VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Vertiv experts predict utility-like criticality for Data Centers:  As the world moved online seemingly overnight in the face of the   COVID-19 pandemic , the criticality of data centers and the unrelenting reliance on them across all walks of life became an enduring storyline of the crisis. This reality will manifest in new ways in 2021 as the data center and the information ecosystem orbiting it emerge from the pandemic with a fourth utility criticality, complete with all the expectations and responsibilities that implies. This is among the emerging 2021 data center trends identified by experts from Vertiv.   Data centers have long been held to high availability standards, but the shift toward utility-like status will be noticeable in two ways. First, those high expectations for network availability will extend deep into rural and remote areas, bringing critical applications to more of the population. This will increase pressure on data centers to maintain connectivity e...

To bring a high-performance open acceleration framework to data centers, Advanced Micro Devices, ARM, Huawei, IBM, Mellanox, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., and Xilinx, Inc. have collaborated. The companies are collaborating on the specification for the new Cache Coherent Interconnect for Accelerators (CCIX).  A single interconnect technology specification will ensure that processors using different  instruction set architectures (ISA) can coherently share data with accelerators and enable efficient heterogeneous computing – significantly improving compute efficiency for servers running data center workloads. “AMD strongly supports development of open standards to make heterogeneous computing more pervasive. By joining with others in the industry to develop new interconnect specifications to accelerate performance, AMD continues its commitment to open, heterogeneous computing,” said Gerry Talbot, AMD Corporate Fellow and Vice-President of I/O and Circuit Tech...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   For completely monitoring the power distribution in data centers and further maximizing the uptime and availability of power, Raritan has introduced its Power IQ DCIM software for power management. The Raritan's power management software gives 360-degree bird’s eye view of power chain in the data center. It helps in validating the thresholds settings, and also gets alerts and notifications in time to the data center manager and help them to take the necessary actions before it becomes an issue or it is impacted on users. Raritan's Power IQ DCIM software for Power Management gives the overall picture on how much power is consumed at a moment's notice, down to individual servers when coupled with Raritan's PX intelligent Rack PDUs with individual outlet metering.  Raritan's enterprise-class power monitoring software has been battle-tested, monitoring some of the world's largest data centers in the industry. ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco (NYSE:CSCO)  introduced a  wave of product innovation  that covers a vast spectrum of needs within data center and cloud environments – from the  Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches , the industry’s highest density 40 Gigabit Layer2/Layer 3 fixed switch, to seamless, secure and simple hybrid cloud functionality of  Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud for connecting private enterprise and service provider clouds, to the availability  of the industry’s most extensible network- programmable controller as part of the expanded  Cisco Open Network Environment (ONE) portfolio. With these innovations,  Cisco  continues to execute its  Unified Data Center  strategy to bring more infrastructure agility, operational simplicity and application-awareness for data center and multi-cloud environments. Complementing this, Cisco is also delivering on its  Cisco ONE  strategy, addressin...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion has announced that it was geared to keep an eye at the possibility of opening regional data centres to avoid a repeat of the outage that affected more than 70 million subscribers across the world. Patrick Spence, Sr. VP & MD, Global Sales & Regional Marketing, RIM, said, "Our immediate focus is on getting back the services to where we would like it to be. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that this does not repeat. All options, including setting up network architecture with regional hubs, are on the table. If that makes sense, we will do it." Round the world, RIM has been marked for having a centralised architecture because of which a snag at its UK centre disrupted services across the world. Spence said, "RIM will look at a number of issues including communications with customers, demands for compensation from operators and its architecture, once the services are fully back to normal. Alth...