Improve security by outsourcing data center; IT managers get help with server efficiency

Data Center News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Raritan, Inc. Raritan Dominion KX II Changes the KVM Game Easier access, more control. Introducing the Raritan Dominion KX II, a KVM-over-IP solution that simplifies life in the data center. Our new KVM-over-IP technology offers you everything you need for a virtual at the rack user experience -- including features like Virtual Media, Absolute Mouse Synchronization(tm), Dual Power and more. Visit Raritan for more information on KVM-over-IP Network World's Data Center News Alert, 10/09/07 SaaS vendor improves security by outsourcing data center, 10/05/07: As a small start-up that helps customers predict financial performance, Inkling ran into a problem: The software-as-a-service vendor lacks the security and expertise needed to run a data center that makes its customers feel safe. IT managers get help with server efficiency, 10/05/07: The British Computer Society (BCS) said it's developing a model that's designed to help IT managers select the most efficient servers, and so deliver a greener IT infrastructure. Sun combines servers, storage businesses, 10/02/07: Sun is combining its servers and storage businesses to better sell computing systems to data center customers. Executive Guide: Stay ahead of the data growth curve Get real-world advice on how to best deal with the explosion of data across nearly every enterprise today. This informative executive guide offers IT professionals detailed information on new technologies such as ILM and FANs, specific pitfalls to avoid when deploying ILM, as well as solid case studies. Download This Executive Guide Open source management-tool alternatives hit the mark: Zenoss Core wins test of open source tools with a great GUI, accurate discovery and excellent monitoring. Registration no longer required - check out the test today! The Operations Manager 2007 authoring console: Microsoft author and guest blogger Kerrie Meyler writes: "If you're familiar with MOM 2005, you know that management packs were distributed in a binary format with an extension of AKM, and could not be edited outside a Management Group (e.g., you could only change them within MOM). This changes with Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007, where management packs are written in XML." PLUS, enter to win one of 15 free copies of Meyler's book on Microsoft Operations Manager.

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Contact the author: Contact Site Editor Jeff Caruso at jcaruso@nww.com This newsletter is sponsored by Raritan, Inc. Raritan Dominion KX II Changes the KVM Game Easier access, more control. Introducing the Raritan Dominion KX II, a KVM-over-IP solution that simplifies life in the data center. Our new KVM-over-IP technology offers you everything you need for a virtual at the rack user experience -- including features like Virtual Media, Absolute Mouse Synchronization(tm), Dual Power and more. Visit Raritan for more information on KVM-over-IP BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007