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Emerson's Aperture seeks to unify datacenter and IT service management
Datacenter managers are struggling with asset and configuration and change management, capacity planning, and runaway energy consumption. Emerson's software division says datacenter service management is the answer. And why not link it to IT?
MIS / Impact Report, 24 Jun 2009
Andy Lawrence Arch Rock joins datacenter-energy optimizers
The VC-backed company is applying its open wireless sensor network technology to bring business energy-use data to a central portal. It sees big opportunities in datacenters and in building energy management.
MIS / Impact Report, 22 Jun 2009
Andy Lawrence Energetic Schneider seeks to rationalize and standardize with EcoStruXure
Schneider Electric has many brands, proprietary designs and interfaces. Its EcoStruXure initiative is intended to unite the group around an energy-efficiency mission, with standard, open designs speeding up time to market and encouraging innovation.
MIS / Market Development, 17 Jun 2009
Andy Lawrence A gap in the cloud: energy chargeback
How does a cloud-computing provider – internal or external – provide a customer with details of the energy, or even carbon, that their service has consumed? Answer: With quite a bit of software, data and some clever mapping.
MIS / Spotlight, 16 Jun 2009
Andy Lawrence Verdiem adds sustainability dashboard, wins orders, ponders strategy
A succession of management changes in 2008 suggested that VC-backed desktop power management company Verdiem had lost momentum. Not so, the new management insists, announcing orders and innovations. But the question of where it goes next remains open.
MIS / Market Development, 10 Jun 2009
Andy Lawrence MiserWare seeks to turn servers into energy scrooges
The startup has developed technology that it says can cut energy consumption of Linux (and later Windows) servers by up to 35% with minimal or no effect on performance.
MIS / Impact Report, 4 Jun 2009
Andy Lawrence Symantec finds no withering of CIO commitment to green tech, despite recession
The security and systems management software supplier has been an unlikely but consistent advocate for eco-efficient IT. New research backs up its commitment, showing that CIOs are willing to spend to save energy – even if it doesn't always pay.
MIS / Market Development, 2 Jun 2009
Andy Lawrence Raritan senses new opportunities in the datacenter greenery
The company has built a sizable business selling KVM switches, power distribution units and remote management systems. However, like rivals, it is moving up a level, developing and acquiring software for managing the eco-efficient datacenter.
MIS / Impact Report, 26 May 2009
Andy Lawrence Faronics reports rapid growth in power management, plans new functions
The company has outlined a series of planned new functions for its Power Save desktop management product as it rides a wave of sales. It has also reviewed marketing and may increase prices in-line with competitors.
MIS / Market Development, 13 May 2009
Andy Lawrence Avocent sees a suite spot in datacenter management
Initially a provider of switches and embedded devices for server management, Avocent is aiming to build a complete datacenter management software suite, including remote monitoring, control, capacity and change management.
MIS / Impact Report, 11 May 2009
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