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Light Reading Releases Blog by Owen DeLong of Hurricane Electric

Titled “Inertia: The Silent IPv6 Killer,” this is the second of Owen DeLong’s posts for Light Reading discussing the challenges and benefits of Internet Protocol Version 6. From the post: As most of you know, IPv6 is the newest internet protocol for systems to run on, creating the opportunity, perhaps necessity, for change depending on a business’ desires or needs. We have a number of situations however, where the motivation for the change required to […]

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Rich Brueckner of insideBIGDATA.com to Discuss Big Data Trends at Hurricane Electric’s October Carrier Event

Rich Brueckner of insideBIGDATA.com to Discuss Big Data Trends at Hurricane Electric’s October Carrier Event In addition to hearing from one of Forbes Magazine’s Top 20 Big Data Influencers, attendees will also have the opportunity to network with telecom carriers October 16, 2013 11:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time FREMONT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and a leading colocation provider, today announced that it will host its next carrier networking event on […]

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“Lopoco: Low-Powered Servers Are Both Good Enough And Better” on EnterpriseTech

“Lopoco: Low-Powered Servers Are Both Good Enough And Better” on EnterpriseTech

After Lopoco recently announced their PAR4 rating  “most efficient certified to date” for their servers, EnterpriseTech interviewed founder and CEO Andrew Sharp for more details. From the article: Andrew Sharp didn’t necessarily want to be back in the server business after a decade-long hiatus. But when Sharp went to buy a server for his home office, he was shocked at the inefficiency, in terms of power usage and processor overcapacity, in the general purpose X86 […]

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Upsite Technologies Writes for Data Center Journal: Connecting the Dots Between Cooling Capacity, IT Load and Airflow Management

Upsite Technologies Writes for Data Center Journal: Connecting the Dots Between Cooling Capacity, IT Load and Airflow Management

Upsite Technologies’ Lars Strong recently contributed his industry perspective on AFM and managing cooling capacity for Data Center Journal. From the article: Introduction Everyone is trying to improve airflow management (AFM) because cooling infrastructure is one of the biggest expenses in a data center. Lowering the cost of cooling through improved AFM is a practical, simple way to reduce operating expenses. Recovering stranded capacity can also enable operators to increase computer-room density. AFM is more than […]

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EnterpriseTech Discusses Lopoco’s Server Line and PAR4 Energy Efficiency Rating

Lopoco was recently recognized for released the “more efficient” servers “certified to date,” as noted in the piece posted on EnterpriseTech. From the article: Low Power Company, Inc. (Lopoco) today announced that its LP-4250-6H server line has been named “Most Efficient Certified to Date” by Power Assure’s PAR4 Energy Efficiency Rating. According to the certification, Lopoco’s LP-4250-6H received an absolute PAR4 energy efficiency value of 2,108 and a 2012 Vintage PAR4 value of 1,508, the highest result of all servers to […]

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#DataCenterWorldF13: The Instagram Challenge with Purkay Labs and Milldam Public Relations

#DataCenterWorldF13: The Instagram Challenge with Purkay Labs and Milldam Public Relations

Data Center World was trending in more ways than one during the busy conference last week. One exciting new component was the Instagram Challenge, which encouraged attendees and exhibitors to visually capture their DCW experience on the social media platform, tracking each entry with the hashtag: #DataCenterWorldF13. A variety of users contributed their photos, covering everything from a cardboard cutout of Tom Roberts (President of AFCOM) to a company product (Purkay Labs’ data center temperature […]

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Mission Critical Publishes a Piece on Purkay Labs’ Audit-Buddy

Mission Critical Publishes a Piece on Purkay Labs’ Audit-Buddy

Mission Critical recently released a piece discussing Audit-Buddy and the recent updates to the data center temperature and humidity monitor, as created and produced by Purkay Labs. From the article: Purkay Laboratories, Inc. has updated its AUDIT-BUDDY™ standalone temperature and humidity monitor that measures free air in the white space, spot checks air quality, and measures zones not covered by BAS or DCIM systems. The update saves users additional time by enabling them to capture […]

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New Server Line Named “Most Efficient Certified to Date” by PAR4 Energy Efficiency Rating

Lopoco’s LP-4250 server line earns highest energy efficiency rating from standard adopted by Underwriters Laboratories and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change October 10, 2013 11:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Low Power Company, Inc. (Lopoco) today announced that its LP-4250-6H server line has been named “Most Efficient Certified to Date” by Power Assure’s PAR4® Energy Efficiency Rating. “Lopoco is extremely pleased to receive this prestigious certification that recognizes the efficiency advantages of our […]

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ACE Score – a new method of ranking the data center by Future Facilities on TelecomBloger

TelecomBloger recently posted about Future Facilties ACE metric. From the article: The software company Future Facilities North America (Future Facilities NA), a leading provider of software for the design of data centers and operational management and IT-support equipment, has introduced the attention of experts its new methodology for assessing the performance of the data center called the ACE Score. The presentation took place at the International Conference Data Center World 2013 which was held in late […]

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