Hot tools for next-gen data center; 4 trends shape new data center

	Four trends shape the New Data Center | HP StorageWorks SAN (formerly LeftHand Networks) is the right move
	Network World Data Center				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	10 hot tools for the next-generation data center Enterprise data centers are notoriously complex, costly and energy inefficient, which leaves plenty of opportunity for innovative vendors to introduce products that ease the pain of data center managers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AccelOps, Inc. How IT Accelerates Business AccelOps Integrated Monitoring: Datacenter, VMware & Cloud Control VM resources, reduce complexity, expedite root-cause, lower MTTR and get service-oriented. AccelOps offers end-to-end visibility across service, performance, availability, security and change management; cross-correlating physical / virtual environments. Discover our depth, breadth & value. Obtain a "Pragmatic IT Service Mgmt." guide by EMA. In this Issue Four trends shape the New Data Center HP StorageWorks SAN (formerly LeftHand Networks) is the right move Tools4Ever's UMRA is a must-have HP, IBM, Dell launch servers with new Intel chips The InfoWorld Westmere blade server shoot-out Cowboys Stadium: Big is better in football and technology WHITE PAPER: Avent Managing the Virtual Data Center An exclusive survey by IDG Research reveals that virtualization is significantly upping the data center management challenges, despite all the benefits. While network security tops the list of challenges, several others emerge prominently, goading IT management to seek new management solutions in order to maintain high service levels. Learn More Four trends shape the New Data Center Thanks to x86 server virtualization and its follow-on technologies, the state-of-the-art enterprise data center looks vastly different than it did even a year ago. Read More HP StorageWorks SAN (formerly LeftHand Networks) is the right move I don't remember the exact year – maybe 2003 – but as soon as the industry adopted the iSCSI protocol, we bought one of the first LeftHand Networks' units. Now we have HP/LeftHand NSM2120 R2 storage units, six using SAS [serial-attached SCSI] drives and another six units equipped with SATA [serial ATA] drives. Read More WEBCAST: HyTrust 8 Tips for Virtualization Under Control Examine 8 tips that will show you how to virtualize more critical workloads with confidence. From security planning and policy management to automation and access controls, get expert advice on how to build a more secure virtual infrastructure to accelerate the virtualization of business-critical applications. Learn More! Tools4Ever's UMRA is a must-have UMRA is hands down my favorite tool. It's a graphical scripting engine that lets you do pretty near anything you can think of. Read More HP, IBM, Dell launch servers with new Intel chips Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM rolled-out new servers on Tuesday based on Intel's latest Xeon 5600 microprocessors, which promise better performance and power consumption. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! The InfoWorld Westmere blade server shoot-out Intel's Xeon 5600 -- code-named Westmere -- was just announced, but InfoWorld already has deep benchmarking results on Westmere blade servers from Dell, HP, and IBM Read More Cowboys Stadium: Big is better in football and technology Getting Cowboys Stadium ready for its 2009 opening was a massive job for many people, including IT infrastructure chief Bill Haggard. Read More
	Join us on LinkedIn Discuss the networking issues of the day with your colleagues, via Network World's LinkedIn group. Join today! - Jeff Caruso, Executive Online Editor The Future of Big Iron Do your IT plans include mainframes? Participate in this Aberdeen survey and see how your plans stack up to those of peers in terms of on what core applications are staying on mainframes and where the industry is headed in operating and software architecture. The goal is to get an accurate picture of the opportunity for expanded utilization, the role of 3rd-party support, and overall objectives with respect to distributed, outsourced, heterogeneous and centralized computing paradigms. Aberdeen will also establish a baseline for performance and a set of best practices for improving the efficiency and utilization of mainframe computing technologies. All survey respondents will receive a free copy of the resulting research. Today from the Subnet communities Massive giveaway from Cisco Subnet: 50 copies of the Cisco Press CCNP Cert Kits kits are up for grabs. Deadline March 31. NEW! 15 books on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007 R2 available, too. SLIDESHOWS 21 apps Apple doesn't want on your 3.0 iPhone The following 21 apps today run only on jailbroken iPhones. Some may even prove precursors to features released in future Apple iPhone firmware updates. 10 geeky items you're embarrassed to admit you want Most of us love gadgets. But there is a certain eye-popping reaction when we find a gadget that speaks to our technological selves. Owning such devices would surely be the subject of teasing from those who deny their inner geek, but it would also be the cause of more than a little envy. MOST-READ STORIES Multicore requires OS rework, Windows architect advises Novell rejects "inadequate" $2 billion takeover bid Bad BitDefender update clobbers Windows PCs Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug IRS security faults leave taxpayer information at risk Microsoft lowers Windows licensing costs for virtual desktops ZeuS botnet code keeps getting better ... for criminals Latency in the data center matters Ethernet switches, routers, Wi-Fi on the upswing Cisco defending its turf on three fronts as markets rebound
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_data_center_alert as networking.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2010 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **