Data Center Networks Must Adapt to Cloud Computing

Like the skies over Seattle, it seems the technology world is full of clouds. Cloud computing, cloud storage, cloud communications. You can't sit down and read about the world of technology and communications without encountering more clouds than you'd find in a fourth grade science fair. But what impact does the growth of all things cloud have for data center networks?
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HP 12500 Data Center Network Switch Updates Coming in 2013

There was lots of exciting news that came out of Interop last week, much of it in the data center network space. One company that had a few announcements to make in this space was HP, which answered some burning questions about its line of data center chassis switches and its software-defined networking strategy.
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Is Ethernet Good for the Data Center Network?

When Ethernet made its debut in the 80s, it could easily have been assumed this technology would soon be outdone by something bigger and better. And, while next generation technologies continue to evolve, Ethernet is still the standard for Local Area Networks (LAN) and is now findings its place of support for the data center network.
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Make Your Data Center Network Extreme

There is always an art in choosing a company name. Sometimes you want to have a straightforward name, which explains what your company does. Other times, you want a name that sounds powerful, like Force 10 Networks, which conjures up images of a powerful force and a perfect 10. Other times, companies want to harness a pop culture buzzword that also encapsulates its attitude toward the market. That, perhaps, is the origin of the company called Extreme Networks, which has come out with a new series of switches designed to make your data center network, well, extreme.
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Dell's Force 10 Simplifies the Data Center Network with VNA Expansion

Since Dell acquired Force 10 in July 2011, the tech company has been focusing on its data center network portfolio, and it recently announced hardware and software additions to its Virtual Network Architecture (VNA) offerings.
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The Difference between VPNs and Virtualization of the Data Center Network

Navigating the jargon of the tech industry is pretty confusing. Becoming familiar with specialized terminology and acronyms is quite the challenge, on the level of the vocabulary increase experienced by a first-year medical student. But when there are terms that are similar to one another, then comprehension of the differences between the terms is even more important, and confusion is far more likely. Such is the case when discussing the difference between virtual private networks and the virtualization of a data center network.
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Data Center Network: The Rise of Software-Defined Networking

Software defined networking (SDN), while a relatively new concept, is being lauded as a game changer when it comes to networking in general. With SDN, networks, especially data center networks, and service can be easily customized, operations are improved and performance is increased.
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Equinix Expanding in Geneva, Building New Data Center in Zurich

Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services, is building new data center in Zurich (ZH5) that is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2012 and is expanding Geneva facility (GV2).
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Dell and EdgeCast Join Forces to Create Dell Deliver

For companies looking for a solution that enables development of content delivery networks in a fast and cost-effective manner, there is good news.
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What's the Best Way to Manage Your Data Center Network?

Sometimes, when it rains it pours. And sometimes there are not enough storm drains to deal with all of that rain and the streets start to flood. For IT staffs that are stretched thin and don't have enough people on hand to deal with problems that may crop up across their data center networks, it can sometimes feel like they are drowning.
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Data Center Network: Researchers Demonstrate a New World Record for Data Transfer at 186 Gbps

According to PhysOrg.com, using commercially available 100 Gbps equipment like that from Dell Force10, the optical data center network was set-up by Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network (CANARIE) and BCNET, a non-profit, shared IT services organization. As per the report, the team was able to reach transfer rates of 98 Gbps between the University of Victoria Computing Center in Victoria, BC, and the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle.
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Data Center Network Company Dell Force10 Certifies QLogic 10Gb Ethernet Adapters

Recently, Dell Force10 announced that it had completed interoperability testing with a new series of data center network adapters from QLogic. The 8200 Series of 10Gb Ethernet converged network adapters and the 3200 Series 10GbE network adapters from QLogic have been fully tested. After the rigorous testing, they were certified as interoperable with Dell Force10 S-Series S4810 ultra low-latency 10/49 GbE Top-of-Rack switches.
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How Windows Server 8 Will Affect the Cloud Data Center Network

If you are facing a drought and you want to make it rain, all you need are a few clouds and some dry ice. But if you are creating a mini-cloud for your data center network, you need a few more ingredients. Luckily, though, a recent blog post by Yigal Edery explains how Windows Server 8 can help you create the data center network architecture you need. Edery begins by explaining the traditional way to build a cloud, and then goes on to show how Windows Server 8 can make the process easier.
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Data Center Networks are Taking New Shape in the Cloud

Virtual network architecture is enabling the cloud. A simple overview of VNA by Dell shows the network role and its critical in the journey to the cloud. The architecture itself can dictate what Dell is doing to enable VNA solutions in the all empowering data center network. From a marketing perspective, Dell powers 18 of the top 25 public clouds. That's 10,000 customers and six million mailbox users and the list goes on and one.
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Spirent Communications Tests Juniper Networks' QFabric Data Center Networking Solution

Network Test, a private test lab, recently selected Spirent Communications' solutions and servers to successfully complete the first public 1,536 port 10G Ethernet test of QFabric, Juniper Networks' data center network fabric.
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Optimized Data Center Networks Rely on Migration

Data center migration requires a measured approach that not all companies are prepared to accept. The data center network is vital to any company's operation as it is the source of power in business processes. As technologies improve and businesses expand or upgrade, they consider data center network migration to stay relevant.
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Data Center Network Security: An Underestimated Necessity

Industry leaders are eager to know more about mobile security, big data analytics, APTs and cloud security. But what about data center network security? While the concept may seem uneventful or boring, it's a real issue that shouldn't be overlooked. According to this Network World report, ESG Research released the results of a recent survey that found that 51 percent of networking professionals identified data center network security as their biggest challenge. This was followed by 44 percent of participants seeing problems in network performance and another 37 percent struggling while managing the network.
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Data Center Network: Dell Touts Newest Server, Storage and Networking Products

Accruing large amounts of data and the need for streamlined examination of that data -- in terms of efficiency, analysis/recovery speeds, and accuracy, etc. -- are on a collision course. The move from process-centric to data- and memory-centric computing is already having an impact on current computing trends. This change bodes a completely new approach to understanding data sets and will require new capabilities to perform fast, efficient data analysis. It will also require new hardware and software resources. To that end, Dell has announced new product introductions are intended to address the growing demands on networks to handle mountains of data.
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A New Approach to Virtualization Optimizes the Data Center Network

There is currently a push toward fully dynamic data centers. Embarking on this journey comes with some issues, including adopting new technologies, which can be a pain for data center network administrators in a growing company. The headaches are well worth it, according to this Force10 Networks piece. A dynamic data center network creates a certain ease of management and better response than the traditional data center network.
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Improving Energy Conservation in Your Data Center

You want to go green with your data center energy practices? That's great. Conservation is good. Green is good. But don't think you're doing it just for the benefit of Mother Nature; according to Kate Brew, Product Marketing Manager from Anue Systems, you're doing it for efficiency and good, hard ROI numbers.
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10 Gigabit Ethernet to Command Half of $28 Billion Market by 2016

As 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches continue to decline in price and increase in popularity, one research firm predicts that by 2016, they'll come to dominate half of what's projected to be a $28 billion market.
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Ethernet Switch Market to Reach $28 Billion by 2016

According to Datacenter Dynamics, industry analyst firm Dell'Oro Group is reporting that the Ethernet switch market should hit $28 billion by 2016, driven mainly by data center sales.
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Rate of Virtualization of the Data Center Network Introducing New Challenges

Today's enterprises are starting to recognize the potential in virtualization and cloud-based data center environments. While this trend gains momentum, one expert is wondering if the rate will cause problems. According to this Network World report, the Enterprise Strategy Group's (ESG) recent survey found that enterprise organizations that are currently consolidating (about 63 percent) are eliminating from 25 to 50 percent of their data centers. Much of the consolidation will be into multi-tenant facilities.
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Today's Data Center Network Optimized with Fabric

The data center network today looks very different from that of 10 years ago. The cloud data center is much more common and this environment acts as a compute fabric of sorts, a system where any server can run any application. This new, more flexible environment demands a change in the data center infrastructure.
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RiT CenterMind Optimizes Data Center Network with Centralized Management

RiT Technologies, a provider of data center network management solutions, has launched RiT CenterMind Solution, which is designed to offer real-time consolidated view of data center IT assets, connectivity, power and environmental conditions. RiT CenterMind Solution, according to company officials, is a new approach to data center infrastructure management (DCIM). This is a single solution that is capable of monitoring and managing high volume and array of information in today's resource-hungry data centers through centralized management.
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Data Center Network: Strong Growth Projected for Networking Equipment Market

According to a Global Industry Analyst Study, a resurgent economy, consistent growth in the corporate sector and the rapid proliferation of the Internet bodes well for global networking hardware and software, especially in emerging markets. This is due to the fact that over the last 20 years, the computer networking industry has evolved rapidly and shows no sign of slowing down. Keeping in pace with the demands being placed on industry and the massive data explosion on the multimedia scene, data transmission speeds have increased from the standard 10-GbE to over 100 Gigabits per second.
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Innovative Management Concepts to Assist Treasury Department with Data Center Migration

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, whose data center is currently based in Landover, Md., is expected to be shifted to the Washington Metropolitan Area. Innovative Management Concepts, Inc., has been contracted to assist in this data center migration.
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Data Center Networks: Dell Force10's Z9000 Takes INTERNET TELEPHONY Award Spotlight

With a strategic acquisition and the introduction of a market-changing product already under its belt, it's looking like things couldn't get any better for Dell Force10, a global technology supplier of high-performance solutions for data center, service provider and enterprise customers. But now, the data center networks leader has once again made headlines, and it has its Z9000 product to thank for it.
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Data Center Networks Innovation Predicted for 2012

Good news: When it comes to data center design and operations, there are five areas, including data center networks, where we can expect to see significant advances in 2012, according to John Savageau, president of Pacific-Tier Communications.
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Connectria's Data Center Networks Support ComSci Cloud Apps

Connectria Hosting, a global managed data infrastructure hosting company, has joined with ComSci to provide customers with award-winning IT financial and business management applications through the cloud.
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Gaming Demand Puts Data Center Network Strain in Whole New Light

The swing from console gaming to online gaming is putting the pressure on network infrastructure and data centers. One game alone accounts for nearly 43 million hours of online gaming per day. The strain on data center network loads is becoming evident as more devices offer more online gaming choices, responding to the growing demand in the industry.
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iTRACS Enhances Converged Physical Infrastructure Management Portfolio for Data Center Networks

iTRACS Corporation, a provider of enterprise-class Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions, announced enhancements to its Converged Physical Infrastructure Management (CPIM) software portfolio. The improvements are expected to add a new level of automation, ease-of-use, and time-to-value in data center networks. It offers a wide range of enhanced DCIM capabilities, including more robust intelligent capacity planning, space management, and dynamic modeling features.
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Dell Force10 Talks Pillars of Data Center Networking for Today and the Future

From a new company name to the introduction of a market-changing product, it's safe to say data center networks leader Dell Force10 has had quite a tremendous 2011. Kicking off the year as just Force10, a global technology leader in data center networking for service provider and enterprise customers, the company became Dell Force10 in late August, when Dell completed its acquisition of the company in a move to expand its data center solutions portfolio and drive open, efficient and flexible solutions for the virtual era.
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The Data Center is About to Get a Bit Cloudy

Data centers better get their umbrellas and brace for peak traffic, as the cloud is looking to create quite a storm.
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Dell Committed to Virtual Innovation with Force10 Networks' KACE Appliances

Delivering on its $1 billion solutions investments commitment in early 2011, Dell has revealed that it's more than ready to address business' IT requirements for the desktop, the data center and the cloud. But its recent merge with Force10 Networks - to spawn what is now data center networks leader Dell Force10 - has Dell more than ready to help customers unlock innovation for the virtual era.
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The Evolution of Cloud-based Data Center Networks

Cloud data center networks are not just for service providers anymore. So says industry observer Will Spencer, who noted that over the last few years, "cloud computing has rapidly grown from an untested technology paradigm to a reliable, scalable, and economical hosting option for many businesses." But the field keeps evolving. The next step in the evolution of cloud computing, Spencer says, is the implementation of cloud architectures in enterprise data centers.
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Tolly Evaluates Dell Force10's Distributed Core Fabric Solution; Report Now Available

Arguably the most demanding network environment in the enterprise, today's data center switches help IT managers build data center networks with varying functionality that offer superior performance and the lowest total of cost of ownership. Whereas scalability and high-availability requirements of the data center have been typically met by chassis-based LAN switches, the most advanced solutions are built to deliver architectural scalability, resilience and unparalleled power consumption.
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Big Traffic Issues a Concern with Data Center Networks

Advances in information technology have caused some big traffic issues within data center networks. Everything from the adoption of virtualization, scale-out systems and long-distance live migrations to data replications, backup and cutting-edge applications. These particular big traffic problems are different than traditional big data workloads in that this traffic deals only with the connection of WAN data centers or user-to-machine, and machine-to-machine traffic.
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Dell Force10 Pushes for Open, Standardized Cloud Interfaces

A recent white paper from data center networks company Dell Force10 does a good job looking at open cloud networking. The advantage of the cloud model, as the paper finds, is that data center managers can "mix and match computing, storage, and networking resources to provide a flexible resource for customer applications."
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Data Center Network: University Selects RACKWISE to Manage IT, Network Infrastructure

A major California State University has selected the RACKWISE Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) product to manage every IT and network controlled asset for the university. Officials with Rackwise said that the breadth and flexibility of the company's solution were major factors in the university's selection process, enabling the university to effectively and efficiently track, manage, control and optimize assets beyond those housed solely within the campus data centers.
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Handling Big Data with Dell Force10's Z9000

A recent white paper from data center networks leader Dell Force10 addresses the fact that "as data centers scale to support thousands of servers, IT managers are seeking better ways to network those servers while reducing costs and power consumption."
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Data Center Network: LGS Innovations Teams Up with ESnet to Build 100Gbps Ethernet Network

LGS Innovations, a premier networking and communications company serving the Federal Government, has partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network to build a nationwide 100 Gigabit per second Ethernet network. Managed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and funded by the DOE Office of Science, ESnet is building a new 100GE network through its Advanced Networking Initiative.
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Data Center Network: Windstream Expands Raleigh Data Center

A provider of enterprise-class managed hosting solutions Windstream Hosted Solutions has expanded its Raleigh data center. The company said that the data center network expansion was needed to keep up with the company's fast-growing customer base and demand for cloud-based services, such as secure storage.
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Traffic Spikes: Will They Hit Your Data Center Network?

A recent white paper from Dell Force 10, entitled "Will Traffic Spikes Overwhelm Your Data Center Network?", does a good job analyzing such threats to your network. Virtualization, of course, for all its advantages, plays a large part in such dangers. "Not only is network traffic increasing, but the potential for very large network traffic spikes has increased as well," the paper notes, adding that "with each of these virtualized servers, each rack now hosts between 160 and 400 application instances."
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Dell Force10 Achieves Oracle Validated Integration with Enterprise Manager 12c

Dell Force10 is the first networking provider in line to achieve Oracle Validated Integration with Oracle's Enterprise Manager 12c. Thanks to Dell Force10's Open Automation Plug-in, mutual customers will now experience deeper visibility into the networking stack for both physical and virtual infrastructure. This news comes hot on the heels of Oracle updating the Oracle Validation Integration program to allow partners to test and validate plug-ins and connectors with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c.
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Accelerating Data Center Networking Innovation

It is telling that today's largest and most innovative data centers rely on best-of-breed networking solutions rather than signing up for a monolithic infrastructure from a single vendor. These data centers need the ultimate in performance, flexibility and scale; and to achieve that they need the latest solutions. For these customers, it's all about innovation: how much, how fast.
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Data Center Network Equipment up Four Percent in 2011

"Four percent" is the magic metric for data center network equipment as, according to new statistics released by Infonetics Research, this market segment has significantly accelerated so far this year. According to second-quarter market share and forest reports focusing on data center network and SAN equipment, the global data center equipment market has experienced a significant uptick of four percent year-over-year.
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Marietta City Schools in Georgia Upgrades Network Using Zayo Technology

Zayo, a Louisville, Colo.-based provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services, has completed the network upgrade for the Marietta City Schools (MCS), a public K-12 school district in Marietta, Ga.
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Telx Announces Successful Completion of SSAE No. 16 Examination in 12 Data Centers

Telx, a provider of interconnection and data centers across North American markets, announced that it has successfully completed its Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16 examination. The SSAE examination was carried out by Weaver and Tidwell (Weaver), an accounting firm providing SSAE 16 Type 1 and Type 2 reports. Weaver carried out a detailed evaluation of Telx's design and tested the operational efficiency of its control processes in 12 data centers.
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FieldView to Showcase Enhanced FieldView 4.0 DCIM Solution in New Jersey

FieldView Solutions, a provider of data center infrastructure management software and recent recipient of venture-led funding, will demonstrate an enhanced FieldView 4.0 DCIM solution, at the upcoming 7x24 Exchange Delaware Valley Chapter Meeting to be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Fusion-io's Shared Data Decentralization Technology Surpasses Conventional RAID 5 Storage Technology

Fusion-io, a specialist in shared data decentralization, announced that it is enabling an average performance improvement of 800 percent when compared to traditional RAID 5 storage technologies in testing done by the U.S. Navy.
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FieldView Chief Strategy Officer to Discuss Energy Efficiency in Data Centers

David Schirmacher, Chief Strategy Officer for FieldView Solutions, will address the upcoming The Data Center of the Future Series Part 1, hosted by 7x24 Exchange, Empire State Chapter Meeting, on Thursday, September 22 at 11:30 a.m., at the New York State Nurses Association in Latham. Schirmacher's presentation, "Energy: How to measure! How to save!," will provide insight on energy efficiency in data centers.
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Zonit Structured Solutions' New Micro Automatic Transfer Switch Earns UL Approval

Zonit Structured Solutions' new Micro Automatic Transfer Switch has received approval for its patent from the United States Patent & Trademark office. The new Micro Automatic Transfer Switch is a micro automatic power transfer switch for data centers, network-telecom closets, and medical equipment. It is available in 120-volt and 208-240-volt models.
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Inphi to Present LRDIMM Technology at IDF 2011

Load Reduced DIMM (LRDIMM) technology for next generation servers will be presented by Inphi Corporation, a provider of high-speed analog semiconductor solutions for the communications and computing markets, at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF 2011). IDF 2011 will be held at the Moscone Center West Convention Center in San Francisco from September 13-15.
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ServerCentral Expanding Chicago High-Density Data Center Space

In an effort to meet the ever-increasing demand for high quality data center colocation space and cloud services, Chicago-based ServerCentral, a data center solutions provider specializing in infrastructure colocation, IP networking, cloud computing, and managed services, recently announced plans to add more than three megawatts of critical load and 20,000-square feet to its existing data center space within the DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, marking the third floor space expansion within the facility in the last two years.
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Dell Completes Acquisition of Force10 Networks

Dell has announced that it has finalized its acquisition of data center networking leader, Force10 Networks. The deal will allow Dell to broaden its data center solutions portfolio, allowing it to offer a much broader range of enterprise offerings to its customers. This acquisition will allow Dell Force10 to provide high performance solutions for virtualization and also automating the conventional data center and the cloud networks. Virtual Era can now drive Dell's open, flexible and efficient solutions.
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Datalink Announces OneCall Unified Virtual Data Center Support Services

Datalink, a provider of data center infrastructure and services, has announced the launch of OneCall unified support services for the Cisco, NetApp and VMware FlexPod design architecture.
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Series C Funding Helps Sentilla Raise $15 Million

Sentilla Corporation, a provider of IT infrastructure software for data canter workloads, has announced that it has secured $15 million through Series C financing, allowing it to expand its sales and marketing capacities. SingTel Innov8 Ventures was the top financer in this funding round, which also included Sentilla's existing backers, ONSET Ventures and Claremont Creek Ventures.
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Hurricane Electric Advises Data Center Managers to Move to IPv6 to Avoid Costly Capital Expenditures

To provide a holistic and insightful view to the data center by adopting best practices, Hurricane Electric, the IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider, has upgraded its IPv6 Professional Services offerings to include data center deployments. The company has 45 major exchange points with connectivity to more than 1,800 different networks.
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SeaMicro to Discuss Energy-Efficient Server Technology at Stanford's Hot Chips

SeaMicro, a provider of low power server technology, has announced its plans to participate in the Hot Chips conference this week at Stanford University, where it will present, "Building Data Center Servers Using Cell Phone Chips," which will discuss the technology underpinnings of the revolutionary SM10000-64HD server.
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Active Power Receives Multiple Powerhouse Order from HP

Active Power, a designer and manufacturer of continuous power solutions and critical backup power systems, has announced that it has received an order from HP for two containerized continuous power systems which will be deployed at a datacenter facility in Texas for supporting the HP POD 240a.
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Force10 Partners with Solarflare to Offer Bundled End-to-End 10GbE Solution

Force10 Networks, a developer of high-performance data center solutions, announced today that it has entered into a joint marketing agreement with Solarflare, a leader in high-performance, low-latency 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) server adapters and software, to bundle Force10's S4810 top-of-rack (ToR) data center switch with the Solarflare SFN5122F Enterprise dual-port 10Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) SFP+ server adapter and the Solarflare SFN5162F Midrange dual-port 10GbE SFP+ server adapter providing customers with an end-to-end solution for 10GbE networking.
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Wave of Data Center Consolidation Within State-and-Local Market Coming: Deltek

A new report from Deltek, a global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors, predicts a wave of data center consolidation within the state-and-local market during the next three years.
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XPEC, CoreLink Join Forces to Provide Asian Company its First U.S. Data Center Operation

In an effort to provide flexible IT services to an undisclosed Asian client, Las Vegas data center service provider CoreLink Data Centers, LLC has aligned its data centers with XPEC Global Consortium.
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CompuCom Named Industry Challenger for Data Center Outsourcing

CompuCom Systems, an IT outsourcing company, announced that it has been named in the Gartner "Challengers" quadrant of the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services, North America.
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BBH Integrates Call Center's Voice and Data Apps into its Cloud Environment

BBH Solutions, a New York City-based provider of converged network solutions and IT managed services, has completed cut-over of a national call center's voice and data applications into its cloud environment.
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DVL Completes Data Center at Microsoft Technology Center in Philadelphia

Provider of data center infrastructure solutions, DVL Group has announced the completion of a data center at the Microsoft Technology Center in Philadelphia, considered to be one of Microsoft's newest and largest.
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CyrusOne Expanding Data Center Space in Texas

A subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell and leading enterprise data center colocation solutions provider, CyrusOne has announced the commissioning of an additional 65,000 square-feet of data center space in its facility north of Dallas, Texas - a facility which currently offers 192,000 square-feet of prime redundant power architecture with high-density capability and abundant connectivity.
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Dell Set to Acquire Datacenter Networking Leader Force10 Networks

Dell has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Force10 Networks, Inc., a leader in high-performance datacenter networking. Force10's networking capabilities will complement Dell's datacenter solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of offerings.
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AudienceScience Deploys Internap's High-Performance IP Connectivity and Colocation Services to Expand Operations in Europe

Internap Network Services Corporation, a provider of intelligent IT Infrastructure services, has announced that AudienceScience, globally trusted audience aggregator, will employ Internap's Performance IP network and colocation services to expands its operations across Europe. To support the creation of a center for its extensive global customer base, AudienceScience will integrate its traffic with Internap's Frankfurt data center.
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Barnett Joins Infonetics as Directing Analyst for Data Center and Cloud

Infonetics Research, which provides research insights on the communications industry, has announced the appointment of Samuel J. Barnett as its new Directing Analyst for Data Center and Cloud.
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Viridity Expands to Europe via Strategic Association with CiRRUS Management Solutions

Viridity Software, a provider of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software, announced a strategic partnership with CiRRUS Management Solutions in Europe, to distribute Viridity's EnergyCenter software to its vast network of market-leading reseller partners across Europe.
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Equinix Launches Second Phase of State-of-the-Art London Data Center

Equinix, Inc., a provider of data center services, recently announced the opening of the second phase of its latest London (LD5) International Business Exchange data center. With this latest expansion of Platform, Equinix has now added another 4,000 square meters of customer space and capacity for 1,400 cabinet equivalents in the London metropolitan area.
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Van Riper Named Marketing Manager at Miami Data Center

ColoHouse, a Miami Data Center and Miami Colocation facility, announced that Amanda Van Riper has been appointed as its new Marketing Manager.
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Enteracloud Solution Introduces SAS 70 Type II Data Center

Enteracloud Solutions, a provider of business-to-business co-location, Internet, hosted voice, and managed data services, has announced the availability of its new, secure, SAS 70 Type II compliant data center in Rancho Bernardo, CA. During the initial phase, the company is planning on migrating close to 100 of its clients to the new data center.
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Force 10 Networks' 40 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card Certified with IBM Servers and Clusters

Force10 Networks, a provider of high-performance data center networking solutions, announced that its ExaScale E-Series 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40 GbE) line card has been certified interoperable with IBM's iDataPlex servers and clusters, as well as its new Intelligent Cluster BOM components.
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Online Tech Records 39 Percent Growth in 2011

Online Tech, the Midwest's premier managed data center operator, announced it has experienced 39 percent growth in the first five months of 2011.
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EnergyCenter Version 2.0 Released By Viridity Software

Viridity Software, one of the leading providers of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software, announced the release of EnergyCenter version 2.0. The software is extremely innovative, easy-to-use and a great cost effective solution that can be used for monitoring, optimizing and managing data center space, power and cooling since it dynamically relates to IT assets and their utilization.
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Interxion Paves Way for 100 Percent "Green Data Centers"

Interxion, a premier Pan-European provider of carrier neutral colocation data services, has furthered its commitment to "Go Green" by converting its Belgian data center to use energy only from renewable sources.
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Force10 Networks Deploys Core-to-Edge Solutions at Silver State Schools Credit Union

Force10 Networks, a provider of high-performance data center networking solutions, announced that Silver State Schools Credit Union of Las Vegas has deployed its core and edge switching solutions to power a statewide branch network.
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AboveNet to Connect to Cervalis Data Centers

AboveNet, Inc., a leading provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions, recently announced that it will connect to the Cervalis data centers located in Stamford, Conn., and Totowa, New Jersey. The move will allow AboveNet to provide Cervalis customers with diverse, low-latency routes to other top business centers. Also, the customers will be able to access AboveNet's private, optical network and extensive fiber footprint for connectivity in and between top metro markets in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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EMS Plans to Develop 20 to 80 kW R.A.S.E.R. HD Micro-Modular Data Center

Elliptical Mobile Solutions (EMS), an enabler of Micro-Modular Data Centers, revealed that it is building its next generation Micro-Modular Data Center, the R.A.S.E.R. HD, capable of offering IT loads up to 80 kW, as well as a power usage effectiveness level (PUE) of 1.1.
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The Lippis Report and Ixia Complete a Series of Open Industry Data Center Network Tests

Ixia and The Lippis Report have announced the completion of the second round of a series of open industry data center network performance and power consumption tests. To the industry, the tests are expected to provide a comparative performance and power consumption data across several 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switch devices.
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Force10 Networks Brings Data Centers into the Future with its Open Cloud Networking Framework

Force10 Networks has reinforced its position as a high performance networking solutions provider for cloud-based and conventional data centers with the release of its Open Cloud Networking or OCN framework - which includes its new Z-Series or ZetaScale Series core switching platforms, the Z9000 and Z9512.
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Technology Marketing Corporation's NGN Magazine Awards Force10 Networks With 2011 Leadership Award

Technology Marketing Corporation's NGN Magazine has recently nominated Force10 as a recipient of the 2011 NGN Leadership Award for its S-Series ultra-low latency S4810 top-of-rack (ToR) switch.
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CIOs Need a Data Center Power Plan

I ran across a great article the other day by Dan Woods on Forbes' blog (you can find it here). In it, Dan articulates eleven power-related issues that the IT industry as a whole is wrestling with today and that should be top-of-mind for all CIOs. No surprise since the price of power continues to rise with no end in sight. To Dan's list, I'd like to add a few additional business concerns commonly discussed at recent IT industry forums and practitioner summits. Looking at all of the moving parts, a pattern starts to emerge of critically important energy issues that have been ignored for far too long:
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Telx Extends its Data Center Footprint by Expanding its New Jersey Facility

The data center at 100 Delawanna Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey is a premier address for financial services colocation and interconnection services. Telx, a well known interconnection and colocation provider, recently extended its datacenter footprint by adding another 15,000 square feet to this world-class facility.
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Data Center Network: Force10 Integrates Intel's Expressway Cloud Access 360 to Deliver Secure Cloud-in-a-Rack

With a new vision for cloud and conventional data centers built on open architectures, open automation, and open ecosystems, Force10 Networks, Inc. has entered into an agreement with semiconductor technology giant Intel Corp. to integrate cloud single sign-on (SSO) with its top-of-rack (ToR) switches utilizing Intel's cloud access control software.
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Data Center Network: Force10 Networks Unveils Next Generation Family of Core Switches

Force10 Networks, a provider of award-winning Ethernet switching and routing products, on Tuesday unveiled a pair of Z-Series ZettaScale core switches, the Z9000 and the Z9512, two key facets of the global technology company's new Open Cloud Networking framework.
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Force10's S-series Switches Win Internet Telephony Magazine's 2010 Product of the Year Award

Technology Marketing Corp's INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has recognized Force10 Networks, Inc.'s S-series top-of-rack (ToR) access switches for their innovation and outstanding performance.
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Data Center Network Infrastructure Sales Grows 22 percent in 2010: Synergy Research

Data Center Network Infrastructure sales grew 22 percent in 2010, according to Synergy Research Group.
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Force10 Networks' Access Switches Selected by Avid

Avid has selected top-of-rack (ToR) access switches from Force10 Networks. They will be used with Avid's ISIS 5000 shared storage system and will provide media editing for small- and medium-size production facilities, the companies said.
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Large European Internet Exchange Deploys Force10's Core Switch/Routers to Satisfy Growing Network Infrastructure Demands

To gain the required 10 GbE port density to satisfy the needs of its growing customer base, Europe's largest Internet exchange DE-CIX has selected Force10 Networks, Inc.'s ExaScale E-Series virtualized core switch/routers.
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Data Center Space Requirements Will Be Reduced during the Next Five Years: Gartner

Four factors will have major impact on data center space requirements, according to Gartner, an independent research agency.
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United Data Technologies Earns Cisco ATP Data Center Unified Computing Partner Title

United Data Technologies, a provider of technology solutions in the Southeast and Midwest United States, announced that it has been recognized as a Cisco ATP Data Center Unified Computing Partner. United Data Technologies met Cisco's strict training criteria and program qualifications. In the partner program, Cisco refers to United Data Technologies as the elite ecosystem of industry leaders. The recognition of Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider is offered by-invitation-only to those firms who are able to meet Cisco conditions.
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Data Center Network Solutions Provider Force10's Top-of-Rack Switches Receive TerraPass Carbon Credit

Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches provider Force10 Networks has announced the expansion of its carbon credit program to include models of its S-Series 10/40 GbE top-of-rack (ToR) access switches. This program expansion now enables Force10 customers who buy ExaScale virtualized core switch/routers and the S4810 top-of-rack switch to receive carbon credits, which offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with the energy consumption of these solutions.
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Force10's Open Network Automation Efficiently Manages Virtual Data Centers

To lower cost of computing, along with improved uptime and application performance with raised corporate productivity, data centers have been slowly migrating to virtual environment. However, managing this transition built on pool of virtual resources is not smooth. Keeping all of the virtual resources in sync is a near-impossible task for any data center of significant size. Thanks to automation, it is playing an important role in helping data center engineers better manage virtual resources. Without automation, data center managers have to manually re-provision and optimize server, storage and network resources every time the smallest change in the environment occurs.
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Data Center Network: Mobile Communications Drives Market for Ethernet Switches

Market research firm Infonetics Research recently released vendor share rankings and market forecasts for the fourth quarter 2010 (4Q10) for Ethernet switches, wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment and enterprise routers. The data points to recovery in the wired and wireless Ethernet switching sales to data centers, primarily driven by mobile communications in the corporate and enterprise environments.
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Huawei Symantec, Force10 Networks Team to Deliver Networked Storage Solutions

Network security and storage appliance solutions provider Huawei Symantec Technologies Co., Ltd. and global networking technology developer Force10 Networks have announced a strategic partnership to develop world-class networked storage solutions for vertical markets like cloud, finance, healthcare, high-performance computing, oil and gas and telecommunications.
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Data Center Network: Belvedere Trading Deploys Force10's GbE Switches

Recognizing the urgent need to ensure line-rate, non-blocking throughput and ultra-low-latency throughout its performance-sensitive high-frequency trading (HFT) environment, proprietary trading firm Belvedere Trading LLC has deployed Force10 Networks' high performance top-of-rack S4810 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches to drive network latency to nanosecond (ns) levels. To leverage the performance of 10 GbE for Belvedere's financial derivatives trading practice, the S4810 switches are deployed strategically at their network edge and collocation facilities.
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