbaijan, one in Denmark, were asked about staff shortages, which are
use requirements for subsequent years. of return on equity for and another in Nevis, in the West Indies. expected to become a bigger problem in the
According to the Centers of Medicare and the project’s developers, According to their findings, the researchers coming years. ASQ says that by 2014, 32 mil-
Medicaid Services, individual healthcare pro- which include Google, Good Energies, and say that, with the aid of financial institutions lion more people will have health insurance due
fessionals can choose to receive a payment Marubeni. The project, which will consist and credit card companies, they could cut to recently instituted government policies.
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PHYSICALINFRASTRUCTURE The family includes the cVu320G with 32
■ERICO MWE Series Surge Protectors
10Gb ports, cVu240G with 24 10Gb ports,
■AFL Bendable Boot Jumper and cVu120G with 12 10Gb ports. ERICO launched a series of broadband
AFL’s new Bendable Boot Jumper can surge protection products for tower or
meet or exceed leading industry standards ■D-Link DGS Series & xStack Switches; rooftop-mounted radio units. The MWE
related to fiber bends in cable installations. AirPremier N Access Point; DCS Series surge protectors feature a broad range
The jumper has a variable boot angle Network Cameras of options, including the MWECSPOE,
that ranges from 0 to 90 degrees and lets D-Link launched a series of network- MWESS, MWERJ451/2, MWE + TDS/
installers fine-tune installations by placing ing products aimed at small business and DSD, DSD1402BR 24/48, Coaxial Surge
a controlled bend in a boot and enabling medium-sized enterprise IT environments. Protection, and LAN Protector.
proper routing at the connector adapter. The new DGS series chassis-based and
■Extreme Networks Open Fabric
xStack switches provide 10Gb Ethernet
■IT WatchDogs I/O Expander Data Center Solution
aggregation and PoE support. The DAP-
IT WatchDogs’ Series II Environmental 3525 AirPremier N Dual Band Exterior Extreme Networks’ Open Fabric data
Monitors are now available with a new PoE Access Point provides remote con- center solution is a new line of cloud-scale
accessory, the IOE (I/O Expander). The figuration and monitoring. And the new switches designed to help build highly
IOE increases your monitor’s sensor and DCS-6511 dome network camera, DCS- scalable mobile and virtualized networks.
relay output capacity by adding 32 addi- 7110 outdoor network camera, and DCS- The products use the ExtremeXOS operat-
tional dry contact/0-5VDC analog inputs, 5605/5635 PTZ wireless network cameras ing system, offer wire-speed switching of
eight extra digital sensor ports, and three allow for easy integration into existing virtual machines, incorporate OpenFlow
NO/NC relay outputs so users can trig- network infrastructures. technology, and support data center bridg-
ger external devices such as auto-dialers, ing. The product line includes the Summit
strobe lights, or backup air-conditioning ■Dell PowerConnect M8024-k Top-of-Rack switches, BlackDiamond X8
units on alarm or manually through the capable of capturing battery parameters in & PowerEdge M915 modular chassis, and BlackDiamond 8900
Web interface. The $479 IOE comes real time. The Staco FirstLine BMS con- Dell announced several new products, high-density blades.
equipped with a lightweight and strong tinuously monitors UPS batteries and dis- including the PowerConnect M8024-k
■HP FlexNetwork Solutions
rackmount steel chassis providing flexible plays battery stats in bar graphs on a 6.4- Ethernet blade and PowerEdge M915
wire management and versatile bracket inch touchscreen LCD monitor, ensuring blade server, as well as enhancements HP announced several solutions based
mounts. It connects to a digital sensor port you’ll always know your batteries are ready to its DX Object Storage Platform. The on its FlexNetwork architecture, which is
of your environmental monitor using the to go when needed. The FirstLine BMS latter features new file capabilities to designed to optimize networking for media-
provided uplink cable. tracks battery cell voltage, battery string help customers store, access, and pro- rich applications. HP A10500 switches
voltage, battery string current, battery room tect fixed content. In addition, the new improve quality and connection speed for
■JouleX Energy Manager For Data Centers temperature, battery cell impedance, and PowerConnect M8024-k Ethernet blade videoconferencing and other media-rich
JouleX announced its JEM (JouleX Ener- battery terminal temperature. Stats are com- streamlines fabric deployment for custom- communication technologies. HP Intelligent
gy Manager) for Data Centers, which is pared to battery configuration and network ers and includes 10Gb Ethernet KR-based Management Center delivers single-pane-of-
designed to improve energy efficiency and parameter settings; deviations can trigger networking support. glass management to the FlexNetwork archi-
help data centers save money on energy email or dry contact alarms. For more on tecture, and the HP TippingPoint S6100N
costs. It features agentless technology, which this product, see page 9. ■EMC Captiva, Document Sciences, IPS appliance gives organizations a scalable
can support PDUs, storage systems, switch- CenterStage & Documentum OnDemand network security framework.
es, and virtual and physical environments, ■TrendPoint Systems EnviroCube EMC launched several new content man-
■Napatech NT40E2-1
and allows IT admins to measure energy uti- TrendPoint Systems announced Enviro- agement and collaborative applications
lization, optimize power usage, and compare Cube, a data center cooling management that utilize the VMware-based VCUBE Napatech announced the upcoming release
energy consumption among devices. appliance designed to prevent heat-related architecture for simplified provisioning of its NT40E2-1, a 40Gb Ethernet adapter
data center downtime, while also improv- and management in hybrid cloud environ- designed to provide higher throughput per-
■Opto 22 SNAP-AIPM-3 ing energy efficiency. EnviroCube monitors ments. EMC Captiva, Document Sciences, formance and accelerated applications. The
& SNAP-AIPM-3V Energy Monitors a full spectrum of electrical and environ- CenterStage, and Documentum OnDemand NT40E2-1’s advanced acceleration features
Opto 22 released upgraded versions of mental metrics that have been proven to cut implementation times and reduce IT help companies offload data processing tasks
its most widely used power monitoring indicate cooling inefficiencies before they costs by handling cloud management, vir- and keep up with high traffic demands, the
modules, which now allow broader voltage cause heat-related downtime. tualization, security, storage, and infrastruc- company says.
input ranges and better resolution for three- ture aspects of the hybrid environment.
phase power monitoring and energy man- NETWORKING & VPN ■Novell Operations Center 5.0
agement applications. The SNAP-AIPM-3 ■EMC Ionix Server Manager 3.0 Novell released Novell Operations Cen-
and SNAP-AIPM-3V can now monitor ■Cisco Flex 7500 Series Cloud Controller EMC released the latest version of its ter 5.0, a business service management
480 VAC, three-phase electrical equipment Cisco’s Flex 7500 Series Cloud Con- physical and virtual infrastructure man- solution aimed at delivering comprehen-
without the need for a transformer. troller lets IT managers centrally manage agement platform, Ionix Server Manager, sive management of public and private
wireless and security settings in the cloud which now includes VMware vSwitch cloud services. The release is the first con-
■Power Assure EM/4 without needing to be on location. It can discovery and monitoring features. The figuration management system that auto-
Power Assure introduced a new ver- be used to manage 20,000 clients, 2,000 software lets users apply automated dis- matically synchronizes with external data
sion of its energy management software, access points, and 500 branch locations covery, root-cause analysis, and business- sources. The new release offers a compre-
Power Assure EM/4. The EM/4 platform is from one central location. impact analysis throughout the virtual hensive real-time view of business service
designed to give data center operators the network to quickly and accurately locate health and performance across physical,
ability to analyze and synthesize the over- ■Citrix Systems Branch Repeater 6 and address problems as they arise, before virtual, and cloud environments.
whelming amount of raw data now avail- Citrix Systems released its Branch they impact network performance. EMC
■Oracle IP Service Activator 7.0
able on data center equipment performance Repeater 6 with SmartAcceleration tech- Ionix Server Manager 3.0 discovers and
and turn it into useful business information nology for WAN optimization. Branch monitors VMware vSwitches on ESX Oracle introduced the latest version of
to improve the efficiency, capacity, and Repeater 6 prioritizes traffic by user or servers, monitors the health of server clus- its IP Service Activator for communi-
performance of their data centers. service by employing tools to monitor net- ters, supports Microsoft Hyper-V, notifies cations service providers, which is part
work flow and locations for applications, users when key processes are unavailable, of Oracle’s Converged Fulfillment for
■Raritan Power IQ branches, user groups, and more. Other and alerts users to any servers operating in Business Services solution. IP Service
Raritan unveiled updates to its Power IQ features include deep visibility across a a degraded state. Activator 7.0 lets organizations quickly
energy management software, including a range of apps and protocols, user-centric generate, deploy, and support converged
configurable dashboard with easy-to-use virtual desktop prioritization, and faster ■EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure business services, including connectivity,
tools and gauges. The new tools help data transfer of encrypted emails and files. Manager 2.1 data, voice, video, and cloud services.
center managers to easily see the informa- EMC unveiled the latest version of its
tion most important to them, such as energy ■cPacket Networks cVu 10Gb streamlined management software for ■Oracle MetaSolv Solution 6.2
usage information for a specific server rack Real-Time Monitoring Switches VCE Vblock platforms, Ionix Unified Oracle launched the latest version of its
or temperature readings from the cold aisle. cPacket Networks released a family of Infrastructure Manager 2.1. Ionix UIM MetaSolv Solution, an inventory manage-
cVu intelligent data center monitoring simplifies the management and operations ment platform for communications service
■Staco FirstLine BMS switches that combines aggregation and across multiple Vblock platforms; supports providers that’s offered as a standalone
Wireless Battery Monitoring System replication with what cPacket Networks private, public, and hybrid cloud environ- solution or as a complement to the Ora-
Staco Energy launched its FirstLine calls the most advanced real-time L2-L7 ments; enables single-click end-to-end cle Converged Fulfillment for Business
BMS Battery Monitoring System, which packet filtering, on-the-fly performance Vblock resource provisioning; and supports Services suite. MetaSolv Solution 6.2 now
is a wireless battery monitoring system visibility, and built-in flow load balancing. fast problem identification and resolution. makes it easier for users to launch and
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deliver services, provision and manage services. In addition to expert support, the Storage Appliance and the AOS High-
their network infrastructures, and lower ■RingCube vDesk version 4.0 program includes onsite assistance with Density Network Storage Appliance. The
overall network infrastructure costs. RingCube released vDesk version 4.0. the initial installation and turn-up of the systems let DPM and iSCSI/NAS users
Functioning as a desktop virtualization network, expert analysis of specific net- cut TCO, capacity needs, and power draw,
■Parallels Server For Mac 4.0 solution, vDesk 4.0 maximizes the effi- work requirements, training and certifica- the company says; additionally, at about
Mac Mini Edition ciency of an organization’s VDI rollouts, tion, and optimization services. $325 per terabyte, the new deduplicating
Parallels released Parallels Server for simplifies VDI configuration, and supports systems also cut acquisition costs.
■Transition Networks Focal Point 3.0
Mac 4.0 Mac Mini Edition. The server lower-cost pooled VDI model storage.
virtualization product runs on Mac Minis vDesk 4.0 works with VMware View and Transition Networks announced Focal ■Dynamic Solutions
running the Mac OS X server platform Citrix XenDesktop. Point 3.0, SNMP management software International DSI9000
and can turn the Minis into multipurpose designed to let users monitor, configure, Dynamic Solutions International revealed
platforms capable of running Mac OS X, ■ScienceLogic EM7 7.1 and control Transition Networks equipment that its DSI9000 virtual tape libraries now
Microsoft Windows, and Linux. Parallels ScienceLogic released a new version of via a single interface. Features include sup- have an 8Gb Fibre Channel option. In addi-
Server for Mac 4.0 Mac Mini is designed its IT operations and cloud management port for ION Platform and the Point System tion to the new feature, the DSI9000 VTLs
for small businesses wanting to consoli- platform, EM7 7.1, to help organizations Platform; fault management, configuration feature data deduplication, encryption, rep-
date a few servers. The 4.0 Mac Mini edi- centrally manage heterogeneous physical, management, and performance monitor- lication, scalability, a future-proof architec-
tion features virtual machine provisioning virtual, and cloud environments. It can also ing; SNMP device discovery; universal trap ture with redundant components and a sim-
(up to two VMs with two virtual CPUs incorporate new applications and the latest- viewer; and email notifications. ple but powerful UI, and the ability to copy
and 4GB of RAM); support for 32- and generation technologies into IT operations. directly to backend tape. The DSI9000
64-bit platforms; smart installation tech- ScienceLogic EM7 7.1 also supports public STORAGE VTLs seamlessly integrate into any existing
nology; configuration capabilities for USB cloud vendors and services. storage network and use high-speed RAID
devices via host or VM; and shared folders ■Addonics NAS 3.0 Adapter disk arrays to provision VTLs to backup
for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS guest ■SolarWinds Real-Time New from Addonics is the NAS 3.0, a servers. VTL Agent, Alert Manager, and
OSes. In addition, administrators can con- AppFlow Analyzer third-generation NAS adapter that lets you mainframe software are included.
solidate Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, SolarWinds announced the Real-Time turn any external hard drive, SSD, or USB
SQL Server, and Windows Server applica- AppFlow Analyzer, a free tool designed mass storage device formatted with NTFS or ■IceWEB 6000HR Series
tions on the Mac Mini. to monitor the data capture method exFAT into a Web- and network-accessible Unified Storage Systems
AppFlow. Features include collecting, cloud storage appliance. Its built-in WebDAV IceWEB expanded its storage line, add-
■Quest Software Spotlight analyzing, and displaying AppFlow data; server will work in conjunction with the ing the top-of-the-line, highly redundant
On SQL Server Enterprise visualizing app data flows for data centers included free WebDAV client software 6000HR Series system in 6TB, 12TB, and
Quest Software released its Spotlight on and cloud environments; and analyzing to give you access to your files from any- 24TB configurations. Systems feature hot-
SQL Server Enterprise, a new SQL diag- app performance and behavior. AppFlow where you have an Internet connection. Apps swap capabilities, 7,200rpm MDL SAS
nostics product for midsized to large orga- Analyzer supports AppFlow, Juniper are available for Android and the iPhone; drives, and other built-in storage manage-
nizations. The offering is fully integrated JFlow, sFlow, and NetFlow v5 and v9. the adapter also supports SMB, Samba, ment features. A hybrid model includes
with Quest’s community-based Project BitTorrent, printer servers, and more. 18TB SAS drives and 300GB SSDs for
Lucy collective intelligence network. ■Telco Systems high performance.
Features include support for VMware Lifecycle Support Program ■BridgeSTOR AOS High-Density DPM
memory diagnostics for performance mon- Telco Systems announced a customiz- Storage Appliance & AOS High-Density ■Infortrend EonStor DS
itoring and a mini-toolbar that provides able support program aimed at telecom- Network Storage Appliance Infortrend added new storage systems to
easy access to Project Lucy’s trouble- munications service providers looking BridgeSTOR announced two new stor- its entry-level EonStor DS family. The
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Continued from Page 7 multi-instance backup management, user database administration, activities, MESSAGING & TELEPHONY
systems include hybrid SAS and iSCSI enabling administrators to apply a uni- and security. Database, Monitor & Audit
host connectivity, remote replication sup- fied backup scheme across the entire is the first solution in BeyondTrust’s new NetScout nGenius Voice |
port, and DAS/SAN consolidation sup- SQL Server environment. Other fea- PowerBroker family of products designed Video Manager
port. The models include two 6Gbps tures include support for Adaptive Com- to offer core database log reading technol- NetScout has announced the release of
SAS ports and two 1GbE iSCSI ports per pression and new Backup Templates. ogy that enables transparency of how data nGenius Voice | Video Manager, hailed as
controller. Available in single- and dual- is accessed, edited, and tracked. NetScout’s first integration of technology
controller configurations, the models also Sans Digital EliteNAS following its acquisition of Psytechnics.
offer choices of 3U/16-bay models using Sans Digital announced a number of CloudLock Vault The release aims to extend NetScout’s
3.5-inch drives or 2U/24-bay models using enhancements and new features for its CloudLock has announced CloudLock Unified Service Delivery Management
2.5-inch drives. EliteNAS storage systems. Each of the Vault, a security application available in approach to offering real-time service
EliteNAS rackmount storage systems now the CloudLock For Google Apps solution. management for IP telepresence, video,
Intermedia Online Backup
come preinstalled with support for IPv6 Vault provides a secure, tamper-proof and voice services. nGenius Voice | Video
Intermedia announced a new addition to (including dual IPv4 and IPv6 stacks) and location natively within an enterprise’s Manager provides application-specific
its Online Backup service, which allows support for multiple NAS aggregation, Google Docs domain so that data isn’t details related to video and voice session
companies to back up their Windows serv- or single name space NAS expansion. misused. The release adds centralized data transmission and conversation quality in
ers (2000, 2003, and 2008) automatical- Additionally, the systems feature OS mir- retention policy management via a secure an effort to show real-time service per-
ly to the cloud, protecting valuable data roring and optional Duo-Dom automatic storage area in Google Docs in which files formance. Released as a specialized ser-
in the event of hardware failure or acci- failover for the OS disk. can’t be deleted or modified but can still vice management module, Voice | Video
dental deletion. Online Backup features be viewed and searched. Manager combines proactive service man-
Intermedia’s HostPilot Control Panel, Seagate GoFlex Satellite agement with intelligent troubleshoot-
from which admins can add users, view Seagate announced its new GoFlex Codenomicon Universal Fuzzer ing and is part of the nGenius Service
backup statuses, restore lost files, and Satellite mobile wireless storage solu- Codenomicon released its Universal Assurance Solution. The module supports
manage storage. tions for storing data from mobile devices, Fuzzer, which is a fuzz testing solution an assortment of UC services, technolo-
including ones running iOS. These GoFlex that combines heuristics and multiple gies, and vendors.
ManageEngine OpStor
devices have 500GB of memory, Wi-Fi fuzzers with a graphical user interface,
ManageEngine released OpStor, a stor- capabilities, and rechargeable batteries for automated test executions, and report- CLIENTS
age monitoring platform that manages mul- on-the-go storage. A GoFlex Media App ing features. Universal Fuzzer allows
tiple devices from multiple vendors in a will be available for Apple products, with software and equipment vendors, as AMD FirePro V7800P
single console. OpStor can monitor the per- support for other devices to be released in well as companies using their products, AMD announced that AMD FirePro
formance and availability of both virtual the future. to ensure that their software is hacker- V7800P professional graphics will now
and physical devices and generate graphical proof. Universal Fuzzer can be used to be included in Dell blade servers for
network topology maps. ManageEngine Sherpa Software test everything that can be presented in enterprise use. AMD FirePro V7800P
OpStor is available as a downloadable file Discovery Attender 3.7 a file format, such as image files, cap- is designed to deliver ultra-fast perfor-
for Windows and Linux platforms; pricing Sherpa Software has released Discovery tured protocol messages, text documents, mance, superb visual quality, and mas-
starts at $1,495 for 15 devices. Attender 3.7, e-discovery software that and wireless frames. It creates test cases sively parallel processing power in a
can now search, filter, and collect files from sample files, such as PDF docu- passively cooled form factor ideal for
Maxell iVDR Solutions
from SharePoint. Primary features include ments, media files, and protocol files. The server environments. FirePro V7800P
Maxell has unveiled three series of dupli- Microsoft Exchange 2010 Online Archive system uses heuristics to determine the also enables GPU compute, remote
cation and storage systems based on its support, search comparisons, and custo- structure of the sample files. graphics, and VDI deployments.
iVDR removable hard drive cartridge tech- dian management. Users can rerun a task-
nology. The new series include Storage based search and search Lotus Notes mail Exar Express DX 1825 & DX 1835 Capture Components ccScan
Towers, which are port-multiplied exter- files and MSG files. Data Reduction & Security Cards For Google Docs & ccScan For Box.net
nal RAID/JBOD units; encrypted Cipher Exar announced additions to its line Capture Components released ccScan
Towers, which are targeted toward environ- Spectra Logic T-Finity of Express DX 1800 data reduction and for Google Docs and ccScan for Box.
ments that need to meet regulatory compli- Spectra Logic announced that its security cards with the DX 1825 and net, offering one-step direct scanning. cc-
ance requirements; and Maxell Diamond T-Finity enterprise tape library will now DX1835. Designed for promoting cost Scan for Google Docs scans document
1:1/1:5 Duplicators, which are designed to be available with IBM’s TS1140 tape per performance in entry-level and mid- barcodes and field macros and saves fold-
offer fast, secure data copying and transfer. drive. The energy-efficient LTO drive range servers, the cards offload com- ers in Google Docs. ccScan for Box.net
can store 4TB native/8TB compressed on pression and encryption and feature scans directly to Box.net folders, eliminat-
NetApp E5400 Storage System
each cartridge. Its data transfer rates are single-pass hardware architecture, end- ing per-page charges.
NetApp introduced its latest E5400 stor- 240MBps native/480MBps compressed. to-end data integrity, and failover to
age system for OEMs, which is optimized The TS1140 also supports a connection to Exar’s SDK software. CNG-SAFE 7.0
for high-bandwidth applications, extreme high-speed 8Gbps Fibre Channel environ- Cabinet NG CNG-SAFE 7.0 is designed
storage densities, and high availability. ments, Spectra Logic says. Imperva Cloud WAF to align document and content manage-
The E5400 comes in a compact 4U form Imperva announced Cloud WAF, a ment for organizations. Available to new
factor, features integrated controllers and StorageCraft Technology cloud-based Web application firewall ser- and existing clients, CNG-SAFE 7.0’s
drives, and supports online administration. ShadowProtectVirtual vice designed to help enterprises obtain primary features include scheduling for
StorageCraft Technology announced PCI compliance, prevent blacklisting, multiple users, customized category titles,
Nexsan E-Series Storage Systems
StorageCraft ShadowProtectVirtual, protect against Web application attacks, notes, and Microsoft Outlook integration.
Nexsan announced its new E-Series line a tool designed to let users back up and improve Web site performance. Additionally, users will benefit from the
of storage systems, including the E18 and Windows systems and data and recov- Powered by Incapsula, Cloud WAF fea- Speed bar, configurable login failure poli-
E60. The E18 is available in 1TB, 2TB, er to any kind of environment, includ- tures around-the-clock monitoring, tuning, cies, and CNG-SuperSearch simplicity.
and 3TB SATA versions and can hold up ing virtual machines, physical hardware, reporting, and incident response.
to 54TB at 2U, while the E60 can hold up and the cloud. The product leverages Flexera Software InstallAnywhere 2011
to 180TB of data at 4U. The E60 can also the hardware- and platform-agnostic MailFoundry 1150 Flexera Software InstallAnywhere 2011
hold up to a total of 360TB at 8U with the ShadowProtect Hardware Independent Antispam solution manager Mail- is designed to help software makers deliv-
E60X expansion chassis. The E18 and E60 Restore technology to ensure flexibility. Foundry released the latest version of its er professional and consistent installation
storage systems support SSD, SATA, and MailFoundry 1150 email firewall. The experiences across multiple platforms.
SAS drives and are VMware-certified. All Texas Memory Systems firewall was previously available for Features include a single uninstaller for
E-Series storage systems feature Active RamSan-70 Gorilla $1,299 but is now available for $999 all installation components, single installer
Drawer, AutoMAID, Cool Drive, and Texas Memory Systems announced and features new hardware and new progress bar, extended external resource
Anti-Vibration technologies. the release of its RamSan-70 Gorilla, a advanced abilities. The firewall features bundle support, enhanced installation
900GB PCI-E SSD capable of delivering the MessageIQ antispam engine, which logging, expanded platform support, and
Pivot3 1U & 2U CloudBank StandAlone
330,000I/Ops and 2GBps of bandwidth. is touted as being the only engine with complex rule expressions with multi-
Pivot3 released the Pivot3 1U and 2U Built for the enterprise OEM market, the RedListing technology that works to ple operators.
CloudBank StandAlone appliances designed RamSan-70 Gorilla packs 32nm SLC defeat spammer botnets.
for distributed surveillance environments NAND flash memory into a half-length HP t5740e Thin Client
with capacity needs extending from 2TB to PCI-E card. Its controller is based on Sophos Mobile Control HP’s t5740e thin client has been
24TB. The release is ideal for video surveil- Xilinx FPGAs and a PowerPC processor. Sophos announced its new Mobile enhanced and can now deliver improved
lance applications for retail, financial, educa- Control solution that adds encryption and responsiveness while utilizing 15% less
tion, and SMB settings. Both the 1U and 2U SECURITY data loss prevention to Apple’s iPhone CPU capacity. The system now also sup-
appliances can provide server and RAID- and iPad as well as Google Android ports up to four simultaneous digital
protected storage resources. BeyondTrust PowerBroker Database, and Windows Mobile products. Mobile displays with optional AMD FirePro
Monitor & Audit Control lets users remotely wipe or lock 2270 Dual Head PCI-E and ATI FirePro
Quest Software LiteSpeed
BeyondTrust released PowerBroker phones that are lost or stolen. Sophos also 2460 Quad Head PCI-E cards. The HP
For SQL Server
Database, Monitor & Audit, which is de- announced enhancements to its SafeGuard t5740e features Intel Atom dual-thread-
Quest Software announced LiteSpeed signed to provide IT security departments Enterprise and Endpoint Security and Data ed processors and Microsoft Windows
for SQL Server, a platform that offers monitoring and visibility of privileged Protection products. Embedded Standard 7, delivering what
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the company describes as “a rich, been added, simplifying the capture and
PC-like user experience.” The t5740e migration of user profiles.
PROCESSOR
supports a range of applications and
multiple, simultaneous environments. ■SAP Field Service, SAP Retail
Optional features include a Broadcom Execution & SAP EAM Work Order
Crystal HD mini-PCI-E hardware accel- SAP and Sybase have teamed up to is now on Facebook
erator for enhanced video playback and release new real-time mobile apps for
graphics performance. sharing business data in multiple indus-
tries. The SAP Field Service app provides and Twitter!
■Kyocera Mita America TASKalfa
instant assignment alerts and service order
Multifunctional Systems
debriefs. The SAP Retail Execution app
Kyocera Mita America announced its helps companies manage surveys, audits,
new line of TASKalfa Multifunctional and customer accounts via detailed prod-
Systems. There are 11 products total in this uct lists. SAP’s EAM Work Order app
new series, including color and black-and- features technical object management,
white models. Each printer has different inventory data for field workers, and busi-
ppm speeds but all are designed to hold up ness partner information.
to 7,650 sheets of paper and have many fin-
ishing options for printing projects. ■Skybot Software Skybot Scheduler 1.7
Skybot Software announced the release
■Nuance Communications of Skybot Scheduler 1.7, the newest ver-
OmniPage Professional 18 sion of its Web-based enterprise sched-
Nuance Communications has released uler and workload automation solution for
the newest version of its flagship docu- Windows, Unix (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX),
ment conversion and scanning product and Linux servers. Skybot Scheduler 1.7
for Windows. The new version includes includes the ability to import Crontabs
the Nuance Cloud Connector, which lets into Skybot Scheduler and convert them to
users directly open, save, and convert doc- Skybot Scheduler jobs. Follow us at
uments in Evernote, Google Docs, Box
.net, Windows SkyDrive, and more than ■Trend Micro SafeSync For Business
20 other cloud services. Trend Micro announced SafeSync For http://twitter.com/processorpub
Business, a tool designed to enable busi-
■Numara Software Track-It! 10 nesses of any size to securely save, man-
& PC Migrate age, and access files from anywhere. or search for “Processor”
Numara Software released version 10 of Features include file sharing for team col-
its Numara Track-It! family of products. laboration, no file size limits and folder
The release offers a new Web interface, permissions, multiple users per account, on Facebook.
easier installation options, integrated work centralized management, and continuous
order scheduling, and improvements in and automatic file synchronization. In addi-
the user interface and productivity. A new tion, users can access data across a number
product, Track-It! PC Migrate, has also of mobile devices via the Internet.
Staco FirstLine BMS Wireless PDU Cables Air-Guard Cable Seals new product
new product
Battery Monitoring System
by Nathan Lake
by Andrew Leibman
Reduce Your Data
Get Proactive
Center’s Cool Air Loss
With Your UPS
A common focus in data centers is effi-
ciency, and one of the easiest ways to real-
What happens when one of your ize immediate energy savings and maintain
last lines of defense, the UPS, fails? If flexibility is by using hybrid brushed air-seal
you’re tasked with maintaining uptime grommets to prevent the loss of cooled air.
for mission-critical systems, then Staco The Air-Guard family of cable seals
Energy’s FirstLine BMS Wireless from PDU Cables is a full-service grom-
Battery Monitoring System is the best met line (available in brush-only, gasket- PDU Cables Air-Guard Cable Seals
way to never find out. only, or hybrid variations) that includes PDU Cables’ Air-Guard line of airflow management
The Staco FirstLine BMS consists of flush mounts, surface mounts, safety cov- products prevent cooled air from escaping through
a central wall-mountable data collector ers, a line of custom brush kits, and a line cabling holes, saving enterprises energy and money.
and one or more measurement nodes, of air-blocks. The options and accessories
up to 256 nodes per data collector. The Staco FirstLine BMS Wireless offered in the Air-Guard line mean SMEs pressure and optimizes the cooling equip-
system captures several parameters and Battery Monitoring System have flexibility when sealing cable holes, ment in a data center.
reports them in real time on the data col- Helps monitor and maintain mission-critical no matter if the seals need to fit new holes, An independent test study by Compli-
lector’s integrated 6.4-inch touchscreen UPSes in data centers, computer rooms, retrofits, odd shapes, or different cable rout- ance Management Group found that Air-
color LCD. Users can alternate between network closets, and more. ing designs and no matter if a complete seal Guard Air-Block seals better than any other
block table, bar graph, and percentage is of utmost importance or if cable routing floor grommet in the market. The study also
views by tapping the associated tab at setup is simple and hassle-free. Users flexibility is necessary. found that Air-Guard grommets with nylon
the top of the interface. can also remotely monitor UPS system For when the best seal is required in a brushes reduce bypass airflow in all condi-
The battery measurement kits, string status with the aid of the data collector’s data center, choose an Air-Guard Air-Block tions 96% better than a typical open hole.
measurement kits, and temperature sen- integrated Ethernet and RS485 ports. (pictured), a two-piece floor grommet line The majority of data centers only run two
sors measure and record several key The unit features an SD/MMC card that integrates EPDM (Ethylene Propylene cables to the rack; because of this, PDU
parameters, including battery cell volt- slot and a 2GB card for storing logs. Diene Monomer) gasket material, known Cables offers grommets that best accommo-
age, battery string voltage, battery string FirstLine BMS can also check real-time for its excellent thermal resistance, to seal date this practice and the cables while still
current, battery room temperature, bat- status against battery configuration set- out bypass airflow. Additionally, Air-Guard providing flexibility in routing. PDU Cables
tery cell impedance, and battery terminal tings and network parameter settings and products allow for floor tiles to be removed will also work with customers to provide
temperature. The Staco FirstLine BMS send email alerts or activate dry contact- without disconnecting equipment. The grommets that meet their specific needs.
also keeps a history of battery cycling. based alarms when a parameter breach- improved seal of Air-Guard products such Air-Guard is the only complete line of
Because the Staco FirstLine BMS uti- es a given threshold. The system also as the Air-Block helps to minimize cool floor grommets that can accommodate
lizes 2.4GHz RF wireless technology, records these deviations in an events log. air loss, which increases under-floor static any data center’s unique needs.
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Continued from Page 1 Overall, overhead cabling is easier to One cable bundling strategy Viars
run along raceways or ladder racks sus- cool and to integrate than raised floor suggests is using proper side patch Fault Finding
pended over data center equipment. This distribution and may be the better choice cords within your rack and bundling
method works especially well when the if you are using freestanding air-condi- them from one panel, which allows It’s easy to overlook cabling as the cause
server room employs air conditioners tioning units, rather than in-rack cooling you to bundle each patch panel sepa- of a problem within a data center, says
with raised floor air distribution. In this solutions. “If you’re bringing everything rately. “This will help you if you’re Laura Viars, senior account manager at
scenario, the in-rack cable distribution into the top, it would make more sense ever going to change anything or if you Rackmount Solutions (www.rackmount
method is usually through vertical race- to go with something overhead like find that one of your cables has gone solutions.net). However, many times,
ways within the rack. cable trays or something of that nature, bad,” she says. “Even labeling it on the a kink or break in the cable may be to
“Data centers typically start with one especially if your data center is just a smaller schema on the actual rack itself blame for lost connectivity or other simi-
method and only add another if they small closet or room,” Viars says. “But and keeping things separated there can lar problems.
install additional equipment that war- if you have a larger data center where really be one of the most time-saving
rants it,” Schmidt says. “Before choos- your cabling is coming from underneath, things you can do when setting it up in Therefore, Viars recommends investing
ing a cable distribution method, make you would probably be better off with a the first place.” in a fault-finding device for your network.
sure you review all of the power, cool- raised flooring solution.” She explains that these testers connect
Keep It Colorful
ing, and distribution needs before set- to your cabling infrastructure and let you
Bundling Your Cables
tling on any solution so that you can Both Schmidt and Viars agree that know whether you have a break in one
pick one that best meets your organiza- Regardless of the solution you choose, color-coding and labeling your cables of your cables. “If you have everything
tional needs.” you want to bundle your cabling. Even is a must. Because no standard cur- labeled properly, you can easily check
though loose cables take up the same rently exists for color-coding, you will [the problem cable] using the fault-finder,”
A Matter Of Preference
amount of space as bundled ones, bun- need to figure out a scheme that makes she says. “Then you’ll know which one
Although both methods have their dled cabling improves the organization, the most sense for your data center. you have to switch out, rather than hav-
advantages, Viars says the choice of accessibility, and cleanliness of them. “Hospitals have color-coordinated ing to go through numerous combina-
solution is mostly a matter of prefer- “Messy cabling often means that impor- pathways that show you how to get to tions because you’re not quite sure what
ence. “Raised flooring is going to be a tant details, such as redundant network each department,” Viars says. “You goes where.”
lot more expensive than running cabling and power connections, may be over- can do something similar, like using
overhead, which is something to con- looked,” Schmidt says. “Defining and blue cables to go to one office or floor
sider,” she says. “But [raised flooring] following a cabling plan that satisfies or gray cables for those going to your DMZ, and security. “Doing this also raises
looks a lot neater because [the cabling] your current needs, along with what equipment rooms.” awareness of the current work being done
is underground, and you’re not looking your growth may be, positions you for Schmidt suggests differentiating cabling and increases organizations’ attention to
at it. That’s why many people prefer to the future and enables greater efficiency color choices by the type of connection, detail when cabling changes are being
go that route.” and cost savings along the way.” such as by device management, I/O, made,” he says. P
The Outlook For Super Wi-Fi
Continued from Page 1 communicate with an Internet-based data- “Super Wi-Fi probably doesn’t make sense
A Wait & See Approach
trouble reaching throughout a single base that tells that gear what spectrum is for an in-office type of deployment if you
house, let alone passing through concrete available locally. For that reason, super already have Wi-Fi,” Rotondo says. “Now, All told, experts conclude that enterpris-
walls,” says Rainer Enders, CTO of NCP Wi-Fi is more likely to be useful in rural if you’re covering a big area, if you have es considering an upgrade to their exist-
Engineering (www.ncp-e.com). “With areas than in densely populated areas. challenges of range or difficulty with pen- ing wireless infrastructures should move
super Wi-Fi, a signal can be strong for a Bandwidth won’t be the same. Part of etration through objects or walls, or if forward with their plans rather than wait-
much greater distance and not be blocked the reason that 2.4GHz and 5GHz work you’ve tapped out the capacity of your cur- ing for super Wi-Fi, as it could be awhile
by what are generally harsh wireless envi- well is that they have really good band- rent Wi-Fi network and can’t put another before the technology matures. “802.11n is
ronments, such as warehouses, concrete width throughput, explains Info-Tech’s access point in, then super Wi-Fi could be a big improvement over b and g in terms of
structures, oil rigs, construction sites, and Silva. But that’s not necessarily the case an overlay to give you additional capacity.” speed, reliability, and performance,” Silva
so on.” with super Wi-Fi. “In the 50MHz to There’s also a good chance that tra- says. “There’s no reason to hold off [on
This means that businesses that have 700MHz range, the bandwidth capacities ditional and super Wi-Fi devices aren’t upgrades] because it will be a few years
traditionally been unable to take advan- are more like 15 to 20 megabits,” he says. going to be able to talk to each other. The before we see network gear and devices
tage of wireless may have a chance to use “That’s a far cry from the 300 to 400 you 802.11 protocol is specified to work in a that are capable of transmitting and receiv-
super Wi-Fi. And because the range is so can get with the 802.11n protocol.” For certain amount of bandwidth (20MHz), ing on [the super Wi-Fi] frequency.”
great, businesses that might have had to that reason, Silva says, the use cases are Rotondo explains. But given the variable There’s another challenge for super
use 25 access points to cover the area in likely to be more solid for such applica- nature of TV whitespaces, super Wi-Fi Wi-Fi: cost. Super Wi-Fi devices may
question may only have to use one or two tions as municipalities that want to pro- devices may have to be able to work in a have to be a lot smarter than tradition-
super Wi-Fi access points. vide free public Internet services or smart single 6MHz channel. “It’s super in terms al Wi-Fi devices, because the conditions
parking meters. of functionality, but it isn’t really ‘super have more variables, and traditional Wi-Fi
Not Without Caveats
Original flavor Wi-Fi may still be the Wi-Fi’ because it won’t be Wi-Fi,” he has been around for quite awhile, which
Before you start celebrating the rise better option for many applications. Super says. “The different frequency and pro- means manufacturers have had many years
of super Wi-Fi, however, here are some Wi-Fi may not confer any advantages that tocol means that businesses with exist- to bring costs down. In time, super Wi-Fi
things to keep in mind: traditional Wi-Fi doesn’t already have, ing infrastructure are mostly out of luck, may become more viable for companies,
It won’t be available for a few years. especially if you’re in an area where there because it won’t be interoperable, like AM but for now, it’s best to wait and see
Although the spectrum is available, the isn’t as much TV whitespace available. and FM radio.” where the technology goes. P
specification for super Wi-Fi isn’t ready
yet. That’s because a lot needs to be fig-
ured out, such as how to keep the signal Wi-Fi Comparison
from interfering with public microphone
systems or other broadcasting in the area. How does super Wi-Fi compare to traditional 802.11 Wi-Fi standards? Here’s a look at each standard’s frequency, bandwidth, and range.
“That work will probably involve IEEE,
the Wi-Fi Consortium, and other play-
ers,” says Derek Silva, a research analyst Protocol Frequency Bandwidth Indoor Range (Approximate)
for network and telecoms at Info-Tech.
“They have to make sure it works and that
802.11a 5GHz, 3.7GHz 20MHz 115 feet
they can make chips that embed a 50 or
700MHz antenna into ones already made
for 2.4 and 5GHz.” 802.11b 2.4GHz 20MHz 125 feet
Availability depends on your area. “If
you’re in a highly rural area, there’s going
802.11g 2.4GHz 20MHz 125 feet
to be quite a bit of TV whitespace, because
there aren’t that many TV broadcast sta-
802.11n 2.4GHz or 5GHz 20MHz 230 feet
tions,” explains Rick Rotondo, vice presi-
dent of marketing at xG Technology (www
.xgtechnology.com). “In LA, there are Super Wi-Fi 50MHz or 700MHz Variable 3 to 4 miles (depending)
many stations and you may not get a con-
tinuous block of spectrum to use.” That
means that any super Wi-Fi gear will have to