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Data Center Articles & News
AFCOM names data center manager of year finalists
(Mar 3, 2010)
Veteran facilities and IT managers from Chevron, MetLife, and Trinity Information Services have been chosen for their excellence in managing data center operations.
FCI acquires assets of MergeOptics, moves into AOC market
(Feb 22, 2010)
Connector and cable assembly manufacturer FCI has acquired the assets of MergeOptics, a manufacturer of active optical cables (AOCs) and optical transceivers.
Emerson Network Power offering 'free cooling' solutions with advice on best practices
(Feb 18, 2010)
Emerson Network Power has released several free "economization solutions" for reducing data center energy use.
Minnesota's VISI expands data center by 7000 square feet
(Feb 17, 2010)
The data center services and managed hosting provider has begun a demand-driven expansion of its Saint Paul facility.
The Green Grid debuts data center efficiency tools
(Feb 11, 2010)
The Green Grid introduced new tools and announced new industry alliances at its third annual Green Grid Technical Forum and Members’ Meeting, held on February 4.
Data Center Products
Emerson Network Power unveils data center performance optimization tools
(Mar 12, 2010)
The Aperture Integrated Resource Manager provides organizations with the ability to employ a single, cohesive strategy for analyzing and managing energy, capital resources and process efficiency in the data center.
Cold aisle containment system incorporates intelligent control system
(Mar 10, 2010)
The system includes Knurr brand cabinets as well as Liebert brand sensor and cooling equipment.
Tyco Electronics adds LSZH cables for up to 16 Gb/s high-speed connectivity apps
(Mar 1, 2010)
The LSZH cables are designed to minimize emission of smoke and toxic gases in the event of a fire, and are PVC-free to answer growing concerns about the potential health and environmental effects of PVC.
APC intros NetShelter SX enclosure with improved support for high density networking apps
(Feb 23, 2010)
The company says the new enclosure's side airflow duct kit eliminates the challenge of cooling side-to-side airflow equipment, while addressing problems of hot and cold air isolation.
Draka introduces pre-terminated cabling for data centers
(Feb 16, 2010)
Draka Communications has announced a new range of pre-terminated cabling products for LAN and data center network applications.
The Cabling Blog
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
Copper connectors putting Large Hadron Collider out of commission
Are you familiar with the Large Hadron Collider? I knew nothing about it until I read Dan Brown's Angels and Demons. Then it started popping up in the news all the time, so it seemed. The LHC -- I don't know if that's its real abbreviation or not -- is a...
You aren't planning to abandon that cable, are you Uncle Sam?
Government Computer News (GCN) is reporting that cabling-integration firm Automated Systems Design (ASD) was contracted to install the cabling for some 500 temporary offices for the Census Bureau as that government entity ramped up for its data-collection...
TIA TR-42 subcommittee elections bring new names to the fore
While posting to our Web site the news about the recent election of new chairs and vice-chairs for TR-42 and several of its subcommittees, I was reminded of a conversation I had several years ago with an executive of the training organization BICSI.It was...
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