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DCIM, what is it and how is it helping data center managers today in improving operational and energy efficiencies?

Dorothy Ochs
September 7, 2012

Raritan will be presenting at the DCIE (Data Center Innovation Expo) on September 18-19 in Montreal. You are invited to join us and stop by booth #101.

When: September 18th from 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Location: Room 514C

Title: DCIM, what is it and how is it helping data center managers today in improving operational and energy efficiencies?

Abstract: There has been a lot of buzz, hype, and confusion around DCIM (data center infrastructure management) software that has been created by both vendors and industry analysts in the past year. In this session you will learn how data center managers like yourself are actually filtering out this hype and confusion and are using DCIM to drive data center operational excellence. Once such scenario is to automate existing manual processes for managing moves, adds and changes (MACs). Another scenario enables managers to make better informed decisions using intelligence built into DCIM to reduce cooling energy costs. Both examples will be supported with real-world ROIs.

For more info and to register, visit http://www.datacenterinnovations.com/en/index.html.

September 13th IO Phoenix Data Center Summit & Tour

Dorothy Ochs
August 31, 2012

Special Behind the Scenes Tour of IO’s Data Center 2.0

This event will also include a tour of the IO Phoenix, which is the largest commercially available data center in the United States to achieve Tier III Design Certification from the Uptime Institute.

Agenda:

8:00 to 8:30a.m. – Breakfast Networking

9:00 to 11:15a.m. – Presentations

11:15 to 12:00p.m. – Behind the Scenes Tour and Presentation

Presentation Topics:

- Optimizing Rack Power Monitoring and More

- Behind the scenes look at IO Anywhere and IO.OS®

- Data Center Design Trends

- Data Center as a Living Infrastructure

More speakers to be announced.  Register online today at http://iodc.eventbrite.com/.

Silicon Angle Mentions Raritan Smart Rack Solution

August 30, 2012

We got a nice mention in this article at the website Silicon Angle. Their article is based on a report by Wikibon that shows how intelligent racks are technically and economically advantageous for data centers.

The figures they quote are staggering. A whopping 70% boost in asset management.

Raritan’s smart rack management solution captures detailed power statistics at the room-, zone-, row-, rack, PDU, and outlet-level on a continuous basis. It helps data center managers track and visualize data center assets, collect a wide range of power information including current, voltage, kW, kVA, kWh, and environmental data such as temperature, humidity, airflow, and differential air pressure. Plug-and-play sensors are easily deployed such as at cool-air inlets following ASHRAE guidelines. Raritan’s solution also offers multiple layers of security – including SNMPv3, HTTPS, SSL, AES, Active Directory®, LDAP/S, and SSH.

Data center managers can easily monitor their operation’s health, maintain a holistic view of the data center and quickly take corrective action when necessary with a smart rack solution.

Learn more about Raritan’s Smart Rack Solution

Keep up with our other news including smart rack solutions

See an overview of our Power Management Solutions

Raritan Team Walks for Life

August 21, 2012

It’s been an incredibly busy year at Raritan with product advances and growing sales. Amidst the chaos, the team found time to hold its first March for Babies walk to raise money for the March of Dimes foundation.

March of Dimes, whose slogan is “Marching together for stronger, healthier babies”, is an organization that raises money to support programs and research that help moms have healthy pregnancies, and therefore, healthy babies. The March for Babies program has been running since 1970 and has raised over $2 billion for the support of moms and babies nationwide.

An impressive 55 Raritan walkers raised over $4,000 in support of the March for Babies campaign to help families in their community produce healthy and happy babies. This Raritan team traded in their dedication to the office for helping families who truly needed it.

Raritan Employees Turned Home Builders for Charity

August 20, 2012

Power Monitoring.

Power management.

Power tools.

What do these 3 have in common? Raritan employees! On a normal workday, Raritan makes software that helps make life easier for data center managers but every now and then they pick up power tools to help those who need a place to call home.

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit volunteer organization that builds and rehabilitates homes for families in need of shelter. Habitat homes are given to these families in return for hours of their own labor and monthly mortgage payments financed by donations and affordable loans.                                                       

Raritan employees took time away from designing power monitoring and management software to hold both a bake sale and a car wash to collect donations for Habitat for Humanity. Each employee that participated donated their time and money to the foundation to help those less fortunate.

While this team’s usual 9-5 work day consists of crossing off items on to do lists and participating in meetings, I’m sure they would say that devoting a rainy day to building roofs over people’s heads is more rewarding.

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