In their slideshow of the best servers of the year, CRN features Lopoco as number 6. From the article: Lopoco: Showing There’s Still Room For Startups Low Power Company, or Lopoco, came out of stealth mode this year with a line of servers that were, by design, limited in range to a few models focused specifically on energy efficiency while eliminating performance features, which the company said are not used by much, if not most, of […]
Electronics Protection recently featured Upsite Technologies for their latest release of the 2 Post Rack Grommet. From the article: Upsite Technologies, Inc. has released its latest airflow management offering: the KoldLok 2 Post Rack Grommet, further advancing efficiency in the data center through proper airflow management. The KoldLok 2 Post Rack Grommet prevents bypass airflow by sealing off the rectangular area in the 2 post cabinet, while promoting data center cleaning best practices, preventing dust and […]
CRN recently featured Lopoco, not only one of the top 10 coolest servers of 2013, but as one of the top 10 data center stories of 2013. From the article: 6. Never Too Late To Be A Server Vendor The server business may be changing and perhaps shrinking, but that seems to be more of an encouragement than a discouragement to vendors to enter the market. 2013 saw a number of entrants spring up from […]
Future Facilities recently announced their ACE Assessment service, an offering written up by FM Link. From the article: By Shane Henson, December 16, 2013—Future Facilities Inc., a provider of data center design and operational management software, recently launched its ACE Data Center Performance Assessment Service, a new offering to assess and visualize three critical indicators of data center performance: availability, capacity and efficiency. According to the company, it developed the service as a new way to assess […]
Robert Holdsworth was recently hired to Bluestone Energy as Business Development Manager in the Manhattan office. From the article: NEW HIRE Robert Holdsworth, 43, joined Bluestone Energy Services as Business Development Manager. He was formerly President at Energy Edge. Description Norwell, Massachusetts-based Bluestone Energy Services, a division of OpTerra Energy Group, provides professional engineering and project development services for utilities, retail and corporate clients. Bluestone is a leader in demand-side management (DSM) programs for large […]
Mission Critical recently featured Future Facilities for their development of the ACE Assessment Service. From the article: The service is designed to help data center managers measure their performance gap. Future Facilities, Inc. has announced the launch of its ACE Data Center Performance Assessment Service, a new offering to assess and visualize three critical indicators of data center performance: availability, capacity, and efficiency. Every data center faces roadmap changes. Each change has the potential to chip […]
Data center news site TelecomBloger recently featured Purkay Labs and their video on AUDIT-BUDDY, originally created by Data Center Knowledge at Data Center World Fall 2013. From the article: Visitors to the exhibition and conference Data Center World Fall 2013, which was recently held in Orlando, Florida (USA), had the opportunity to chat with the CEO and founder of Purkay Labs Parkayashtoy Indra. Recall that the vendor brought to market an interesting system for monitoring the […]
Mission Critical Magazine recently featured Future Facilities Release 8 of their Predictive DCIM software, 6SigmaDC. From the article: Future Facilities North America has launched a significant update to its predictive modeling suite, 6SigmaDC. Release 8 delivers predictive modeling of data center environments five to six times faster than the previous versions. Overall, performance of the entire 6SigmaDC suite is two times faster, delivering substantial improvements in productivity and usability for users. Enhanced usability features in […]
The Data Center Post recently featured a piece by Upsite Technologies’ president John Thornell, reflecting on previous wisdom from Ken Brill and applying it to 2014 cooling best practices. From the article: Ken Brill’s Original ‘Gold Nuggets’ of Wisdom Several years ago at an Uptime Institute Symposium, Ken Brill outlined five “gold nuggets” that could curb skyrocketing energy consumption in the data center: 1. Consolidating servers 2. Enabling server power-save features 3. Turning off servers no […]
Electronics Protection Magazine recently featured Future Facilities for their newest offering, the ACE Assessment Service. From the article: Future Facilities, Inc. has launched its ACE Data Center Performance Assessment Service, a new offering to assess and visualize three critical indicators of data center performance: availability, capacity and efficiency. Every data center faces road map changes. Each change has the potential to chip away at one or more of the interconnected performance indicators. Successful data center operation is […]
