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Companies To Watch
We profile five companies we think are worthy of
With Woven Systems
your data center's attention.
A Better Ethernet With Woven Systems ........................1
Spotlight On Chatsworth Products ................................9
Three Decades Of Electro Standards Laboratories......11
IT Automation With KACE ............................................12
Solving The Technology's "What's driving the need for our solution
is the scale-out compute model that compa-
Those connections aren't cheap; 10Gb
NICs, for instance, can take $1,000 per port
Server Technology: A Look Inside................................13
Speed Problems nies of all sorts are faced with, both in from a data center's pockets. And the mere TECH & TRENDS
enterprises and Internet data centers," says number of switches needed, with no small Virtualization Forecast | 1
by David Garrett Derek Granath, Woven's vice president of number of ports consumed solely for NeoPath Networks, a supplier of storage virtual-
· · · marketing. "In the past few years, we've switch-to-switch connectivity, has strained ization solutions, released a set of predictions
WHETHER IT'S high-speed SANs; streaming gone from expensive, multiprocessor some budgets to the breaking point. Fibre that suggest the increasing importance of storage
movies; high-performance computing for machines to scale-out models of rack Channel, well known for its reliability, is virtualization during the next 12 months or so.
weather, fluid dynamics, or nuclear research; servers and blade servers. Connecting all of even better known for its price. By contrast,
or just plain old server consolidation, today's Software As A Service | 26
data centers have a seemingly endless One of the fun things about growing older in an
need for high bandwidth and fast industry is watching old services come around in
data transfer. Fibre Channel and new, improved guises. The morphing of the old
InfiniBand offer partial solu- ASP model into SaaS (software as a service) is
tions, but neither is perfect. The one such instance. But there are differences.
cost of Fibre, for instance, is
daunting, and the added com- Vista Security: For The Enterprise? | 27
plexity of new architectures can Some have questioned whether the improved
burden even the best data center security in Windows Vista offers any benefit for
staff. Enter Woven Systems, working corporate networks.
to produce a new class of switch that,
it claims, will offer ultra-low latency, high these servers has become an astronomical InfiniBand is cheap, but the soft costs of Battery Shopping | 28
port count, and 10Gbps transfers over the portion of the total costs." managing two or even three architectures Executives know that decisions made about the
Ethernet standard you already use. add up over time, as well the expense of batteries they use to power their critical uninter-
Woven intends to launch its first set of Dollar For Dollar three types of equipment where one suf- ruptible power systems could spell the difference
products in April or May. And while it's still Indeed, connecting a server to a high- ficed in the past. between business success and failure.
not out of the gate--at least not officially-- speed network may cost as much as the Woven's strategy, then, is simple. "A
this Santa Clara, Calif.,-based startup has server itself, in part because the movement lot of the Ethernet configurations today NEW PRODUCTS
attracted investment attention from such to scale out servers has caused what haven't been designed for the perfor- NetQoS Performance Center ......................................16
heavyweights as Goldman Sachs and early Woven's President and CEO Harry mance and scalability that people have Leviton P1000 Series PDU ..........................................17
stage IT specialists Palomar Ventures, which Quackenboss calls, "an explosion in the come to expect from Fibre Channel," says AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer 7.0 PRO ..........................18
has over $500 million under management. number of connections needed." Go to Page 10 Apparent Networks AppCritical 3.1 ..............................20
Arkeia Network Backup 6.0 ..........................................21
Product Releases | 16
Virtualization
set of predictions that suggest the increas-
ing importance of this area during the next Accellion introduced the Courier Secure File
12 months or so. Transfer Appliance 5.5. CipherMax introduced
Given these predictions, will 2007 be the its CM100 family of storage-encryption products.
year that file virtualization cracks the SME Emulex launched an upgraded version of its enter-
market? What factors will lead to its prise-class HBAnyware management software.
Forecast increased adoption?
The Cost Of Migration
Migrating data is an incontrovertible fact
of storage management. NeoPath CEO Alan
The new HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System
automates and centralizes backup to provide data
protection for up to four servers. The new
Infoblox-2000 provides core security functions
such as DNS, DHCP, IPAM, RADIUS, TFTP and
The Increasing Importance Baratz says that his company has customers
that are doing data migrations 365 days a
HTTP, NTP, and more. Lantronix announced its
IntelliBox-I/O 2100, which the company says is the
Of Virtualization In The SME year. Regardless of the amount of days per industry's first fully programmable external device
year that companies perform migrations, server that automates managing remote equip-
by Robyn Weisman But as SMEs find themselves with companies have to migrate data when ment and associated reporting. Uptime
· · · exploding data storage and high availability upgrading storage capacity, moving from Software unveiled up.time 4 enterprise server
V IRTUALIZATION IN ALL ITS forms has needs, storage virtualization technology old servers to new servers, performing back- monitoring and capacity planning software.
been the YouTube of the enterprise IT is starting to look like an unavoidable ups to remote servers, and setting up disaster
world in terms of the buzz it has received expense for many businesses big and small. recovery schemes, among other scenarios. EACH WEEK
during the past year. Yet despite all the With that in mind, NeoPath Networks While SMEs are not members of the
Upcoming IT Events ......3 Opinions ......................25
talk about it, storage virtualization has not (www.neopathnetworks.com), a supplier of Fortune 500 and so as a group may not be
MarketPlace News ........3 What's Happening........29
made the sorts of inroads in the SME that storage virtualization solutions, released a Go to Page 10
MarketWatch..................4 Processor.com ............29
one might expect, given all the press it
Product Releases ........16
has received. Much of it has to do with
cost--storage is cheaper than ever, while According to NeoPath's Ali Zadeh, about 40% The Processor.com home page is updated each week with
earlier-generation storage virtualization
solutions were just too pricy for the aver- of an average IT budget is spent on storage. new articles and hardware news to help you keep current.
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Gartner Business
Intelligence Summit company says the job cuts will save $150 claimed the prices it was charging for the
March 12-14
Chicago, Ill.
million to $175 million a year, which will vital data was 30% lower than the market
www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/bi5.jsp come in handy as Lenovo is experiencing rate for comparable technology, but the
· · · · · intense pricing pressures from competitors Commission said the usual price for com-
Boston SecureWorld Expo such as HP and Dell. petitive technology is free or nominally
March 14-15 priced. A Commission spokesperson said
Boston, Mass. Lenovo Recalls Laptop Batteries these new fines, based entirely on Micro-
www.secureworldexpo.com
LENOVO RECENTLY announced the world- soft's behavior, could mean new daily
· · · · ·
TelecomNEXT Microsoft Drops DST Patch Prices wide recall of about 205,000 Sanyo-built penalties for Microsoft, in addition to other
March 18-21 M ICROSOFT HAS CUT the price for lithium-ion batteries used in some fines the company already faces.
Las Vegas, Nev. Daylight Saving Time patches for some ThinkPad notebooks. The company decid-
www.telecom-next.com
customers to a tenth of the price the same ed to recall the batteries after receiving Nortel To Restate Earnings
· · · · ·
Gartner Outsourcing patches cost last year. The new pricing four reports of the batteries overheating. FOR THE FOURTH TIME in as many years,
Summit mainly impacts products in the extended One of those cases resulted in minor eye Nortel Networks will restate financial
March 19-21 support cycle, including Windows 2000, irritation by the consumer. It is the second results, this time from 2004, 2005, and the
Dallas, Texas Exchange Server 2000, and Outlook 2000. such recall in the past six months for first three quarters of last year. Nortel says
www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences
/std10.jsp
In 2006, Microsoft was charging $40,000 Lenovo. Information on how to determine the restatements will correct mistakes from
· · · · · per product for the DST fixes. It's dropped if your laptop battery is affected by the third-party actuarial calculations and cir-
FOSE that charge to $4,000 for all fixes. recall is available at www.levovo.com cumstances when it should have recorded
March 20-22 Microsoft will not be releasing fixes for /batteryprogram. revenue in later periods. For 2004, the cor-
Washington, D.C. users with even older Microsoft products; rections will cut revenue by $33 million
www.fose.com
those products must be updated manually. SMEs Less Focused On Security and raise net loss by $42 million. For 2005,
Visit Processor at Booth 1643
· · · · · Daylight Savings Time will go into effect SMALL AND MIDSIZED enterprises are more the changes will reduce sales by $28 mil-
Data Center World March 11 this year. focused on keeping the business up and lion and raise net loss by $87 million. And
March 26-27 running than on the potential for security for the first three quarters of last year, the
Las Vegas, Nev. Sun Boasts Strong Server Sales breaches, according to new research from adjustments will increase revenue by $24
www.afcom.com
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SUN'S SERVER REVENUE grew 15.4% during IDC. The report shows that only 8% of the million and raise net earnings by $15
· · · · · 2006, which was significantly stronger than SME IT decision makers polled consider million.
Data Center World the overall server market growth of only improving IT security a top business priori-
March 26-27 2% last year, according to Gartner Group. ty, yet 80% fear what would happen to their Gates Sells Stock On Worst Days
Las Vegas, Nev. Overall server market revenue was $52.7 business if an IT security threat struck O N THE LAST TWO days of last month,
www.afcom.com
· · · · ·
billion, with unit shipments of 8.2 million. them. When it comes to security chal- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates sold off a
RFID World Sun's server revenue of $5.4 billion put the lenges, 39% of those surveyed ranked small portion of his Microsoft stocks, but
March 27-29 company in third place, behind IBM, with keeping up-to-date with security products because of the sudden downturn in the
Dallas, Texas $16.9 billion in sales and HP, with $14.2 as their biggest challenge, 38% said keep- global stock market, he likely received a
www.shorecliffcommunications.com/rfid07 billion in sales. IBM's 2006 server revenue ing up with new threats, and 33% indicated few million dollars less for them than he
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Secure IT Conference
was up 1.7% from 2005, while HP's server keeping costs down. would have at any other time. According to
revenue was down 2.3%. HP claimed the the SEC, on Feb. 27 Gates sold 990,000
March 27-29
Sacramento, Calif. top in terms of units shipped, with 2.3 mil- Oracle To Buy Hyperion shares for prices between $28 and $28.96,
www.secureitconf.com lion units. FROM THE BEGINNING of 2005 until now, and on Feb. 28 he sold 1 million shares
Oracle has announced nearly 30 acquisi- ranging from $27.95 to $28.24. During the
- APRIL - Windows Staffing Changes tions, and now it's adding another to the rest of last month, Gates sold about 18 mil-
Infotec
April 16-18 A S PART OF the company's continued list. The company has agreed to purchase lion shares, with those prices averaging
Omaha, Neb. restructuring, Microsoft has announced Hyperion Solutions, a business intelligence over $29 a share.
www.infotec.org changes to its Windows unit. Steven software vendor, for $3.3 billion in cash, or
· · · · ·
Sinofsky will continue to head up Windows $52 per share. Oracle hopes the deal, which Disk Drive Replacement Studied
Gartner Symposium/ITXpo
April 22-26
development, while Bill Veghte will lead a is slated to close in April, will help it com- H ARD DRIVES ARE being replaced more
San Francisco, Calif. newly created Windows Business Group. pete with its main rival SAP by bringing often than vendors claim, according to a
www.gartner.com/it/sym/2007/spg9 Sinofsky and Veghte will both fall under SAP's customers closer to Oracle, as many new study by Carnegie Mellon University.
/spg9_home.jsp the leadership of Kevin Johnson, whose of them use Hyperion products. Hyperion's The study showed that companies were
· · · · ·
unit oversees Windows and Win-dows channel partners have already given their replacing between 2% and 4% of their hard
Chicago SecureWorld Expo
April 24-25
Live. Leaders in the Windows Business nod of approval on the acquisition. drives because of failure each year; replace-
Group will include Mike Sievert, who will ment figures were as high as 13% on some
Chicago, Ill.
www.secureworldexpo.com focus on marketing; Mike Nash, who will More Possible EU Fines For Microsoft systems. That's much higher than the
· · · · · run product management; Will Poole, who F OLLOWING ITS BATTLE with Microsoft 0.88% replacement rate a typical drive's
ASCDI Spring will oversee emerging markets and new PC over an antitrust ruling from three years MTBF would indicate. The study also
April 25-28
Las Vegas, Nev.
market expansion; and Joe Peterson, who ago, the European Union says it may showed little difference in replacement
www.ascdi.com will lead online distribution and the new impose new fines on the software giant for rates between SCSI, Fibre Channel, and
antipiracy campaign. charging unreasonably high prices to other SATA drives and that drive failure rates
software makers for important data that tend to grow constantly with age, rather
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BUYERS' GUIDE
MARKET WATCH
Wireless Analysis Devices
Monitor A Variety The Right Tools
Fluke's OptiView Integrated Network
Analyzer, a portable network analysis
Of Wireless Traffic The comprehensive growth expected in device that includes a protocol analyzer,
the wireless device market means that the cable tester, and RMON2 probe.
by Sandra Kay Miller tools needed to install, monitor, analyze, Ten different plots and charts are avail-
· · · and troubleshoot wireless networks will able, including real-time FFT and duty
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY: It's everywhere, also grow. Spectrum analysis tools will cycle, swept spectrogram, power vs. fre-
from RFID chips in passports to cellular need to cover multiple wireless bands, such quency, power vs. time, and detailed infor-
communications systems around the world. as Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, and RFID, mation regarding active devices along with
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX add to the in order to remain competitive. associated channels.
assortment of frequencies occupying the Initial solutions on the market were Also dedicated to the 2.4 to 5GHz range
spectrum. aimed at large-scale, professional installa- is Bantam Instruments' Wireless Wizard, a
Ryan Reith, research analyst for IDC, tions, as was reflected in the complexity handheld, battery-operated spectrum ana-
predicted that by the end of last year over and price. However, as multiple types of lyzer that includes a variety of antennas to
a billion--yes, billion--mobile handsets wireless technologies have become ubiq-
SNAPSHOT cover the 802.11 and public safety bands.
alone would be shipped worldwide. uitous in the enterprise environment, in- Fluke Networks AnalyzeAir WiFi Spectrum The proprietary triangular Log Periodic
According to Richard Webb, directing ana- house technicians are turning to newer and Analyzer Directional Antenna picks up Wi-Fi access
lyst for wireless at Infonetics Research, less costly solutions to meet their needs. In points and interference sources for 802.11.
$3,685
handsets are rapidly evolving into dual- response, vendors are keeping up with Also included are separate 2.4GHz and
mode Wi-Fi/cellular VoIP devices with emerging wireless technologies by integrat- Offers quick and easy analysis of the unlicensed 5GHz omnidirectional monopole antennas.
expected five-year compound annual ing new features into the latest releases of 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies used by 802.11a/b/g
growth rate of 198% between 2006 and their wireless analysis devices. WLANs
2010. During the same period, the cellular
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As wireless technologies grow, a variety
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SNAPSHOT
Wireless spectrum analyzers serve two MetaGeek Wi-Spy Spectrum Analyzer
main functions: monitoring and trou- Watching Wi-Fi
$199
bleshooting interference. Wi-Fi is everywhere today. From the
Berkeley Varitronics Systems recently local coffee shop to enterprise campuses, A small, affordable 2.4GHz USB-based spectrum
released the latest version of its BumbleBee 802.11 networks have proliferated and so analyzer that works on Windows, Linux, and Mac
Spectrum Analyzer. Based on a ruggedized have analysis devices specific to their mon- platforms; comes with Chanalyzer software for
SNAPSHOT Windows XP tablet, the BumbleBee comes itoring. There are a number of software graphical display and analysis
Berkeley Varitronics BumbleBee Tablet in two models: one supporting two fre- packages, such as AirTight Networks
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quency ranges (2.4 to 2.5GHz and 4.9 to (www.Processor.com/AirTight), that inte-
$4,500
5.9GHz) and one for three (902 to 928MHz, grate into access points to deliver detailed
An all-in-one system UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC) 2.4 to 2.5GHz, and 5.15 to 5.9GHz). wireless analysis. Similarly, there are a Up to 20 setups and 16 traces can be
spectrum analyzer covering wireless bands and number of freely available applications, stored on the device and then later down-
applications including Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g), WiMAX, such as Kismet (www.kismetwireless.net), loaded onto a PC using the PC Enhance-
VoIP, ISM, Public Safety, and Bluetooth that can be deployed on laptops for better ment Program included with the Wireless
portability. However, many technicians Wizard. Data can be displayed in log or
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continue to rely on dedicated handheld graph format (JPG and BMP) or exported
wireless analysis devices. to a spreadsheet. The entire system comes
market should grow by 26%, and Wi-Fi Network monitoring and analysis equip- in a handy carrying case.
handsets will explode by 1,300%. ment from Fluke, a global leader in elec-
Riding on the coattails of mobile handset tronic monitoring devices, was so success- Affordable Option
sales, Bluetooth technologies gained signif- ful that it has spun off an entire division, While tools from Bantam, Fluke Net-
icant traction last year. InStat analyst Brian
SNAPSHOT Fluke Networks. Known for equipment that works, Berkeley Varitronics Systems, and
O'Rourke attributes the sharp increase sole- Willtek 9102 Handheld Spectrum Analyzer is easy to use, AnalyzeAir Wi-Fi Spectrum Willtek make a wireless technician's job less
ly to mobile phones. ABI Research's wire- Analyzer delivers spectrum analysis of all difficult, not everyone can justify or afford
Starts at $8,000
less analyst, Stuart Carlaw, estimates that Wi-Fi devices in an intuitive format. those types of spectrum analysis tools. Wi-
annual Bluetooth chip shipments will reach Offers a wide frequency range from 100KHz to AnalyzeAir covers the 2.4 to 5GHz range Spy from MetaGeek is a USB-based 2.4GHz
the billion mark by 2009 due to demand for 7.5GHz; the latest release includes coverage for and can be deployed on a laptop computer spectrum analyzer that offers an inexpen-
wireless connectivity among cell phones, WiMAX and C band frequencies with a PCMCIA card; omni antenna; direc- sive way to monitor and troubleshoot an
wireless headsets, computers, automobiles, tional antenna; antenna mounting kit; or assortment of RF signals including Wi-Fi
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and consumer electronics. (802.11b/g/n), microwaves, cordless phones,
Another wireless technology poised for Bluetooth, and ZigBee.
exponential growth is RFID. Gartner esti- This portable device is built on a tablet PC Used in conjunction with the freely
mates by 2010 global spending on RFID offering a 7-inch WVGA LCD touchscreen available Chanalyzer 2.0 software, users
will top $3 billion; however, researchers at and 60GB HDD storage for instant playback have access to spectral, topographic, and
Datamonitor are much more optimistic, and archiving of all captured data. Users can planar views; average and maximum trac-
with projected sales more than double instantly switch between bands for real- ing of data; frequency and amplitude mark-
Gartner's number with $6.1 billion. time analysis across the spectrum. The ers; and frequency and channel labels and
BumbleBee offers advanced analysis fea- can record and play back captured traces.
tures such as custom power triggers, three Chanalyzer works on Windows, Linux,
Buying Tips pairs of markers, spectrogram, histogram, and Mac platforms and the Wi-Spy device
video smoothing, waveform averaging, one on USB 1.1 or 2.0.
Here are some tips to consider before pur- live trace, and up to four peak hold wave- With all the available wireless spectrum
chasing a wireless analysis device. form traces with peak hold and peak search. analysis devices available today, IT profes-
· Be certain the device you choose covers the Another recent release is the frequency SNAPSHOT sionals and wireless network engineers
frequencies and bands you want to analyze. extension to Willtek's 9102 Handheld should have little trouble finding the right
· For an extended-use life cycle, consider Spectrum Analyzer, boosting coverage to a Bantam Instruments Wireless Wizard tool to fit their needs. P
equipment that can be upgraded. whopping 7.5GHz. Current deployments of $2,950
· Consider the physical construction of the the 9102 model can be upgraded to han-
device for outdoor and industrial use. dling the extended frequencies. A complete 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi measurement To see Processor Showcase advertisements
· Verify that the user will be able to operate The 9102 gives users granular control system that includes a handheld, battery-operated for products in this category, look online
the device. Some spectrum analyzers are with adjustable settings for sweep time and spectrum analyzer, directional and omnidirectional at www.Processor.com and find the
geared for engineers and others for less resolution bandwidth, along with zero span, antennas, power adapters, and PC software Wireless Analysis ads under
technical users. multiport capability and frequency counter. www.Processor.com/Wizard Communications/Wireless.
All this is housed in a 7-pound handheld
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Spotlight On
engineering areas of fluid dynamics and
thermal dynamics. Third, there is a fixed
relationship between air volume, tempera-
ture rise, and heat dissipation."
Seaton says the limits defined by this
Chatsworth Products fixed relationship mark where computer
rooms start experiencing hot spots, primari-
ly because equipment tends to begin a cycle
of recirculating heated exhaust air to com-
The Backbone point at the cable runway, allowing pur-
chase of equipment and equipment racks to
Cabinet is especially appealing for tight
quarters or spaces with limited traffic clear-
pensate for shortages of chilled air. He
says, "Internal Air Duct addresses these
Of Your SME be delayed until they are actually required ances because it allows larger rackmount conditions by using natural air convection
by application use." equipment to be suspended vertically rather to draw additional chilled air from under
by Chris A. MacKinnon In Seaton's opinion, Chatsworth's rack than mounted horizontally. the access floor, up the side of the cabinet,
· · · systems, including wall-mount racks and and into the front of equipment mounted in
WITHOUT COMPANIES such as Chatsworth wall-mount rack enclo- Chilled To The Bone the upper portion of the cabinet, where hot
Products, Inc. (aka CPI), small to midsized sures, provide According to Seaton, CPI's cooling spots typically occur."
enterprises would lack spine (not in the fig- products represent the industry's most Go to Page 12
urative sense, of course). As an employee- innovative approach to computer room
owned company, Chatsworth Products equipment cooling. He says Chats-
manufactures structural support sys- worth's Passive Cooling Solutions Company Information
tems that help enterprises organize, are innovative because no one else
store, and secure computer, data, is doing anything exactly like it. Company Name:
and communications equipment. "There are a handful of similar Chatsworth Products
Included in the company's cardinal solutions," he says, "but they all
offerings are rack and cabinet sys- include fans. We discourage fans Location:
tems, zone cabling and wireless for several reasons. Any fan is Westlake Village, Calif.
enclosures, wall/ceiling/under-floor potentially a failure spot, and
systems, and cooling technologies. top-mounted cabinet fans have Chatsworth URL:
been demonstrated to actually Products www.Processor.com/CPI
SME Back Support cause hot spots. Fans can be obsta-
Ian Seaton, product marketing man- cles to airflow when the cumulative Date Company Founded:
ager for CPI, says his company has much capacity of the fans in a cabinet exceeds July 1991
to offer SMEs. He says the company's the fan capacity in a return air duct."
PatchRack, Global Vertical Cabling Two components of the Passive Cooling Interesting Fact:
Sections, and Vertical Cabling Sections, Solutions, the Internal Air Duct and the Chatsworth is a BICSI
for example, offer particular value to the cost-effective and functional solutions suit- Vertical Exhaust Duct System (both being (Building Industry
SME because of their attractive pricing, able for SMEs. "All of these solutions thermal accessories for the TeraFrame Consulting Service
immediate availability, and the flexibility come with the robust features of our Cabinet System), represent the level of International) Platinum
they provide in terms of supporting incre- Standard Rack, such as reliable load-bear- value and innovation that Seaton talks Prestige Corporate
mental expansion of a facility. ing capacities and roll-formed mounting about. Addressing this, he says, "First, ther- Member with more than
Seaton notes that all three solutions have hole threads, but in size and convenience mal densities are increasing, which is creat- nine RCDD (Registered
a mixed use for data and telecom and for packages that are conducive to offices and ing problems. Everything from equipment Communications
copper and fiber. "The PatchRack, in par- spaces not normally configured for comput- failures to unexplained data anomalies are Distribution Designer)
ticular," Seaton says, "can allow a small er and network equipment," Seaton says. on the rise. Second, IT professionals are not professionals.
computer room to be cabled to the patching He notes that the company's ThinLine typically comfortable with the mechanical
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A Better Ethernet Company Information
With Woven Systems Company Name: Woven Systems
Location: Santa Clara, Calif.
Continued from Page 1 measures latency and redirects traffic to
Quackenboss. "So what we're doing is avoid bottlenecks and provide path failover URL: www.Processor.com/Woven
fixing those limitations in Ethernet with- in milliseconds, an improvement over
out violating Ethernet standards." Ethernet's well-known limitations (path Woven Date Company Founded: November 2003
failover, for instance, can take seconds). Systems
A New Solution "One of the problems is it's a little like Interesting Fact: Woven owns a patented congestion management technique
Still in development, Woven's switch fam- driving around a major city in rush hour," that reroutes network traffic based on latency. Because data traffic tends to
ily will let data center owners leverage the says Quackenboss. "The larger the number burst (as opposed to presenting a steady stream), latency measures in high-
Ethernet standards they already know (and of highways and highway intersections, and speed networks must be extremely fast--fast enough that hardware, not soft-
have already paid for) without the plague of the larger the volume of traffic, the worse ware, is a better option for measurement.
latency problems that, with Ethernet, tend to the bottlenecks are."
rise in concert with data loads. Woven's He adds that Woven's products comply
technology allows data center owners to with current IEEE standards, meaning demand for data is most acute: Web 2.0 Quackenboss says, "As servers continue
build large, multipath, meshed fabrics that they'll operate with existing 10Gb Ethernet firms, ISPs, data centers where 10Gb server to get bigger and faster, and as we help to
overcome the scalability limits imposed by NICs, switches, and routers, a prospect that connects are deployed or about to be drive down the price of 10-Gig connectivity
Ethernet spanning tree algorithms. could make Woven attractive to data centers deployed, and of course high-performance and our NIC friends do the same, then we'll
The firm has also developed a patented that are wary of vendor lock-in. Woven sees computing, no longer consigned to research see 10-Gig servers become more main-
congestion management technique that its strongest markets where the high-speed universities and well-financed labs. stream over the next couple of years." P
and reconfigure clients, which means lots (www.godaddy.com), found itself in a situa-
Virtualization Forecast of evening and weekend overtime work on
the part of system administrators. It's so
tion where 97% of its storage was being uti-
lized. The company had to purchase new
Continued from Page 1 of all storage virtualization solutions will costly because it's always an overtime storage devices and migrate data to these
spending $1 billion or more in 2007 perform- come with software designed to improve data project," Baratz notes. "Companies are devices without any downtime. "If GoDaddy
ing disruptive migrations, the proportional security and availability, XenSource (www realizing that they are spending lots of is down for an hour, it costs [the company]
costs are comparable. "The basic problems .Processor.com/XenSource) CTO Simon money on this process. In contrast, virtual- millions of dollars," Baratz explains. Using
remain the same for small, medium, or large Crosby notes that administrators can use the ization is a relatively elegant but straight- NeoPath virtualization products allowed the
enterprises--the need to access data when same disaster recovery software that they forward approach that allows for migration company to complete its migration without
migrating data, better storage utilization, are using with their physical servers. "It's 24 hours a day, and now what took a month losing a dime in downtime.
minimizing downtime, and so forth," Jim OK if you want to use Veritas Backup Exec to complete now takes a week." "When you're a global company, you
Ting, director of marketing at NeoPath, says. [www.Processor.com/SymantecCorp] today One of NeoPath's clients, domain name can't afford to go down even if you don't
Moreover, virtual storage technology can because you want to be able to work with the registrar and service provider GoDaddy have many employees," Baratz says. P
also save money because (at least, in theory) ecosystem that exists," Crosby says.
it works the same as its physical counterpart.
While NeoPath predicts that more than half Consolidating Storage What Is File Storage Virtualization?
Crosby says that file virtualization has yet
to penetrate the SME market because it tends Although virtualization often appears as a sort According to Alan Baratz, CEO of NeoPath
NeoPath's Five File more to use commodity storage devices such of catch-all word for any means of using other Networks (www.neopathnetworks.com), file vir-
as SATA and IDE drives, rather than the means to replicate physical processes on a tualization decouples the name space, directory
Virtualization pricier SANs that large enterprises use. "The network, several subsets exist, each of which structure, and physical structure of a network's
Predictions For 2007 logic is, `Our server has a hard drive, so why
not use it?'" Crosby says.
require IT managers to consider their net-
works' needs.
database setup to put forth a single aggregated
file structure that allows administrators to place
For his part, NeoPath COO Ali Zadeh data on unused storage space, migrate that
NeoPath Networks made the following five
says that a challenge that all organizations File storage virtualization (or file virtualization or data to low-cost servers, or back up to other
predictions for 2007. They are:
face is how they manage data between storage virtualization) concerns the virtualization means of storage for disaster recovery or high
1. File virtualization will grow by 300% in the
devices. "Let's say you have a new employ- of databases and the data stored on them. availability needs.
next year.
ee. You create a directory [for this employ-
2. Disruptive migrations will cost Fortune 500
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businesses more than $1 billion in 2007.
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Three Decades Of Electro
growing and expanding his area and focus-
ing on the company mission to create prod-
ucts that are innovative but still in sync
with the rest of the business.
"Everything here works in concert, like
Standards Laboratories
an ecosystem," says Sepe. It's the same
model that he saw before starting the com-
pany, when he worked at Bell Labs. When
putting Electro in place, he wanted a
similar structure, where quickly
From Data Cables changing technology such as
switches wouldn't be hin-
To State-Of-The-Art Technology dered by too much opera-
tional bureaucracy.
by Elizabeth Millard "We started as By developing a com-
· · · manufacturers of pany where research is
WHEN ELECTRO STANDARDS Laboratories products that came dependent on network
opened its doors in 1976, data and telecom- out of advanced tech- services, and materials
munications was a fledgling industry that nology and found ways testing is reliant on
hadn't yet attracted the kind of competition to bring them to a wider development, Sepe be-
that it would later enjoy. audience," says Sepe. "Our lieves that the company has a
But founder Ray Sepe, now president and goal was to lead the way with sense of cohesion that propels
CEO of the Rhode Island-based firm, new products." product creation.
believed that the industry would not only The company went from an initial prod- services, materials testing products, and "You have to be careful in the technolo-
grow but that technology itself would be a uct line that included data cables, data motion control gear. The company has also gy industry that you have a company that
driving force for the future. Anyone who switches, and breakout boxes to a range of incorporated fiber-optic switches, load cell doesn't become archaic because it can't
takes a look around a contemporary data products and services that came out of its electronics, digital signal processor-based move fast enough," he notes. "With this
center, or even glances across a notebook- internal research and development depart- electronics, and even hybrid electric vehicle model, there isn't a piece you can take
laden coffee shop, can appreciate that kind ment. Over the years, Electro added connec- technology. away; each is important to the survival and
of forward thinking. tors and adapters, surge protectors, network "I started the company with a belief in operation of the others. That makes for a
data communications as the way forward," streamlined, fast-paced development
says Sepe. "But it's expanded in directions cycle."
Company Information that have been surprising and exciting."
Service Station
Company Name: Electro Standards Laboratories Model Citizens The division that serves smaller enter-
Engineering must have been in Sepe's prises most directly is Network Services,
Location: Cranston, R.I. genes because his three sons all received which designs and installs data, telephone,
degrees in the discipline and joined the and fiber-optic systems. Most data center
URL: www.Processor.com/ElectroStandards company after their college graduations. managers at small to midsized enterpris-
Each heads a main division: Research and es--and even at larger companies--don't
Electro Date Company Founded: 1979 Development, Network Services, and have in-depth knowledge of copper, fiber,
Standards Materials Testing and Data Acquisition. and wireless data communication systems
Laboratories Interesting Fact: Founder, President, and CEO Ray Sepe jokes that he could Although there is a family feel to the and how they might be combined for opti-
grow the company faster if he had more children to join the business; each of business, thanks to the strong Sepe pres- mum network performance. Electro's con-
his three sons is in charge of a main division at the company. ence, it's not run as a family business, says sultants can also advise customers on
paterfamilias Sepe. Instead, each son is Go to Page 13
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IT Automation
nightmarishly time-consuming and error-
ridden when done manually.
"What we do is we allow for a zero-touch
deployment," he says. "So in the server
example, you'd plug the servers into the net-
work, let them contact the KBOX, and let us
With KACE take over from there. We'll wipe the com-
puter clean, we'll put the operating system
down, we'll put the security software down,
we'll set the configurations, and we'll put
your business applications in for you."
Specializing In Accessible plicated, trying to make them more accessi-
ble to the market that we describe as the
Later on in the life cycle, KBOX products
will help by inventorying endpoint systems
Systems Management `Fortune 100,000'--that is, every company and creating reports that allow administrators
that isn't in the Fortune 1,000," Meinhardt to plan software deployments, operating sys-
by Ericka Chickowski haven't had access to the same types of says. "It is kind of our clever way of talking tem upgrades, and patch rollout, Meinhardt
· · · business management environments avail- about the high end of the midmarket. So that says. He says it also lets them better enforce
ONE OF THE BIGGEST challenges that small able to the big guys because they have really is our calling card, focusing on ease of configuration setups and IT policies.
to medium-sized enterprises face is manag- more generalized IT people." Though the automated software rollout is a
ing their increasingly complex technology As co-founder of KACE, Meinhardt big selling point, many KACE customers are
environments with limited resources. Not and his partner Marty Kacin especially won over by
only do they often not have the capital to have been striving to the inventory feature.
invest in robust management systems, but make it easier on these "Initially, Renovis
they also lack the specialized IT staff to general IT staffers to was looking for a
run them. keep up with their software push solu-
"In the midmarket, complexity is grow- larger competitors. tion, but what we ended
ing: more types of computers, more operat- Founded in 2003, up getting was much
ing systems, more back-office and front- KACE develops a line of more," says Mark Bernfield
office systems to manage," says Rob IT automation products. of the biomedical firm Renovis. "We
Meinhardt of Mountain View, Calif.,-based "Our mission from the beginning was to use and an all-in-one solution that can be didn't realize there would be such a great
KACE. "These businesses historically deliver appliances that automate IT busi- deployed at an affordable price point." inventory feature. We actually ended up
ness processes," Meinhardt says. "That is getting rid of our asset management pro-
beach front on the systems management KBOX Ins & Outs gram in place of the KBOX because we
Company Information and security management space." That all-in-one approach is achieved could delve more deeply into the systems."
through an AbSD (Appliance-based Soft- To make all of these functions easy to
Company Name: Sizing Up The Competition ware Delivery) architecture, which is built use, KBOX appliances use a drag-and-drop
KACE There is already pretty tight competition on the KBOX line of appliances, Meinhardt GUI to simplify flow control for change
and attention on the systems management says. "The KBOX product suite provides management. They also integrate problem
Location: market. Just in January, Symantec (www complete endpoint lifecycle management solving into the workflow application,
Mountain View, Calif. .Processor.com/SymantecCorp) paid $830 that's for endpoints, laptops, desktops, or Meinhardt says.
million in a blockbuster deal to pick up even server infrastructure," he says. "We "We kind of tied a bow around it with
KACE URL: Altiris (www.Processor.com/ATRS), based really help manage those systems cradle what we call our IT workflow application,"
www.Processor.com in Lindon, Utah. Meinhardt says that his to grave." Meinhardt says, "which allows our IT cus-
/KACESystems company competes with Altiris, LANDesk This starts with new systems provision- tomers to manage the tasks that are coming
(www.Processor.com/LANDeskSoft), and ing, he says. This can be very beneficial inbound on their network. Trouble tickets
Date Company Founded: even HP OpenView (www.hp.com). But he for an organization deploying new servers come into the KBOX and become totally
2003 believes that KACE is able to get a leg up by en masse or refreshing its laptops or desk- integrated into the solution that allows
providing midmarket companies with some- tops, a configuration process which can be these IT managers to fix the problem." P
Interesting Fact: thing they can both afford and manage easi-
KACE is backed by ly. According to Meinhardt, KACE's com-
investors that include
Sigma Partners of Menlo
petitive differentiators focus on three tenets: Though the automated software rollout is a
ease of use, affordability, and completeness
Park, Calif., and Norwest in offered features. big selling point, many KACE customers are
Venture Partners of Palo "Our secret sauce relative to those players
Alto, Calif. is that we are trying to make these solutions, especially won over by the inventory feature.
which have historically been relatively com-
to smaller companies or facilities with small- He also notes that construction costs for a
Spotlight On er computer rooms. We have customers run-
ning up to 23kW per cabinet using the
new facility designed around the Vertical
Exhaust Duct System run around $6,000 per
Chatsworth Products TeraFrame Cabinet and the Vertical Exhaust
Duct System and a customer that is develop-
ing a facility in which they plan to load the
kilowatt, as opposed to $12,000 and higher
per kilowatt for chilled water cabinet imple-
mentations.
Continued from Page 9 hot spots. Seaton says there is no longer a cabinets up to 30kW." Chatsworth has recently made a heavier
Chatsworth's Vertical Exhaust Duct need for chilled air to be delivered directly Seaton says Chatsworth's Passive push to expand its sales offices, regional
System aids cabinets in effectively function- to the equipment through a perforated access Cooling Solutions are typically 1/10 the supply capabilities, and distributor rela-
ing as the barrier in the room between the floor tile in front of the equipment. "In fact," cost of chilled water cabinets, which, he tions internationally, so that the company's
A/C source air and the return air, thereby he says, "there is no need for an access floor says, have been vocally advocated as the products are more readily available to cus-
removing hot air recirculation as a source of anymore, which may be of particular interest only solution for these higher-heat densities. tomers worldwide. P
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Server Technology:
and control capabilities that Server Tech-
nology offers.
Server Technology is offering the Smart
Load Shedding feature to its existing
switched CDU CW/CX customers for 90
A Look Inside
days at no cost, so they can evaluate how
well the product works. Version 6.0 firm-
ware is also free and available for download
on the Web site for customers to use on any
of Server Technology's switched CDUs.
Remote Power Management Temperature Load Shed (Case 2):
New features in 6.0 include a remote shut-
down agent (for graceful server shutdown),
At Your Fingertips Server Technology's CDUs can support Smart Load Shedding, power information,
two temperature probe measurements, says and LDAPS (LDAP over TLS/SSL). If one
by Julie Sartain temperature, in-feed load current, and UPS Nicholson. These devices can be load shed or more of the devices being shed is a server,
· · · power status. based on one or both of these temperature notes Nicholson, a graceful shutdown may
I N MANY REMOTE or smaller locations "Each outlet on the CDU can be con- probes that exceeds a set limit. This ensures be accomplished via a remote shutdown
where power redundancy is not available, trolled by one or more of these parame- that if the proper cooling is lost, the devices agent, which intervenes before power is shut
temperatures can reach critical levels in ters," says can be shut down to avoid further heating off to the device to protect valuable data. It's
minutes if the cooling shuts down. problems and equipment damage. compatible with Windows, Linux, HP-UX,
This is especially significant in Sun Solaris, AIX, and Netware operating
remote locations, equipment systems. The remote shutdown agent is
cabinets, and other data center independent of Smart Load Shedding, and a
facilities where uptime is CDU that is capable of working with a
essential. remote shutdown agent can also provide a
Located in Reno, Nev., Serv- graceful shutdown of servers during a stan-
er Technology designs and man- dard remote reboot if a server locks up.
ufactures intelligent power dis- Nicholson says, "In conclusion, future
tribution products for enterprise plans are to continue advancing unique soft-
data centers, service providers, and ware products moving forward as the CDU
branch office locations, says Calvin Nicholson. "If the temperature or load becomes a more integral part of the equip-
Nicholson, marketing manager at the com- current exceeds defined thresholds, or the Current Load Shed (Case 3): ment cabinet and the device controls." P
pany. "We were founded in 1984 and have UPS loses power and goes to battery, all or According to Nicholson, the devices can
become a recognized leader in innovative a portion of the loads can be automatically be load shed based on the current load of
remote power management solutions." shed. This `Smart Load Shedding' feature the connected devices becoming too high. Company Information
Server Technology's array of sentry ensures uptime with a longer operational This protects the overall load by not allow-
power products eliminates unnecessary life of critical devices." ing the current load to exceed the rating of Company Name:
trips to remote locations and minimizes the There is not another product on the mar- the device and tripping an over-current pro- Server Technology
impact of locked-up internetworking equip- ket today like this. Server Technology's tection device either on the CDU or back at
ment on business-critical networks, notes switched CDU products monitor tempera- the breaker panel, which would unintention- Location:
Nicholson, combining intelligent power ture, current load, and the status of the UPS ally shut down some connected devices. Reno, Nev.
distribution, remote management, and (current load and temperature are integral
power measurement. "We're focused on measurement parameters within the CDU One Of A Kind Server URL:
just PDUs (a complete line of AC products, and are constantly monitored). Commu- According to Nicholson, there are no Technology www.Processor.com
DC products, and a line of fail-safe transfer nicating via SNMP, the CDU regularly direct competitors on this particular prod- /ServerTech
switches). We also have the largest group polls the UPS for its power state, Nicholson uct. Although some UPSes offer load shed-
of engineers of any manufacturer focusing says. It functions as follows: ding when the UPS goes to battery, they can Date Company Founded:
just on the PDU marketplace." only load shed per output, which means 1984
UPS Load Shed (Case 1): they can't load shed specific devices. In
Managing CDUs If the UPS loses power and requires the addition, when load shedding with a UPS, Interesting Fact:
Server Technology is the first company battery, all noncritical devices are automat- devices cannot be load shed based on two Server Technology won
to offer data center managers the ability to ically load shed based on the outlets' smart temperature measurements in the cabinet or the Frost and Sullivan
automatically manage CDUs (Cabinet load shedding configuration. This informa- based on the in-feed current load. Other Award for Competitive
Power Distribution Units), power outlets tion is easily created and stored within the manufacturers produce CDUs, but none of Growth Strategy last year.
based on key operating parameters such as CDU's integral user interface. these devices have the advanced monitoring
Sepe compares the production method to Electro also has quick response time for
Three Decades Of Electro Dell (www.dell.com), which has an assem-
bly line that can put together a custom
the services that are part of many of its instal-
lations. Its ESL Sentry Monitoring System is
Standards Laboratories computer quickly, following customer-
supplied specifications. In the same way,
Electro can put together products requiring
a popular choice for SMEs because it pro-
vides constant availability of network ser-
vices and devices, combined with alert fea-
Continued from Page 11 that the company has an advantage in its switches and fiber optics that will be geared tures that let IT departments know when
newer technologies such as satellite and speed of communication to customers. For toward a specific company. "It's like there are issues with a local-area network.
microwave and share insight on security SMEs, the ability to get questions answered there's a production line in place just for "About 99% of our new customers are
issues that might put companies at risk. within 24 hours can be particularly benefi- that customer," he says. "It took some time surprised at how quickly we can solve their
Although other companies make fiber- cial. Also, the company's focus on getting to develop the internal expertise necessary problems," says Sepe. "We're fast, innova-
optic switches and the type of products that components and products together in a way to do custom fabrication, but it was worth tive, aggressive, and, most of all, we enjoy
are bread-and-butter to Electro, Sepe notes that's customized is unique in the industry. the effort." what we do." P
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Product Releases
information; the ability to share multimedia with accessories for cable fault finding, counter or arm-mounted environments. The
COMMUNICATIONS data, images, and video; push-to-talk ser- EMC and radiation measurements, and MicroTouch M150HB screen monitor is
vices; and location identification services. fault finding in 3G mobile phones. RoHS compliant and has a 3M Micro-
Network & Systems Management It also will enable access assurance, which Touch ClearTek II capacitive touchscreen
Aruba Networks announced an en- guarantees specific users network access Security and USB interface.
hanced version of its Aruba Mobile Edge during times when network traffic may WIN Enterprises released the PL- · · · · ·
Architecture for the healthcare industry. be high. Alcatel-Lucent's commercial 01033, which is a 19-inch 2U network Eizo has introduced two wide-format
The new platform can help network admin- CDMA2000 products include the Alcatel- security appliance that offers 10GbE ports. LCDs, the 21-inch ColorEdge CE210W
istrators build secure, multiservice mobility Lucent CDMA Modular Cell 4.0 Compact The device has one USB 2.0 port and one and 24-inch ColorEdge CE240W models.
networks that adhere to HIPAA regula- and Radio Network Controller. In addition, console port, as well as two 64-bit PCI-X Both widescreen LCDs have 8ms midtone
tions. Capabilities of the new platform Alcatel-Lucent is developing the necessary 100MHz slots and a mini PCI slot. It also (gray-to-gray) response times, ergonomic
include patient monitoring, patient safety operations and network management soft- has two 3.5-inch hard drives and a keypad designs, color management abilities, and
and workflow management, voice manage- ware needed to support public safety ser- and supports dual Intel Xeon processors more. Additionally, the LCDs feature 16:10
ment and control, and more. Security vices including authentication and encryp- with 800MHz FSB. The PL01033 is avail- aspect ratios and 1,680 x 1,050 and 1,920 x
comes in the form of integrated WIPS, tion capabilities that provides users with able for $2,912. 1,200 native resolutions, respectively; bun-
role-based access control, and Quality of secure access to certain services. dle ColorNavigator CE software; and have
Service capabilities. · · · · · END NODES 450cd/m 2 brightness, 1,000:1 contrast
Willtek announced that the 9102 ratios, and dual DVI-I inputs and a USB
Wireless Handheld Spectrum Analyzer can now Monitors & Displays 2.0 hub. The ColorEdge CE240W and
Alcatel-Lucent introduced its CDMA- operate at frequencies up to 7.5GHz. 3M announced the 15-inch 3M Micro- CE210W will both ship this month with
2000 (Code Division Multiple Access Applications covered by the 9102 Hand- Touch M150HB High Brightness LCD five-year warranties.
2000) mobile network solution for the held Spectrum Analyzer in 7.5GHz fre- Touch Screen Monitor for POS applica- · · · · ·
700MHz spectrum band. Based on quency include aviation signals, directional tions in high-ambient light environments. Planar released the LB1500RTC, which
CDMA2000 1xEVDO (Evolution Data radio, VSAT (very small aperture termi- The MicroTouch M150HB screen monitor is a bright 550cd/m 2, scratch-resistant,
Optimized) Revision A technology, the nal), and signals in the 5GHz unlicensed features a 550-nit/500:1 contrast ratio dis- open-frame display that offers capacitive
enhanced solution supports the needs of band, such as WLAN and WiMAX. RFID play. The MicroTouch M150HB screen touchscreen capabilities. Planar is targeting
public safety organizations. New services signals can be analyzed in a zero-span monitor is available with or without a sta- the LCD at rail information, retail, and
include secure, high-speed access to critical mode. The 9102 also supports applications ble monitor stand to allow for either Go to Page 17
Complete Network
Performance Management
NetQoS Brings It Together performance data. By viewing the cus-
tomizable reports, users can see the effects
NetScout, along with CA (since their acquisi-
tion of Concord; www.concord.com)
In A Single Console of configuration changes, find hidden per- and InfoVista (www.info vista.com) are the
formance problems, or identify potential principle competition for NetQoS in this
by David Gilbert SNAPSHOT security breaches. This is a comprehensive market.
· · · product with the degree of sophistication Chandra Hosek, public relations manager
WAN TECHNOLOGY is essential for geo- NetQoS Performance Center and scalability that global enterprises need. for NetQoS, explains the company's vision
graphically diverse business enterprises. There is no charge for the Performance Center with The key element responsible for the for its product: "NetQoS is attempting to
There is always the necessity to maintain the purchase of any other NetQoS product. NetQoS Performance Center's differentiation change the way network management is tra-
connectivity, but beyond that, there is the is its passive data collection technique. By ditionally done by persuading organizations
need for performance monitoring and pro- Gives companies insight into their WAN performance not using agents or probes, the Performance to shift from a device-centric to an applica-
active management of traffic and applica- with global scope Center is able to gather the necessary statis- tion performance approach." Explaining the
tions. This is where the NetQoS Performance www.netqos.com tics in a way that is cheaper, faster, and easier logic behind this statement, Chandra says,
Center comes in. than alternative methods employed by rival "By putting application performance at the
IT staff at all levels (engineering, opera-
tions, and management) can use this product incorporate the raw data as useful informa-
to gather vital information about network tion about a wide spectrum of metrics. Real- The NetQoS Performance Center gives
traffic that can then be used for strategic time collection also captures "baseline"
planning purposes as well as a technical trou- trends that are useful for performance com- many advantages to network managers
bleshooting tool. This Web-based console parison and troubleshooting purposes.
enables true global vision, making the prod- The NetQoS Performance Center gives for the large enterprise.
uct useful to even the largest organizations. many advantages to network managers for
The console is able to gather real-time data the large enterprise. This tool makes it pos- products. One example of such a probe- core of network management strategies and
about network usage and then store it for up sible to answer important questions about based management product is the NetScout practices, organizations can make real infra-
to one year of historical analysis. This network performance by measuring end-to- Systems' nGenius Performance Manager structure improvements instead of merely
enables the system to construct reports that end response time, traffic flows, and device (www.Processor.com/NetScoutSystems). being reactive to device availability." P
WIRELESS FEBRUARY 2, 2007
Better Wireless Networks processor. A 40GB hard drive lets you store
and play back captured radio frequency
spectral network installation, coverage, and
remaining, and other significant interfer-
ence related quantities. Floor plans or site
maps can be used as a reference to collect
BumbleBee-TABLET Provides Clear Installation, interference data in the field. Advanced data; the resulting interference maps can be
Coverage & Interference Analysis spectrum analysis features include user- overlayed onto floor plans for easy identifi-
selectable power triggers, three pairs of cation of interference-prone areas.
markers, spectrogram, histogram, video
BERKELEY VARITRONICS BumbleBee-TABLET is smoothing, waveform averaging, and one
S YSTEMS ' BumbleBee- a Windows XP-based live trace and up to four peak hold wave- Berkeley Varitronics
TABLET takes the power tablet UMPC spectrum form traces with peak hold and peak search. BumbleBee-TABLET
of sophisticated laboratory analyzer. The calibrated Optional Honeycomb Interference
spectrum analyzers and receiver can measure the Mapping Windows XP software can be run Provides powerful wireless network analysis capa-
delivers it to installers in popular wireless bands, right on BumbleBee-TABLET hardware bilities in a tablet PC form
the field and network engi- including Wi-Fi, WiMAX, while still in the field or later as a desktop (732) 548-3737
neers in the lab. With the and Bluetooth. A 2.4GHz application. The Honeycomb software con-
BumbleBee-TABLET, or 5GHz directional corner sists of three parts: Projector, Collector, www.Processor.com/BumbleBee
enterprises can capture, reflector makes tracking and Analyzer. Sources of interference can
display, and record wire- interference sources easy. be separated from 802.11 WLAN signals,
less spectrum data for better installation, BumbleBee-TABLET includes a 7-inch allowing the user to graph severity of inter-
coverage, and interference analysis. WVGA LCD touchscreen and an Intel ference, percentage of channel capacity
March 9, 2007 Processor.com Page 17
Product Releases
Continued from Page 16 855GME chipset, supports Intel Celeron M support for secure DDNS using GSS-TSIG.
hospitality industries. The display inte- and Pentium M processors, has integrated Server Pricing starts at $4,995.
grates into kiosk enclosures, is compatible Intel Extreme Graphics 2 video, and starts Appliance · · · · ·
with 75mm VESA standard mounting with 256MB of memory. (Customers can Accellion has introduced Accellion Lantronix has announced the release of
options, and has a USB interface. upgrade to 1GB.) The terminal has a 40GB Courier Secure File Transfer Appliance its IntelliBox-I/O 2100, which the company
hard drive, a 15-inch waterproof TFT LCD 5.5, which includes new tracking and says is the industry's first fully programma-
Server at 1,024 x 768, and a small footprint. It reporting features for electronic file trans- ble external device server that automates
Adlink has announced AdvancedTCA supports WEPOS/Windows 2000/XP/XPE fers. The appliance provides confidentiali- managing remote equipment and associated
building blocks, which includes processor and Linux. The terminal also has a 10/100 ty, data integrity, and identity services. reporting. The 2100 is powered by the
blades, hub switch blades, control modules, port, four COM ports, three USB 2.0 ports, With the appliance, users can receive large company's EventTrak technology. Using
and chassis. Processor blades are offered in one VGA port, and an RJ-11 port for cash secure files, log file access history, add the technology, the 2100 lets customers
a dual-processor configuration, with the drawers. It also has a parallel port and two CC and BCC recipients, and access diag- connect industrial, commercial, medical,
Low Voltage Intel Xeon 2.8GHz with PS/2 ports. Customers can add 802.11b/g nostic tools. retail, and security equipment to IP net-
800MHz system bus, and in a single- wireless connectivity, as well as an i- · · · · · works and the Internet. This allows for
processor configuration, with the 3.2GHz Button and a bootable CF card slot. Barracuda Networks has announced its automatic monitoring and responding to
Intel Xeon with 800MHz system bus. The · · · · · 3G release of Barracuda Spam Firewall. events in real time without human involve-
hub switch supports a PICMG 3.1 Ethernet Motorola announced the latest addition This product defends against image spam ment. Users can configure the device to
backplane interconnect and provides 24 to its AdvancedTCA Communications and includes a multipass OCR engine that monitor continuously or for specific peri-
Ethernet ports and chassis support for 14 Server portfolio, the Avantellis 3000 series. can detect text hidden behind fuzzy images ods, as well as perform responses based on
slots. Chassis management modules are The common platform supports the deploy- or embedded in animated GIFs. It also triggered events. Responses can include
PICMG 3.0-compliant. The Rackmount ment of multiple applications, including includes fingerprint generation to more eas- rebooting, reconfiguring attached equip-
chassis is a 5U system. wireless infrastructure, packetized voice, ily detect previously identified image spam. ment, triggering an alarm, and more. The
· · · · · wireline data, and cable network head-end The software receives hourly Energize IntelliBox-I/O 2100 is $395 and will be
Bull Escala POWER5+/AIX servers are equipment. The Avantellis 3406 offers Updates with the latest spam-detection available in this quarter.
now available from GST. They're aimed at enhanced functionality, including RoHS (5 data. Barracuda Spam Firewall pricing
enterprise to SME users and are compatible of 6) compliance, thereby eliminating the starts at $1,499. Storage
with IBM's P Series server line. Prices start need for customers to incur the time, · · · · · BlueArc has announced that its Titan
at $13,302 with a discount. Model numbers, resource, and expense associated with cre- The new Infoblox-2000 is a network ser- 2000 line of network storage products now
prices, and available configurations vary. ating and/or converting an existing product vice appliance from Infoblox that provides includes new clustering capabilities through
to meet the international requirement. The core functions such as DNS, DHCP, IPAM, four nodes, a Titan blade module, and
Point Of Sale first Avantellis 3406 systems are expected RADIUS, TFTP and HTTP, NTP, and dynamic multinode read-caching functions.
Protech Systems released a new POS to be available for customer evaluations by more. It runs the NIOS 4.1 operating sys- Customers can now take advantage of more
terminal, the PS6506. It has an Intel the middle of this year. tem, which has new enhancements such as Go to Page 18
Reliable Power For High-
Mark Guymon, director of power solu-
tions at Leviton, says the reason for this
"always on" product is growing power
demand. "In the past where a data center
might have used 40 watts per square foot,
Demand Applications
some data centers are trending to 400 watts
per square foot," he says. "Consequently,
there is a growing need for PDUs that sup-
ply higher amperages such as 30 amps and
higher voltages such as 208V."
Leviton PDUs Ensure Your The P1000 mainly competes with the
Basic Rack PDU Series by APC (www
Power Is Always On .Processor.com/APC) and the PDU Series
by BayTech (www.Processor.com/Bay
by Drew Robb power from high-voltage lines and scales it Tech). All three beat out a host of cheaper
· · · down to amounts that can be fed into IT imitations that are typically unsuitable for
P O W E R M A N A G E M E N T HAS become a gear. These days, they often come with always-on deployment. APC's products
major issue in recent years. And the 2003 advanced power management features. have the greatest global flexibility includ-
East Coast power shutdown may just be Leviton Voice & Data of Bothell, Wash., ing units with 230V input power, which are
the beginning of an alarming trend. "Over a division of Leviton Manufacturing in demand in Asia and Europe.
the next five years, power failures and Company, has introduced its P1000 Series BayTech's strength is dual-input power
limits on power availability will halt data of rack PDUs. Aimed at data centers, com- SNAPSHOT within one PDU. The P1000 Series is
center operations at more than 90% puter rooms, and environments that require primarily aimed at high-demand power
of all companies," says Jill Eckhaus, pres- 24/7 power, they come either as vertical or Leviton P1000 Series PDUs environments in the Americas. It is partic-
ident of AFCOM, an association of data horizontal boxes in a wide range of config- Start at $85.99 and can range up to $279.95, ularly strong on 208V power. Most 208V
management professionals based in urations. The P1000 includes a steel enclo- depending on the configuration PDUs only use single-pole breakers. This
Orange, Calif. sure, circuit breakers to prevent overload, means that a user is still at risk even
Not surprisingly, computer rooms are diagnostic LEDs (for power, grounding, Bring reliable power close to equipment that needs it though the circuit breaker has tripped
paying more attention to power manage- and polarity) and 10 to 24 outlets, depend- and provide robust protection against overload because one line remains live. The P1000's
ment tools. A power distribution unit, for ing on the model. 120V and 208V versions www.Processor.com/P1000 dual-pole circuit breakers provide extra
example, is a device that distributes electric are available in various amperages. protection at 208V. P
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Product Releases
Continued from Page 17 water-resistant inkjet printable disc surface
than 1 million IOPs, 3GBps of throughput, a for professional disc prints.
shared storage pool, and 512TB in a single · · · · ·
namespace. BlueArc supports as many as 32 Nexsan Technologies announced its
virtual servers, and dynamic read caching is Assureon SA Searchable Archive Appli-
an optional feature. ance, a disk-based archiving solution for
· · · · · secure archiving capabilities of up to 20
CipherMax has introduced its CM100 million documents. Assureon SA is a sec-
family of storage-encryption products, ond-generation CAS (Content Addressable
including those for tape media and disk- Storage) appliance with a secure storage
based storage networks. CipherMax says architecture that delivers constant moni-
the product line gives companies a low- toring of file integrity, lifecycle manage-
cost way to immediately implement stor- ment, file authentication, missing file
age encryption and provide the capability alerts, and support for remote replication.
to scale up to hundreds of encryption ports RAID 6 prevents the risk of data loss even
when used with the company's CM250 if two drives fail, and WORM (Write
and CM500 systems. Additionally, the Once, Read Many) disk functionality pro-
CM product family can be deployed and vides nonerasable, nonrewriteable func-
managed from one global interface. tionality. With Assureon SA, users can
Products within the CM100 family include search for documents by date; special
the CM110T, CM140T, and CM180T for fields such as title, location, size, and
tape media; CM180D for disk-based sys- author; and keywords and phrases.
tems; SanCruiser; and KeyCruiser. All but Document-level security ensures that users
the CM140T and CM180T are available will not see documents if they do not have
now. The other two models will be avail- access permission.
able in Q2.
· · · · · Thin Client
HP introduced a new disk-based backup Neoware announced the Neoware m100
and recovery system. The HP Storage- thin-client notebook, which the company is
Works D2D Backup System automates and targeting at healthcare organizations. The
centralizes backup to provide data protec- notebook offers data security, better data
tion for up to four servers. The HP D2D management, and lower total cost of hard-
Backup System integrates into existing net- ware ownership and lets healthcare person-
work-based IT environments. Daily back- nel use the notebook away from the office
ups become fully automatic, reducing the without exposing important data to risk.
risk of human error and hardware prob- Neoware offers ActivIdentity (proof of
lems. Restoring lost or corrupted files also identity services), Ergotron (mounting
becomes easier because backup data is products), and Gemalto, which offers
stored online. The HP D2D Backup System secure personal devices, such as proximity
features an iSCSI interface that plugs into a devices, to healthcare organizations.
standard Ethernet network and a setup wiz-
ard to help with configuring the device. Components
The HP D2D Backup System is also avail- Advantech announced the USB-4716,
able as a discounted bundle that includes a 200kS/s 16-bit multifunction USB I/O
the HP Data Protector Express Software module. The USB-4716 includes 16 sin-
Kit. gle-ended, 16-bit 200kS/s analog inputs
· · · · · (eight differential); two 16-bit analog
Imation announced the first inkjet-print- outputs; eight digital inputs; eight digital
able and water-resistant Blu-ray media. The outputs; and a 32-bit event counter. It also
discs are compatible with Blu-ray disc includes WaveScan data-logging and
players and recorders, including the trend-reporting software. The USB-4716
Primera Bravo XR-Blu Disc Publisher and also includes Windows APIs, Active X
the Bravo SE Blu. Capable of storing up to controls, and LabView drivers. Prices start
25GB of data, the media's AquaGuard at $630.
technology offers a white, smear- and · · · · ·
Know
Your Wireless
Network
WLAN Monitoring, Troubleshooting
& Security Assessment
by Alan Petraske A Find Tool quickly locates rogue APs
· · · (access points) and noncomplying devices
TO DO YOUR WLAN homework these days, that compromise network security. De-
you need an analyzer. One of the latest and tailed packet and frame analysis shows
greatest of these software tools for verify- real-time packet flows, including speed,
ing, auditing, and analyzing a wireless net- utilization, CRC errors, and media type.
work is AirMagnet's Laptop Analyzer 7.0 Laptop Analyzer 7.0 will also decode
PRO. It helps IT staff quickly interpret end- FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP, and Telnet pro-
user complaints and resolve performance tocols, and its advanced filtering options
problems while automatically detecting enable the user to focus on individual
rogues, security threats, and other network conversations based on IP address or
vulnerabilities, including 802.11b/g con- port number. The Interference Page per-
flicts, 802.11e problems, DoS attacks, and forms continual Wi-Fi interference analy-
dictionary attacks. sis to identify competition from other
March 9, 2007 Processor.com Page 19
Product Releases
Cypress Semiconductor released PSoC CA also announced Wily Manager for
(Programmable System on a Chip) Express SiteMinder Web Access Manager, an addi-
2.2, a development tool for PSoC mixed- tion to Wily Introscope for application
signal arrays. It now supports Cypress management. SiteMinder provides identity
CapSense and Cypress WirelessUSB and access management, as well as tools
LP 2.4GHz wireless radio on a chip and for monitoring the performance of
lets engineers develop microcontroller- SiteMinder Web server agents, application
based designs without using assembly or C server agents, and CA TransactionMinder
programming. The CapSense devices agents. Wily Manager also monitors
replace mechanical switches and controls-- SiteMinder Policy Server metrics, includ-
one CapSense device can replace dozens ing version, port, cache availability, and
of switches and controls. PSoC Express cache size for Policy Server and individual
is free. SiteMinder agents.
Cypress also released an RDK (reference · · · · ·
design kit) for designing wireless mice, EMC introduced its Documentum
keyboards, and dongles. The CY4672 Process Suite, a business process manage-
RDK includes Cypress' AgileHID protocol ment platform designed to analyze, model,
to provide interference immunity and orchestrate, and streamline a vast array of
offers documentation and hardware enterprise processes. Features include
schematics, as well as development tools, a real-time and simulated process analysis
bill of materials, and firmware. The and a scalable process execution engine.
designs use Cypress' KISSBind buttonless- The offering is fully interoperable with
bind technology. Other kit items include a EMC's family of information infrastruc-
CD-ROM with the documentation and ture offerings.
other materials, a bridge/dongle, a key- · · · · ·
board, and a three-button ergonomic With version 5.04 of Lieberman's
mouse that has an ADNS 3040 low-power Service Account Manager software,
optical sensor. Windows admins can collectively change
dependencies, security, and auditing set-
SOFTWARE tings for services on any number of sys-
tems, the company says. It supports
Business Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Server 2003/
Productivity Vista.
CA announced new software available · · · · ·
through its OnSite PC Protection Program NetSupport released version 2.7 of its
for PC service technicians. The new bun- DNA asset management software, which
dle includes software from Corel, H&R now supports Windows Vista and has a
Block Digital Tax Solutions, Iolo software delivery component that's up to
Technologies, Pure Networks, Siber five times faster, according to the company.
Systems, and CA. The programs included A new data cache controller optimizes
are Corel's Snap-fire Plus, Paint Shop Pro high-traffic networks, and reports can be
Photo XI, WordPerfect Office X3 scheduled to run automatically with opera-
Standard, and WinZip Pro; H&R Block's tor-specific views.
2006 TaxCut Premium and 2006 Federal
+ State Software; Iolo Technologies' Database &
Search and Recover, DriveScrubber, and Data Mining MICROLAND ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
System Mechanic; Pure Networks' Version 9.0 of the Monarch report min-
is a leader in the distribution of a comprehensive range
Network Magic Premium; Siber Systems ing and analysis software is now available
Roboform Pro; and CA's Internet from Datawatch. Monarch v9.0 supports of high-end systems and storage products of various
Security Suite 2007, Anti-Virus 2007, Windows Vista and can export Excel types, including storage subsystems, RAID, and tape
Anti-Spyware 2007, Anti-Spam 2007, spreadsheets up to five times faster, the backup products to resellers, VARs, and system
Personal Firewall 2007, Desktop DNA company says. SharePoint collaboration integrators throughout the U.S.
Migrator 2007, PC Pitstop Erase, PC support, encrypted PDF mining, and many
Pitstop Optimize, and other SME desktop other new features are also included.
and server-protection products. Go to Page 20
Wi-Fi devices, the so-called `hidden sessions into prebuilt reports, or you
nodes' in the network. To identify can build customized reports targeted to
non-802.11 sources of interference, your area of interest. In addition, detailed
users can integrate with AirMagnet's
Spectrum Analyzer. SNAPSHOT
In addition, for live interactive network
testing, a suite of active troubleshooting AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer 7.0 PRO
tools will quickly pinpoint such network $3,995; $3,495 for a standard version with a con-
problems as hardware failures, RF inter- densed feature set
ference, and traffic/infrastructure over-
loads. Connections can be tested with Includes a state-of-the-art module for interference
traditional tools (DHCP, ping, traceroute), analysis; a simplified, effective user interface; plus
or you can run AP performance tests support for the latest Intel Wi-Fi adapters and for the
with AirMagnet's Diagnostic Tool to view 4.9GHz public safety band
the step-by-step progress of a connec- www.Processor.com/AirMagnet3
tion between a client and AP, enabling
you to pinpoint where the process has
Just some of the reasons why more systems builders choose Fujitsu.
broken down. compliance reports for Sarbanes-Oxley,
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set detailed security policies, designate your FISMA, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, DoD 8100.2, Form Factor Spindle Speed Interface
encryption and authentication methods, and and GLBA provide a step-by-step pass Server 2.5"/ 3.5" 10K, 15K RPM SCSI, SAS, FC
then monitor your wireless LAN to check or fail assessment of each section of the
Mobile 2.5" 4200, 5400 RPM ATA, SATA
all devices for compliance with these standard. This allows you to complete
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Continued from Page 19 of Unicoi's Fusion Networking Stack, a collects metrics on virtual server instances, PowerPoint, Visio, Publisher, OneNote,
scalable, portable protocol written in ANSI including VMware ESX 3, AIX LPARs, Backup, Schedule+, Mail, and more.
Messaging & Groupware C that also serves as a processor, operating and Solaris Containers. On VMware ESX Advanced Office Password Recovery 3.12
Sybase iAnywhere announced the addi- system, and compiler. Features in this ver- 3, up.time 4 performs profiling, monitoring, is available in a Home Edition, Standard
tion of mobile IM and presence abilities to sion include Additional Network Cards sup- and reporting on the virtual infrastructure. Edition, and Professional Edition for $49,
the company's Information Anywhere port, a network driver wizard, an RTSS On AIX LPARs, customers can use their $99, and $199, respectively.
suite. Sybase says the enhancement Object Viewer enhancement, platform eval- HMC to inventory all managed LPARs. · · · · ·
addresses the demands that mobile workers uator enhancements, and XP embedded sup- The up.time 4 software can also send cus- Symantec released Norton 360, security
today have concerning increased productiv- port enhancements. Ardence says RTX is tom alerts to pagers, email, or SMS-based software that combines Symantec antivirus,
ity and collaboration and meets these con- deployed in industrial automation, military services. antispyware, firewall, intrusion protection,
cerns by offering support to extend email and aerospace, simulation, robotics, test and antiphishing, backup, and tune-up products.
systems in the enterprise and IM platforms measurement, and medical devices. Users Security Norton 360 protects computers from
for various mobile devices. The new can download a free evaluation version. Asigra says that its Televaulting 6.2 soft- Internet threats and risks, as well as data
mobile IM and presence technology will · · · · · ware now supports IBM iSeries-AS/400 loss. The all-in-one security software also
provide the Anywhere suite with logging Verastream Host Integrator 6.5 from server environments. The agentless features transaction security to protect
and routing abilities, thus ensuring compli- Attachmate supports new browser-based remote/branch office data security software against online fraud and offers the ability to
ance with corporate auditing policies. The interfaces to allow access to mainframe is the first of its kind to do so, the company diagnose and fix common computer prob-
technology is expected for availability in resources and data. It also supports 64-bit claims. Televaulting also supports AIX and lems. Norton 360 is designed for main-
Q2, and pre-requests for a 30-day trial are hardware and software. Attachmate says Linux, as well as DB2 databases. stream computer users who require a com-
being taken. that version 6.5 offers a fast and secure · · · · · prehensive security solution with minimal
legacy-to-SOA link between applications Elcomsoft released the latest iteration of user interaction. Customers who purchase
Network & Systems Management and mainframes. its Advanced Office Password Recovery, Norton 360 can also receive AntiSpam and
Ardence announced the release of its · · · · · which can help users obtain lost or forgot- Parental Controls through an optional add-
Ardence RTX version 7.1. In addition to Uptime Software unveiled up.time 4, an ten passwords for protected Microsoft on pack at no additional charge.
including multicore support, RTX7.1 enterprise server monitoring and capacity Office documents including Word, · · · · ·
includes IPv4 and IPv6 support via the use planning software. The up.time 4 software Excel, Access, Outlook, Project, Money, Go to Page 21
Apparent Networks
include improved search criteria, enhanced
test status messages, a graphical representa-
tion of the diagnostic path, and expanded
platform support. The software also allows
additional sequencers, as well as more
Targets Convergence
paths per sequencer.
Apparent Networks reports that 45% of
its customer base had already upgraded to
the new version of AppCritical within the
product's first week of release. Among
Network Diagnostic Tool Offers Faster AppCritical reports provide administra-
tors with network performance data, as well
those entities already making the transition
is the Canadian province of British
Assessments & Increased Scalability as fault information and location. Cus- Columbia. "The new release may not look
tomized sections improve report readabili- much different at the onset, but initiate your
by Joseph Pasquini limitations ultimately leaving a unique "sig- ty, and a company logo can even be added first test in AppCrtical 3.1 and the new
· · · nature" on the returning packets. to the report for a more professional enhancements become `apparent,'" notes
A DEGRADED COMMUNICATIONS network is Statistics measured include packet jitter, appearance. To help users resolve a discov- Martin Webb, manager of data network
often the initial catalyst for a reduction in percentage of packet loss, maximum ered issue, the generated report also offers operations for the Canadian province.
business productivity. To help both techni- achievable bandwidth, propagation delay,
cians and customers better address the per- utilization, MOS (Mean Opinion Score),
formance issues often experienced with and Predictive MOS score. Additionally, Apparent Networks reports that 45% of its
converged networks, Apparent Networks the primary network faults identified by
has introduced version 3.1 of its AppCritical AppCritical include congestion, media customer base upgraded to the new version of
assessment tool. errors, firewall limiting, grey hole and
Upgraded from version 3.0, the latest black hole hops, rate limiting queues, colli- AppCritical within its first week of release.
AppCritical offers several major improve- sion domain violations, suboptimal perfor-
ments for an IP network of any size. New mance, and duplex conflicts. concise steps in a straightforward, commu- Network assessment solutions include
key features include advanced report cus- nicative format that the user can follow to such robust offerings as Attachmate's NetIQ
tomization capabilities, greater scalability SNAPSHOT eliminate the bottleneck. Vivinet Assessor (www.Processor.com
for large VoIP deployments, and an auto- "With AppCritical 3.1, our customers can /Attach) and Ixia's IxChariot (www.ixiacom
mated expert test analysis of summarized Apparent Networks AppCritical 3.1 run easy-to-interpret network assessments in .com). While all are similar in mission,
assessment results. Priced from $15,000 record time, enabling increased efficiencies AppCritical's solution differentiates itself
Utilizing Sequencer methodology, App- and improving the bottom line by proactive- from the competition thanks to its unique
Critical measures network degradation via Latest version of network performance software ly identifying network problems and avoid- nonintrusive testing technique. "Nothing else
the transmission of precisely timed ICMP delivers enhanced reporting functionality and greater ing downtime," says Irfhan Rajani, Apparent available on the market today provides com-
and/or UDP packets. As these packet groups scalability Networks' president and CEO. parable diagnostics in a simple, easy-to-use
move throughout the topology, their timing is www.Processor.com/AppCritical In addition to AppCritical's real-time package as AppCritical," adds Chris Norris,
distorted by network delays, restrictions, and uninterrupted monitoring, other features product manager at Apparent Networks. P
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Product Releases
Continued from Page 20 ment software, a Fibre Channel host bus on SIP and Microsoft Office Live Com- SWsoft released a version of its PEM
Trend Micro announced Trend Micro adapter management suite that lets network munications Server. Mitel says CIS enables that's designed to add support for mobile
ScanMail v8.0 For Microsoft Exchange. The administrators efficiently manage SAN easy collaboration among contact center email to small and medium-sized enterpris-
software now supports Exchange Server connectivity. The new offering supports staff, experts, and partners, all of which can es that outsource online services to hosting
2007 and protects against email threats, such HP's Virtual Connect Fibre Channel mod- work together to resolve customer ques- providers. The PEM services can automate
as spam, viruses, phishing messages, and ule and is fully interoperable with Virtual tions and take orders. The company says the provisioning, billing, and monitoring
inappropriate content, as well as zero-day Connect-capable HP BladeSystem c-Class CIS delivers the first true contact resolu- of both BlackBerry Enterprise Servers
attacks. ScanMail offers native x64-bit sup- products. tion via providing access to external part- and Good Mobile Messaging Servers.
port, integrates with Microsoft Operations · · · · · ners, including suppliers. CIS is available PEM allows customers to order mobile
Manager and the Outlook junk mail folder, StorageCraft announced a partnership as scalable solutions, including Con- email services from an online store or add
and supports Microsoft Intelligent Message with Level Platforms to incorporate tact Center Enterprise Edition and Con- it to an existing service plan. The PEM
Filter. ScanMail For Microsoft Exchange StorageCraft's ShadowProtect, a disk- tact Center Business Edition (25 agents or Solution for Hosted Exchange allows
8.0 will be available next month for $22.90 based backup and disaster recovery soft- less). administrators to activate individual mail-
per user for 2001 users. ware, into Level Platforms' Managed boxes and remotely remove data from a
Trend Micro also announced the Inter- Workplace appliance. The ShadowProtect Hosting & Disaster mobile device.
Scan Messaging Security Suite and Inter- Server Edition and ShadowProtect Desk- Recovery
Scan Messaging Security Appliance, as top Edition integrated with Managed Rackspace Managed Hosting an- Training
well as a hosted service for enterprise cus- Workplace offer a central way to monitor nounced enhancements to its Partner Symantec announced Symantec eCam-
tomers, InterScan Messaging Hosted disk-based backup and disaster recovery Network--designed to provide customers pus, an online education service for product
Security. The InterScan Messaging processes on both servers and desktops in with managed hosting services backed by training that features a library of learning
Security products include protections for network environments. The combination of Fanatical Support--which covers all indus- materials. The eCampus service helps cus-
antispam, antiphishing, antivirus, and anti- the two products is designed to improve tries, including system integrators, advertis- tomers better manage security, availability,
spyware. The email protection suite also the monitoring process of disk-based back- ing and media agencies, consulting firms, performance, and compliance risks with
provides flexible content filtering to help up and disaster recovery for solution and Web developers and designers. With Symantec technology. eCampus features
enforce compliance and prevent data leak- providers. the enhancements come three different free learning materials, such as white-
age. The Trend Micro InterScan Messaging partnership categories, including Select papers, Webcasts, case studies, multimedia
Security products use Network Reputation SERVICES Partner, Premier Partner, and Business tours, and podcasts. The service has five
Services and IP Profiler to stop threats at Partner. Members of the network also can dedicated training centers focused around
the connection layer. It also features an Business earn marketing funds for promoting the Symantec's products and pro-grams,
antispam composite engine to catch Productivity organization's partnership with Rackspace. including Backup Exec, Control Com-
remaining threats. Mitel plans to reveal information regard- The company has more than 450 members pliance Suite, Enterprise Vault, Symantec
ing its Mitel CIS (Customer Interaction in the Partner Network currently, including AntiVirus, and Security Awareness. Fee-
Storage Solutions) portfolio, which it says extends Blue Dingo, MySQL, Salesforce.com, based training can be delivered through
Emulex launched an upgraded version of the contact center across an entire organiza- Webmail.us, and SEO. Web-based training, CDs, or live online
its enterprise-class HBAnyware manage- tion. The presence-anywhere CIS are based · · · · · Webcasts.
An Improved
volume manager), and 64-bit x86 architec- enhancements that improve its speed of oper-
ture as well as SCSI connections. ation along with several functional additions.
Version 6.0 can access and back up oper- The new features include a backup migration
ating systems, including Microsoft Win- function that allows for disk-to-disk-to-tape
dows, Mac OS X, and several varieties of movement of data, a media server facility
Backup Option
Unix and Linux. However, the system's providing support for SAN environments,
backup capabilities do not include propri- and a RDM (remote drive manager).
etary operating systems such as AIX. While Network Backup has always run
on a variety of Linux platforms, the new
SNAPSHOT version includes the ability to run on a
Arkeia Offers Backup Support Arkeia Network Backup 6.0
Windows server. This expanded compati-
bility opens the door for the product's new
For Heterogeneous Environments Supports multiple operating systems and includes a RDM, which allows Network Backup to be
facility allowing remote control of branch office back- run on a Windows platform in a remote
by Scott Koegler Arkeia's latest release of its Network up for Microsoft Windows environments office site. The RDM component run in the
· · · Backup 6.0 differs from many backup sys- data center at the main site can be used to
T HE ABILITY TO BACK UP and recover tems in that it supports a heterogeneous www.Processor.com/Arkeia remotely monitor and control the backup
computer data is a given in any enterprise, mix of operating systems and storage plat- function in the remote office. The REM
but that doesn't always mean the task is forms. It also includes a new Linux The underlying programming code for feature is not a replication function, mean-
easy to accomplish. In environments that Advanced Disaster Recovery module and Network Backup has been in use for more ing both the primary and backup data
support multiple operating systems and provides support for SATA, LVM (logical than six years, and version 6.0 includes remain at the remote location. However,
storage types, the administrator's job is the management functions and controls can
made more difficult because each system be administered by professionals who are
may require a different backup applica- While Network Backup has always run on a not at the remote office.
tion. Besides requiring the administrator to Competitors to Arkeia's Network Backup
learn multiple backup systems, each is variety of Linux platforms, the new version include Symantec's Backup Exec and
likely to be on a different software revi- NetBackup (formerly Veritas; www.syman
sion cycle, even further complicating includes the ability to run on a Windows server. tec.com) and CommVault's QiNetix soft-
overall operations. ware suite (www.commvault.com). P
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OPINIONS
INFO-TECH · INSIGHT
Mobile Security Culture error is usually easily forgiven, it's entirely
understandable that if the transgression is
serious enough, it will never be forgotten.
breach? Probably not. It was a really large
company, and I was not directly connected to
the unit that lost the laptop. But that sense of
Starts At The Top Unfortunately, client trust is routinely
violated by corner office dwellers who
doubt will always linger. I wonder if that
leader--who was accountable for the bud-
still don't get the whole security thing. If gets that ultimately paid for security initia-
You can tell a lot about a company's
mobile security strategy by watching
its senior executives actually use--or mis-
information for most of the organization's
clients. More than 750,000 statements were
on the drive, resulting in one of the coun-
an enterprise's senior leaders haven't yet
internalized why acceptable use policies
on employee use of mobile devices are
tives--could have influenced his teams to be
more vigilant. I'm sure that's something no
customer ever wants to hear.
use--the technology. try's largest-ever privacy de-
I learned this stark truth years ago when I bacles. The unencrypted drive Leaders Must Drive A
worked for a large financial services orga- was never recovered. Security-Conscious Culture
nization and witnessed first-hand how little When I first heard the The spate of high-profile
AUTHOR
Carmi Levy is a senior research analyst with
one of its leaders understood about mobil- news, I thought about the Info-Tech Research Group, a London, Ontario,- data losses throughout all in-
ity, security, and the risks faced when em- exec who forgot his laptop in based research and professional services firm. dustries during the past few
ployees took their data-laden devices out of his car. He was nowhere to be He is the author of Info-Tech's Optimizing Your IT years should serve as a wake-
the office. seen in the fallout from this Infrastructure best practices methodology, as well up call to every C-level execu-
One of our senior executives split his disaster, and that struck me as as the 2005 research report, "Building the Next tive. Before enterprises can get
time between three cities and insisted on somewhat odd. Had I been Generation Help Desk." Levy holds a journalism serious about mobile security,
having three separate laptop computers, one of the hundreds of thou- degree from Montreal's Concordia University and their leaders must first under-
one on each of his desks. sands of clients whose per- has extensive experience in IT project management, stand the basic concepts of
I was tasked with keeping him synchro- sonal information was now helpdesk re-engineering, high-performance team mobility and how mismanage-
nized and productive as he flitted from city lost in the ether, I'd want the leadership, and process redesign. ment can potentially expose
to city. When one day I screwed up my leaders of my company to the organization to risk. Like
courage and suggested a one-laptop strategy fess up and explain to me how the vice president of a bank
as a means of easing his data-shuttling they were going to prevent this from ever important, then no amount of technology who figured out how to use smartphones to
activities every time he traveled, he chas- happening again. I'd also want to know that will protect them from disaster. enable branch staff to respond more quickly
tised me for not appreciating the advantages the firm's culture made it easy for under- to customer requests, senior execs who get
of mobile computing. He subsequently took lings to challenge the technological inertia Underlings Must Rise Up the mobile zeitgeist can lead the organization
his laptop home one wintry evening and for- of their leaders. Security-conscious culture is ideally in using this emerging technology in new,
got it on the passenger seat. Miraculously, it woven into the fabric of an organization, but competitive, and profitable ways.
wasn't stolen, but the frozen-then-thawed It's A Matter Of Trust executives must exert their own cultural The buck stops at the corner office, and
motherboard had to be replaced. Clients today make business decisions influences if it is expected to hold. If senior companies whose leaders don't understand
We got off lucky that time. But if I had based on the level of trust they have in a leaders don't get the importance of mobility what that means deserve to get stung when
been a little less fearful of challenging a given enterprise. In the case of financial and security, the entire operation is weak- data walks out the front door and never
senior executive's opinion, we would have services organizations, this is amplified ened. Underlings, fearful of crossing those in comes back. Unfortunately, their clients will
never been at risk in the first place. because banks and their number-crunching suits, adapt their behavior accordingly. suffer, as well, which is why executive igno-
cousins know far more about us than, say, I know I did. I never questioned that senior rance is such a dangerous state of being. P
Ignorance Breeds Data Loss the grocery store ever will. Once financial leader's perspectives on mobility again. Did
Years later, an employee lost a laptop institutions lose that trust, they don't sim- my hesitation to stick my neck out result in a Send your comments to
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The Evolving Software
Kaplan says the debate over financial
break-even with SaaS is going away.
"Total cost of ownership is not relevant in
the same way it was during the ASP era,"
he says. "Today it goes beyond dollars and
As A Service
cents, making it an apples-to-oranges
comparison."
"You give up some level of control and
become dependent on a third party," Mills
notes. One cost efficiency that SaaS brings
How SaaS Improves SaaS offers both software and hardware
savings. Kaplan says SaaS eliminates hard-
software. "Now, they don't have to do
that," he says. "It cuts a huge amount out of
to the market is a single instance of the
application being used by many. "This
The Old ASP Model ware, operating system, and staffing costs the capital budget." may limit flexibility in customization," he
of self-ownership. SaaS vendors continu- Hare says that, in the long run, SaaS will says. "You need to be as comfortable with
by Curt Harler ously enhance their applications, a benefit probably be more expensive. "Typically, your SaaS provider as you are with your
· · · that accrues to the user automatically, uni- the crossover is in two to four years with electric, gas, and phone utilities."
WHAT COMES AROUND goes around. One of versally, and transparently. It is also easy to 2.5 years being typical. If you have the cap- Mills notes that cost savings can vary
the fun things about growing older in an add or reduce the number of users. ital available, you may be better off to do widely depending on the size of the organi-
industry is watching old services come "SaaS is a cost-effective means to obtain- it yourself. zation and the level of sophistication in the
around in new, improved guises. The mor- ing software," says Bruce Mills, president Everyone agrees that SaaS can save a IT staff. "Adopting an SaaS solution
phing of the old ASP (application service of Inforonics (www.inforonics.com), noting great deal of time. An SME can subscribe to results in the costs to use the product
provider) model into SaaS (software as there are no upfront license fees or systems a service and have it running in 30 minutes. showing up as a monthly expense, whereas
a service) is one such instance. But there required to run the applications, so upfront Adding users is simply a matter of making a buying a traditional license would involve
are differences. capital expenditures have been removed. call or pinging the SaaS provider's Web site. getting capital approval for the software
"You are starting to see a shift from the "Ongoing system and application man- and hardware, securing financing, and
old client-server model to SaaS," says Morris agement falls in the hands of the SaaS Internet-Ready incurring monthly and annual operating
Panner, CEO of OpenAir (www.open provider, as opposed to the internal IT staff Another difference between ASP and and maintenance expenses for the environ-
air.com). in the traditional license-based model," SaaS offerings today is that most SaaS ment," he adds. P
"The old ASP model is fundamentally not he continues. products are purpose-built for the Internet.
different from the end-user's standpoint," With SaaS, costly enterprise applications Likewise, SaaS hosting hardware is devel-
says Jim Hare, vice president of business such as CRM and ERP become affordable oped and architected for use on the Internet. SaaS Buying
development at SilverBack Technologies to even the smallest of the SMEs. On the The typical ASP took a software package
(www.silverbacktech.com). SilverBack's software side, SaaS firms such as Right- that was not written to be hosted and put it Considerations
managed services allow SMEs to provision Now Technologies (www.rightnow.com), on the Web. That often caused troubles.
Most SMEs will like the fact that SaaS
and turn-up customers 50% faster than tra- Yahoo! Store (smallbusiness.yahoo.com), "The ASP model was a bit ahead of its
requires only a good Internet connection to
ditional platforms. This, it says, translates SalesForce.com, and QuickBooks (quick time," Panner notes. "It assumed you could
log on to an application. The access interface
into 50% savings in operations costs. books.intuit.com) enable SMEs to run soft- use a 56Kb line to accomplish your goals.
is the same from office, hotel, or home. There
Hare emphasizes that SaaS is not a solu- ware but not have to host it in their own Today, broadband lets you move data in an
is no need for a VPN.
tion but a delivery method. "Understand data centers. actionable way."
and define your problem first," he says. One difference between SaaS and ASP is That is key, Panner says. Sending email
However, there are caveats:
that SaaS follows a pay-as-you-go model or spreadsheets is one thing, he says, "But
Cost Savings rather than a perpetual license fee as was the vision shifted by virtue of SaaS' ability · When you buy, know up-front how cus-
SaaS has a range of applications that is typical with ASPs. to make data actionable. It's the difference tomizable the applications are. Find out
mind-boggling, according to Jeff Kaplan, "Selecting an SaaS solution over a tradi- between mowing your lawn with a mower what happens when data is moved to
managing director of THINKstrategies tional license model allows SMEs to become and cutting it one blade at a time." another system, in-house or to another
(www.thinkstrategies.com). The company more nimble in adapting to changes in the Panner says IT professionals who get provider.
runs the SaaS Showcase Web site (www market and to implementing changes in their involved in SaaS can help both their com-
· Inquire deeply about the provider's security
.saas-showplace.com), which is a directory businesses to be more competitive and suc- panies and their own careers.
setup, both for data integrity and for physi-
of 1,300 SaaS applications. "Most people cessful," Mills says. "Once you select a tra- "SaaS is a very democratizing force in
cal disasters. Delve into the provider's
associate SaaS with CRM and sales force ditional licensed software product and invest IT," Panner continues, explaining that it
business-continuity strategy and backups.
automation or collaboration tools," Kaplan capital and time, it is extremely difficult to allows users access to applications without
Find out whether they do incremental or
says, "but there are also back-office applica- walk away from that investment." having to be IT gurus. "It is a virtuous
batch backups.
tions like ERP, financial management, sup- "The typical SME saves 70 to 80%," combination of a career-enhancing move
ply chain management, and HR systems." notes Bert Armijo, vice president of sales that is also a company-enhancing move. It · Know how they plan to handle power loss.
and marketing at 3Tera (www.3tera.com). may seem counter-intuitive to recommend Find out where their servers are mirrored.
It provides the hardware, mainly servers a technology that puts less responsibility on
SPONSORED LINKS and routers, that an SME might want. "You IT," he says, but notes that it shows the IT · Check the vendor's financial viability. Look
at the quality of applications they offer and
eG Enterprise Suite simply drag and drop the hardware onto a department is thinking strategically.
their roadmap for improving them. Ask
Offers 100% Web-based monitoring of whiteboard. All of the hardware is in the "It puts developers in contact with the
terminal server farms whether they integrate with other third-
network cloud." users," Armijo says. "Therefore, the upgrade
www.Processor.com/eG party applications.
He points out that larger companies can cycle is faster, and usability goes up. It is
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An on-demand delivery and services extensive software and hardware. They grams. Likewise, a small manufacturer may committing to a long-term relationship
management software solution may have a row of Oracle experts and a have a custom-built software package that rather than going month-to-month.
www.Processor.com/Jamcracker floor full of programmers. "For the SME, it he needs to use. He can now run it without
is an overhead expense that is unattain- having to manage the associated hardware. · Another nuance is to insist on a solid ser-
Sxip Access vice-level agreement with appropriate lev-
Gives an organization's IT department tighter
able," Armijo says. "It is far better to rely That just became available in the past few
on a service provider." months. If you figure an average of one els of uptime and penalties for lack of
control over access to on-demand resources
www.Processor.com/Sxip Armijo notes that the typical Web 2.0 server per three employees, in a 500-person performance.
company will overbuild when installing company, that's a huge savings."
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Is Vista Security Ready Top New Security
Features In Vista
User Account Control. UAC controls the
For The Enterprise? ability for programs and processes to interact
with other programs and processes or per-
form functions in Windows Vista. A pop-up
window will alert the user that a task is
attempting to execute and ask for the user's
Security In Vista Is Much Improved, But Are Control, Windows Service Hardening, IE
Protected Mode, etc. have benefits for
choice on how to proceed.
The Changes Functional For Corporate Networks? everyone. Even the features that may be Windows Integrity Control. Normal NTFS
enterprise-targeted, such as BitLocker, file permissions are discretionary. They rely on
by Tony Bradley the Vista release. The most often touted have applicability in the small and medium the user or owner of the data to properly
· · · improvement in security was User Account business space as well, helping protect assign permissions to control access. In Vista,
MICROSOFT HAS INDICATED for some time Control, or UAC. However, after talking laptops that have sensitive information WIC adds a level of mandatory control that
now that its latest operating system, with many customers, analysts, and on them." overrides the discretionary privileges to add
Windows Vista (www.microsoft.com), is experts, it is clear to me that UAC is simply Regardless of whether Vista is being further protection. WIC is one of the primary
its most secure one yet. While there has not well-suited for the enterprise or man- used by an individual or it is deployed to security features that helps to make surfing
been some media hype about flaws or aged network. At the same time, I do an entire enterprise, there is going to be a the Web more secure in Vista by ensuring that
weaknesses in the flagship OS, nobody believe it is a vast improvement for the learning curve. If the operating system applications and processes from Internet
has really disputed that it is more se- small office, home office (SOHO) market." were identical to the last one, Microsoft Explorer can not interact with the system.
cure than its predecessors. However, wouldn't need to bother developing it, and
some have questioned whether the Security For Everyone nobody would buy it. Some of the new fea-
BitLocker Drive Encryption. It seems like
not a month goes by that there isn't a news
improved security offers any benefit for Austin Wilson, a Microsoft security guru tures, security and otherwise, serve more
headline about a lost or stolen laptop compro-
corporate networks, or if only individual who worked with the Vista development of a purpose for individuals than business-
mising personal or sensitive information of mil-
home users gain anything from the new team, says, "There is a wide range of secu- es, but all of them will take some getting
lions of people. Many corporations have start-
security features. rity and data protection features in used to.
ed rolling out third-party whole-disk encryption
John Moyer, CEO and president of Windows Vista, with some being enterprise Joel Dubin, Microsoft MVP and author
products to ensure that all of the data on the
BeyondTrust (www.beyondtrust.com), features, some consumer, and some that of "The Little Black Book of Computer
system is encrypted and protected from unau-
expresses this sentiment: "Microsoft says have appeal to both audiences. Enterprise- Security," notes, "Some of the features,
thorized access. Microsoft has built its own
Vista is the most secure and reliable operat- targeted features include BitLocker, such as User Account Control, are aimed at
whole-disk encryption function into Vista.
ing system ever released. In my opinion, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, home users, and its pop-up windows could
after Microsoft pulled many of the tech- and the ActiveX installation service that is be difficult for a small business user, but PatchGuard Kernel Protection. The 64-bit
nologies they had once said would be in part of User Account Control. Consumer- it's a little early to tell since it hasn't been version of Vista offers additional protection for
Vista, they were left with some security targeted features include parental controls widely adopted yet. The other security fea- the kernel. The system kernel is the heart and
enhancements that they rallied around for and Windows Defender. User Account tures, such as Windows Defender, operate soul of the operating system. It provides the
in the background and wouldn't be intru- low-level functionality that tells all of the other
sive. But for a small or medium-size busi- parts of the operating system how to work.
Whether Vista is being used by an individual ness the best approach is to see how well it
integrates into their current environment. If
Some rootkits and malware have exploited
weaknesses in the kernel to run covertly and
or it is deployed to an entire enterprise, they're using Active Directory, for exam- remain undetected. Vista uses PatchGuard to
ple, the Vista systems would connect to protect the kernel and ensure that no applica-
there is going to be a learning curve. that environment, where many of the same tion or process accesses it.
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MESSAGING & GROUPWARE JANUARY 19, 2007
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Making The Right Negative Influences
On Batteries
Choice In UPS Batteries · High and low temperature
· High charge voltage resulting in water
loss and heat
· Low charge voltage resulting in sulfation
· Manufacturing defects
Cost, Reliability & Footprint should consider when making new battery
purchases.
· Excessive charge and discharge cycles
Drive Purchasing Decisions Flooded vs. valve-regulated. Large data
· Water loss in VRLA batteries
· Grid plate growth or shedding
center operations with adequate adjacent
· Corroded and loose connections
by Darrell Dunn predict failure and work proactively to real estate often use flooded batteries, a
SOURCE: EMERSON NETWORK POWER/LIEBERT
· · · evade load loss." style of battery where gases created are
SERVER VIRTUALIZATION, quad-core pro- vented from the top of the cell. The flood-
cessors, direct-attach cooling equipment, A Few Considerations ed, or VLA (vented lead acid), batteries batteries can lead to safety vent releases
and flavor-of-the-month products can often Enterprise customers always have three provide a total life time of up to 20 years that will "dry-out" the cell, resulting in a
grab the attention of IT decision makers as basic considerations when making data and are highly robust and reliable. permanent loss of capacity. A 10% water
they plan data center expansions or new center battery decisions, says Stephen The VLA batteries are also large, expen- loss in a cell can equate to a 25% loss in
facilities. Those executives know, however, Vechy, marketing director for UPS at sive, and generally must be supported off- capacity. This environmental factor should
that decisions made about the batteries they EnerSys (www.enersysinc.com), a $1.2 bil- site from the raised floor of a data center. also be considered when determining the
use to power their critical uninterruptible lion supplier of batteries in 2006. That can be a plus or minus, depending on physical location of the batteries.
power systems could spell the difference "It is always reliability, footprint, and the cost and availability of data center Data center or facilities managers also
between business success and failure. economics," Vechy says. "Those are the space. An average VLA battery string is need to keep an eye on normal aging by
"IT managers don't get fired because the using a systematic maintenance program
electricity bill is too high," says Martin that includes inspection for grid corrosion
Reynolds, an analyst for Gartner. "They get "The design and type of battery type must and separation of the paste and grid. Excess
fired because they can't deliver to the com- discharges and the room temperature can
puting requirements of the organization." be considered when determining the power also affect the lifetime of batteries.
An enterprise ground to a halt by a power Integrate remote monitoring solutions
outage won't engender too much board load to be delivered to any data center." into the plan. Having an up-to-date under-
room confidence. -Emerson Network Power's Jeff Donato standing of the condition of your batteries
"Batteries generally need to be pretty can allow a data center manager to opti-
high on the radar," says Jeff Donato, ser- mize the lifetime of the equipment and
vice product manger for Emerson Network underlying questions in every customer's between $70,000 and $100,000 with instal- remain confident that power will be avail-
Power (www.Processor.com/Emerson- mind when they are attempting to develop a lation. able when needed. With proper analysis,
Liebert), where he helps businesses design, strategy that meets and balances all those VRLA (valve-regulated lead acid) bat- the accumulated data will improve your
populate, run, and maintain their data cen- requirements. You always want the highest teries also generate gases, but they are ability to make informed maintenance and
ters. According to a survey by Emerson reliability in the smallest space for the most contained within a sealed environment. replacement decisions.
Network Power, batteries are the leading economical cost." The batteries can be placed in cabinets Watch the mixing of old and new
cause of system failure. Battery-related Like any part of a data center project, UPS within the raised floor of data centers and VRLA batteries and keep those spares
failure accounts for 37% of all UPS system and related battery requirements should be within close proximity to the equipment onsite. Try to avoid any cell mismatches
failures, according to the survey. evaluated to ensure the implementation will they support. and maintain uniform measurement of
UPS and battery failure can be caused by best meet specific requirements while pro- VLRA batteries offer a relatively cheap installed batteries relative to their ages. It
a number of factors, including general wear viding the optimum trade-off in lifetime and and easy way to quickly expand a data cen- can take only one bad cell to bring down
and tear associated with electromechanical performance value, Donato says. ter or add redundancy. Life expectancy of a UPS.
devices, but failure can also often be direct- "The design and type of battery type the batteries, however, is typically between The cost and portability of VRLA batter-
ly tied to core maintenance programs that must be considered when determining the five to six years. An average VLRA battery ies can allow for the installation of onsite
can be addressed with an in-house or third- power load to be delivered to any data cen- string is priced between $7,000 and $8,000. spare battery racks that can remain charged
party battery monitoring platform. ter," Donato says. "It's an equation solved The optimum string length. Determine and ready for action. The spares age with
"There are a lot of companies that, quite by a combination answer that is determined what battery string length best meets your the original battery string, which reduces
frankly, will scale back on maintenance by the load I'm trying to support and the reliability requirement. Having a single the risk of a battery mismatch.
programs at times for various reasons," specific operating environment." string of batteries in a battery center, while A rolling cabinet of spare batteries can
Donato says. "So battery monitoring seems There are some overriding considerations potentially expedient in some respects, also reduce the number of physical visits
to be taking off right now to help customers all IT directors and data center managers could prove to be a bad choice if there is a needed to repair a damaged battery string. P
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An example of UAC in action would be a administrator privileges. However, User
Is Vista Security Ready standard user installing software. A stan-
dard user does not have the authority to
Account Control is not a good answer for
medium and large organizations that run
For The Enterprise? install software, but by entering the user
credentials of an administrator or other user
that does have authority, the program can
applications that require administrator priv-
ileges because it requires administrator
password distribution to end users or end
Continued from Page 27 security is with UAC, which plays watch- be installed. user consent to run the applications."
security features can be controlled through dog and displays a pop-up alert whenever a According to Moyer, "Vista's User Administrators should take some time to
GPOs." program or process attempts to execute or Account Control is an improvement that, in experiment with and pilot test Vista in their
interact with another program or process. my opinion, best serves the SOHO market. environments to help work through that
Enterprise Problems With Vista Security UAC is designed to protect the system from Here, it is typical that the user in a sense learning curve and determine what will
The main issue that some, including malware and from users executing tasks `owns' the machine and can best make the work best for their individual circum-
BeyondTrust's Moyer, have with Vista they did not mean to. choice of when and when not to elevate to stances. P
March 9, 2007 Processor.com Page 29
WHAT'S HAPPENING
BayTech's
board) instead of wires for a better, more necessary. Our customers tell us this one
resilient connection between the data center box, designed for remote sites or branches,
equipment and the receptacle. eliminates 95% of their service truck rolls
"The RPS (remote power sensor) prod- when there is a problem."
ucts provide reliable PCB receptacle distri- BayTech also provides an extensive Web
Remote Answer
bution and have the ability to monitor and site at www.baytech.net with brochure
report anomalies in all aspects of power, downloads, warranty information, reseller
such as current, voltage, and watts," says support, and schematics--more than the typi-
North. "The reported watts can be used to cal IT services company. BayTech also
determine cooling needs in an area of the offers evaluation units for data centers.
Systems For Controlling & Monitoring data center. This product also has sensor
inputs for monitoring temperature and New Developments
Data Centers Remotely humidity. Customers can use this informa- Recent industry changes in remote power
tion to monitor the complete power and distribution management include higher den-
by John Brandon In 2005, the company--which is located physical environment with one product." sity receptacles and power. The company
· · · near the Gulf Coast--was devastated by The DS-RPC and F-RPC product lines says it was producing 120VAC, 20-amp,
P OWER IS A mystifying force within the Hurricane Katrina. One manufacturing plant allow admins to monitor, control, and reboot low-density units just five years ago; now it
data center. Knowing how much power is and one storage facility were destroyed, and data center equipment using dial-up, Telnet, makes 208VAC, 30-amp, 2-phase units,
being distributed, regulating use during 80% of its workforce had to leave the com- or a Web interface. They are module-based pointing to a rapid increase in power out-
times of operation, balancing power with pany because there was no housing avail- and rack-mountable and include security puts. Another trend is in putting more power
cooling solutions, and managing other able. Thankfully, one facility was built to features such as SSH v2, RADIUS authenti- into smaller enclosures, due to how cus-
environmental conditions are all major con- withstand 250mph winds and withstood the cation, SNMP, and user access lists that are tomers have been putting 8kW in one enclo-
siderations. Yet, most admins cannot storm. Yet, shipments to the area were halt- provided per port for fine control over net- sure in a data center. In the remote manage-
administer the power distribution issues on ed, and less than 5% of area housing was works and servers remotely. The DS-RPC ment industry, reading power watts from
the premises during every waking breath available. The company made several criti-
and all hours of the day. cal decisions to stay open and survive. In
Remote power management is one solu- some ways, it stands as a testament to the
tion to this problem, and BayTech, aka Bay company resilience--and perhaps the
Technical Associates (www.Processor.com resilience of its products and remaining
/BayTech), is one of the industry leaders in employees, who took on more work. A
remote power management. The company competitor named Pulizzi Engineering
started in 1976 making flow meters used on (www.Processor.com/PulizziEngineering)
pipelines, code activated data switches, and actually helped the company build a reserve product is for single connection applications, BayTech equipment is an important part of
satellite uplink test systems. fund by donating a percentage of sales to and the F-RPC is for multiuser, multisession making sure the equipment is running cool
"In the mid '90s, BayTech introduced the assist BayTech customers. connections for larger organizations. yet getting the power it needs to function
first controlled and monitored power distrib- "Eighteen months later we are in much "The ATS (automatic transfer switch) normally even during heavy use periods.
ution strip," says Alex North, BayTech's better shape--our customer service and pro- has a dual corded input and provides a sin- One new development is in increasing the
director of sales and marketing. "Coupled duction capabilities are better then ever," gle output," says North. "For customers 50- and 60-amp offerings with new software
with our data switches, a controllable power says North. "We now rely much more on with legacy or single corded devices need- development going toward managing power
distribution strip allowed our customers to contract manufacturing and have a backup ing to provide N+1 redundancy, the ATS usage at even greater levels. BayTech says it
completely monitor and control a remote manufacturing facility in the works." will switch over in 8 to 12ms to the sec- is not able to formally announce these new
location. This eliminated the majority of the ondary power source if the primary is lost. products. It is also working on key partner-
cost of servicing a remote point-of-presence. Current Products The DS-RPC (Data Switch and Remote ships with other data center providers but
Timing for these products could not have Since the '90s, BayTech has developed Power Control) is a unit which combines cannot disclose those developments quite yet
been better. Between the growth of corporate unique products for remote power manage- console server and power control. This one either. North did mention that the partner-
data centers, distributed processing, and ment, using a more reliable means to pro- box allows customers to dial in to a remote ships will lead to a "more total solution" for
colocation facilities, BayTech sales of remote vide power to servers and other equipment. site, communicate with the equipment's remote power distribution management in
management solutions skyrocketed." The company uses PCB (printed circuit console port, and reboot the equipment if the next year or so. P
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