Latest data center news.
SaaS vendor improves security by outsourcing data center, 10/05/07: As a small start-up that helps customers predict financial performance, Inkling ran into a problem: The software-as-a-service vendor lacks the security and expertise needed to run a data center that makes its customers feel safe.
IT managers get help with server efficiency, 10/05/07: The British Computer Society (BCS) said it’s developing a model that’s designed to help IT managers select the most efficient servers, and so deliver a greener IT infrastructure.
Sun combines servers, storage businesses, 10/02/07: Sun is combining its servers and storage businesses to better sell computing systems to data center customers.
Open source management-tool alternatives hit the mark: Zenoss Core wins test of open source tools with a great GUI, accurate discovery and excellent monitoring. Registration no longer required – check out the test today!
The Operations Manager 2007 authoring console: Microsoft author and guest blogger Kerrie Meyler writes: “If you’re familiar with MOM 2005, you know that management packs were distributed in a binary format with an extension of AKM, and could not be edited outside a Management Group (e.g., you could only change them within MOM). This changes with Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007, where management packs are written in XML.” PLUS, enter to win one of 15 free copies of Meyler’s book on Microsoft Operations Manager.
