Smart Data Centers

Security and Virtualization Top Enterprise Data Center Strategies List: Report
2/9/2010 - In a recently published report, "Data Center Deployment Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey," Infonetics found that virtualization and security upgrades top the priority lists of enterprise data centers.

Optimum Energy Implements OptimumHVAC Software at Texas University's Cooling System
2/9/2010 - Optimum Energy, a provider of demand-based Ultra High Performance HVAC optimization software applications, has installed the OptimumHVAC software at the Chilling Station 6 of the University of Texas at Austin's District Cooling system.

Federspiel Controls Selects Dust Networks Technology
2/8/2010 - Dust Networks' wireless sensor networking technology reportedly is being used by Federspiel Controls, Inc., in one of the 14 projects awarded funding by the U.S. Department of Energy to support the development of new technologies.

Gateway Adds Blu-Ray Drives, Green Storage to Desktop PCs
2/8/2010 - Gateway, an Irvine, Calif.-based subsidiary of Acer Inc. that provides technology and computing solutions to its customers globally, has reportedly announced it will launch new additions to its series of gaming and multimedia personal computers or PCs, with enhanced features and capabilities.

Spanish Companies PREDAN and IHMAN Team Up to Market Narrowband, Broadband Radio Modules for Active RFID, Tele-Metering Networks
2/8/2010 - IHMAN and PREDAN announced today an agreement to market together a radio communication module that integrates applications requiring reliable radio link in the 868 MHz and 915 MHz bands.

BLADE Offers Low Latency, Low Cost Network Fabric for Next-Gen Data Centers
2/8/2010 - BLADE Network Technologies, Inc ., a provider of data center networking, reportedly introduced its Unified FabricArchitecture, the industry's fastest and most integrable and proven fabric that will eliminate cost and complexity of deploying physical and virtual data center infrastructure. "BLADE achieved record-breaking business performance in 2009 fueled by strong demand from the world's largest enterprises for our low-latency, low-power, lossless and low-cost Ethernet fabric switches, Advanced Fabric software and Smart Server Control software," Vikram Mehta, president and CEO, BLADE Network Technologies, said.

Building Automation Systems Market to Exceed $36 Billion in 2015: Report
2/8/2010 - Recession brings a re-evaluation of energy management and requires new ways to ensure organizations and nations use energy more efficiently. The economy downturn is needs building automation systems (BAS).

Cisco CEO Believes Recovery Well Under Way; Company to Add Jobs
2/5/2010 - A number of political leaders are claiming the U.S. economy is now in the recovery stage, but confidence may actually begin to heal as a result of comments made recently by Cisco's CEO John Chambers.