Get Smart: Emerson Network Power Introduces Smart Solutions Integrated Infrastructure to Optimize Data Center Efficiency and Capacity

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) February 2, 2011

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity, today introduced Smart Solutions, a family of intelligent, integrated infrastructure systems for the data center. These Smart Solutions bring together best-of-breed technologies and industry best practices to enable cost-effective management of capacity, efficiency and availability through interoperable systems configured to speed implementation, adapt to change and reduce costs.

As part of the family, the company also introduced the SmartRowTM and SmartModTM offerings which, along with the previously released SmartAisleTM offering, exemplify the design principles and value of all Smart Solutions. These offerings are available globally. Timing and availability will differ from region to region.

The SmartRow offering is a unique, standalone data center infrastructure that supports up to 20kW of IT equipment in an enclosed, multi-rack configuration with integrated power, cooling, infrastructure management and fire suppression. By reducing room modifications required to support IT equipment, the configuration can reduce initial capital costs by about 10 percent. It can cut ongoing energy costs by up to 30 percent.

The SmartMod offering is an intelligent, integrated infrastructure included in a rapid-deployment enclosure. It can be used to supplement existing data center capacity or can be deployed as a standalone, remote data center or disaster recovery site. Unlike other containerized systems, the SmartMod enclosure comes in configurations to support a wide range of capacity needs and accommodates the most common data center densities without sacrificing availability.

The SmartAisle infrastructure can increase efficiency and provide flexibility through row-based infrastructure for new and existing data centers. Through a simplified, modular design, SmartAisle configurations enable IT professionals to reduce equipment costs, optimize the use of existing infrastructure, free up stranded capacity and reduce energy consumption by up to 30 percent.

Smart Solutions

The Smart Solutions leverages Emerson Network Powers breadth of technologies and depth of data center design expertise. The offerings integrate many of Emersons power, precision cooling, monitoring and management technologies and services, including Liebert, Knurr, ASCO, Avocent, and NetSure branded products to deliver efficiency without compromising availability in the data center.

Emersons data center expertise is reflected in the way these infrastructure solutions enable customers to benefit from industry best practices, such as:

Get Smart: Emerson Network Power Introduces Smart Solutions Integrated Infrastructure to Optimize Data Center Efficiency and Capacity

Government Agencies Seek Tech Solutions That Promote Efficiency, Reduce Costs, New CompTIA Study Finds

Downers Grove, IL (PRWEB) May 17, 2011

Challenged by tight budgets, bureaucratic hurdles and a dramatic rise in cybersecurity attacks, government agencies are looking for technology solutions that help them become more efficient while at the same time reducing costs, according to new research released today by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology (IT) industry.

CompTIAs Second Annual Government IT Purchase Plans study finds that the top influencer driving government IT purchase plans over the next 12 months is a desire to become more efficient and reduce long-term costs. It was identified as an influential or very influential factor in purchase decisions by 60 percent of the government IT decision makers or influencers surveyed.

A significant number of respondents, 54 percent, said the need to comply with a mandate or regulation is a driving factor in IT spending. Other top purchase influencers include responding to the needs of citizens and staff (53 percent); and the need to modernize aging systems (47 percent), especially systems that are vulnerable to security threats due to dated technology.

Though budget challenges and the burden of bureaucracy can slow the pace of change, government technology spending will continue, particularly on solutions that help to ease the challenges of resources and security, said Amy Carrado, director, market research, CompTIA.

But with money to spend increasingly precious, agencies are likely to demand greater returns on their investments and require vendors to clearly prove the effectiveness of their solutions.

Nearly four in ten (39 percent) of federal, state and local government IT decision makers and influencers identified new data backup and recovery solutions as a priority over the next 12 months. Security applications were cited by 37 percent of respondents, followed by virtualization solutions (30 percent) and content management solutions (24 percent). Options such as unified communications and cloud computing (18 percent each) ranked slightly lower on the list.

This may be a signal that government users need further education from their IT providers on how cloud computing and unified communications can effectively address their objectives of greater operational efficiencies, Carrado said.

Among specific products on government shopping lists, desktop PCs (51 percent) and laptop PCs (48 percent) hold the top two spots, according to the CompTIA study. Local government agencies are especially bullish on purchases of new PCs, including tablet PCs.

Other purchase priorities for the next 12 months include servers (37 percent), printers (33 percent), operating systems (32 percent), productivity suites and software (28 percent), network infrastructure (27 percent) and smart phones (23 percent).

Agencies Plan More Training

Nearly half (44 percent) of government IT respondents at the federal, state and local levels plan to implement employee training for both IT staff and end users over the next 12 months

This suggests that even under severe budget constraints, government agencies continue to recognize the importance of a well-trained workforce that understands how to effectively use technology, Carrado said.

Among the training priorities: PC maintenance, help desk and tech support; security; disaster recovery and backup; and networking. Project management, business intelligence and data management and analysis also appear on the training priority list.

Increased interest by government agencies in training is something that technology vendors and solution providers should note, according to Carrado.

Technology providers should consider providing training sessions as a value-add when government organizations purchase a product, or offering mini-tutorials to employees at agencies where there is potential for purchases in the near future, she said.

CompTIAs Second Annual Government IT Purchase Plans study was developed from a survey of 375 federal, state and local IT buyers and influencers. The data was collected during late February 2011.The full report is available at no cost to CompTIA members at http://www.comptia.org or by contacting the research department at research(at)comptia(dot)org.

About CompTIA

CompTIA is the voice of the worlds information technology (IT) industry. As a non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of IT professionals and companies, CompTIA is the recognized authority for IT education and credentials and the primary advocate for IT businesses and workers. Through its foundation, CompTIA also enables disadvantaged populations to gain the skills they need for employment in the IT industry. CompTIAs vision of the IT landscape is shaped by more than 25 years of global perspective and more than 2,000 members and 1,000 business partners. For more information, visit http://www.comptia.org or follow CompTIA on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/comptia.

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Steven Ostrowski

Director, Corporate Communications

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Government Agencies Seek Tech Solutions That Promote Efficiency, Reduce Costs, New CompTIA Study Finds

DataCore Softwares Storage Hypervisor Boosts Manufacturing Efficiency at WINIOWSKI Company

Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) November 22, 2011

DataCore Software, the industrys premier provider of storage virtualization software, announced today that WINIOWSKI Company has deployed a high availability and high performance, virtualized storage infrastructure with DataCore SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor software to ensure uninterrupted access to manufacturing data.

Thanks to DataCores SANsymphony-V software our production is more efficient, states Tomasz Kosecki, manager of IT Department at WINIOWSKI Company. The malfunction of a disk array no longer disrupts operations or causes a stoppage of the whole company. Now we have additional time to react in critical situations, which positively influences our stress levels and greatly improves our comfort with our systems. Best of all, we can prevent many problems from impacting our users and customers.

WINIOWSKI Company is a modern manufacturing enterprise that must react rapidly to constantly changing customer needs. To assure agility in a competitive market, the company has implemented a fully-computerized, large-scale, manufacturing process for its products, which include high-quality garage and industrial doors, fence systems and aluminum joinery. Now SANsymphony-Vs synchronous data mirroring across sites ensures high availability and delivers higher performance for WINIOWSKI Company.

Six administrators in WINIOWSKI Companys IT Department oversee the entire network infrastructure, the data center and over 330 workstations. Efficient IT operations are critical, since all manufacturing processes are digital and the flow of data from the central database drives all operations. Not only are these administrators responsible for day-to-day operations, but they must be able to respond quickly to any failure of the companys computers, storage, servers and network infrastructure.

We have to ensure the highest level of safeguards and uninterrupted availability of the data for our core production systems, which are stored within disk arrays located in the main data center, says Kosecki. We cannot afford downtime or data disruptions that impact daily production; relying on a backup copy made the previous night is not a practical option.

High Availability and High Performance with DataCore

The company enlisted the help of Quad Pro, a solution provider in Krakow, to investigate storage virtualization solutions to improve data reliability and availability. We wanted to avoid downtime in case of failure of a single disk array as well as significantly improve our ability to deal with natural disasters like fire, flooding or building collapse, says Kosecki.

Over a month-long test period, using actual production data in a set of servers provided by Quad Pro, it became apparent that despite the IT teams concerns about the performance and efficiency of a software solution, the DataCore storage hypervisor was a smarter choice than any hardware solution.

We knew that virtualization does not always offer the required performance, explains Kosecki. So we requested a number of proof-of-concept tests, which clearly demonstrated the advantages of DataCores solution in many areas all at once. The introduction of the DataCore virtual layer not only improved performance, availability and management efficiency, it was also more cost-effective than competing hardware-based solutions.

An Easy Transition to a More Effective Storage Infrastructure

DataCores SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor was installed on two physical servers running the Windows 2008 Server R2 operating system. All data is located and stored on EMC CX3 and CX4 disk arrays connected via Fibre Channel. According to Mr. Kosecki, installation was easy and trouble-free.

To both ensure high data availability and minimize the risks of a natural disaster, it was decided to physically relocate one node (a server running SANsymphony-V and one disk array) to the remote secondary data center.

We were able to transfer the node to the secondary data center and implement disaster recovery without having to disable the entire infrastructure, notes Kosecki. We had conducted many deployment test runs on the system and we decided to maintain the whole environment live. The switchover was very satisfactory and completely non-disruptive. We simply powered down one of the SAN switches and disconnected the disk array. The other node took over seamlessly. The data remained available, production continued, and our users did not notice that we had just implemented a new disaster recovery site.

Complete Case Study

Read the full case study concerning WINIOWSKI Company here:

http://www.datacore.com/Testimonials/WISNIOWSKI.aspx


About WINIOWSKI

The WINIOWSKI Company is the largest manufacturer of garage doors and fences in Poland. More information is available at: http://www.wisniowski.pl

About DataCore Software

DataCore Software is the industrys premier provider of storage virtualization software. DataCores SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor software solves the big problem stalling virtualization initiatives by eliminating the storage-related barriers that make virtualization too difficult and too expensive. For additional information, visit the DataCore website at http://www.datacore.com or call (877) 780-5111.

DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANsymphony are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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ProviDyn Installs New Computers in Exam Rooms, Improving Efficiency for the Atlanta Humane Society Howell Mill Animal Clinic

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 25, 2012

ProviDyn, a provider of IT support, strategy and services for small and medium-sized businesses, announced today it has procured and installed new wall-mounted computers in the exam rooms at the Atlanta Humane Societys Howell Mill Animal Wellness Clinic. These upgrades come on the heels of the Atlanta Humane Society opening a second location and furthering its partnership with ProviDyn by migrating its technology infrastructure and applications to the private cloud.

After its newest location opened in December, AHS wanted to continue making improvements to its Howell Mill location as well. The Howell Mill Animal Wellness Clinic is a full-service, fully-staffed pet hospital at the Atlanta Humane Society – the city’s only animal welfare organization to have such a program. The new computers will save time and improve efficiency for clinic employees who previously relied on hand writing information and then, later, taking the extra step of data entry.

Continuing to make upgrades and improvements to our Howell Mill facility will help us operate more efficiently and, in turn, make our clinic an affordable, yet attractive option for pet owners who might not otherwise have the resources to care for their pets, said Chris Slee, Vice President of Finance for AHS. ProviDyn has been a reliable partner and continues to uncover ways for us to leverage technology at both AHS facilities.

Something as simple as new computers in exam rooms can make a large impact on an organization like AHS, said Hamish Davidson, president and co-founder of ProviDyn. Employees will operate more efficiently and have additional time to focus on what is important – caring for animals. As a long-standing partner of AHS, we are always looking for new ways that technology can positively impact the organization.

About ProviDyn

ProviDyn provides technology expertise, services and support to Atlanta-area small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by certified technology professionals, ProviDyns services include managed services, cloud computing solutions, virtualization, help desk and computer support, IT strategy, network security, backup and disaster recovery and IP telephony. ProviDyn delivers the right mix of technology and expertise allowing its clients to focus on growing their business. To learn more about how ProviDyn is Driving Business Through Technology and helping companies reduce costs, improve efficiency and maximize productivity, visit http://www.providyn.com.

About Atlanta Humane Society

Founded in 1873, the Atlanta Humane Society and Society For Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals, Inc. is the oldest private non-profit animal welfare organization in Atlanta and one of the oldest humane agencies in America.

ProviDyn Installs New Computers in Exam Rooms, Improving Efficiency for the Atlanta Humane Society Howell Mill Animal Clinic

ProviDyn"s Private Cloud Improves Collaboration, Drives Efficiency for The Connell Group

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 28, 2012

ProviDyn, a provider of IT support, strategy and services for small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that The Connell Group has decided to extend its existing managed services contract by migrating to ProviDyns private cloud. Based in New Jersey, The Connell Group is a market research consultancy that provides strategic research and marketing consulting services to a host of industries including consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, retail and electronics.

Since 2008, The Connell Group has relied on ProviDyn to meet its day-to-day IT services and support needs. However, with employees spanning multiples states, ProviDyn recommended the firm migrate to the private cloud for increased efficiency and a more cohesive workforce. Leveraging ProviDyns private cloud will give the firm access to updated technology and allow employees to more easily collaborate as if they were in the same office, when actually they operate from disparate locations across the U.S.

Weve had a successful, long-standing partnership with ProviDyn, said Sean Connell, founder of The Connell Group. Their strategic recommendation to consider a private cloud was something we could trust, knowing that it will scale to meet our current and future technology needs, increase efficiency and make collaboration among our employees seamless.

With a widely dispersed workforce, ProviDyns private cloud was an ideal match for The Connell Group, said Hamish Davidson, president and co-founder of ProviDyn. Small and medium-sized businesses often find and employ talent from multiple geographic locations but still need to run smoothly and present a unified front. Having the ability to collaborate, share information and access technology among employees by utilizing the cloud, makes benefiting from the best talent, even if it is remote, possible.

About ProviDyn

ProviDyn provides technology expertise, services and support to Atlanta-area small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by certified technology professionals, ProviDyns services include managed services, cloud computing solutions, virtualization, help desk and computer support, IT strategy, network security, backup and disaster recovery and IP telephony. ProviDyn delivers the right mix of technology and expertise allowing its clients to focus on growing their business. To learn more about how ProviDyn is Driving Business Through Technology and helping companies reduce costs, improve efficiency and maximize productivity, visit http://www.providyn.com or follow us on Twitter.

About The Connell Group

The Connell Group is a market research consultancy focused on closely connecting research design to the business agenda of our clients. We do this by combining the expertise of brand marketers with the data-driven perspective of market researchers.

ProviDyn"s Private Cloud Improves Collaboration, Drives Efficiency for The Connell Group

Fujitsu to Increase the Efficiency of Retailers Remote IT and POS Device Management with Fujitsu Retail Systems Management, powered by Miradore

Dallas, TX, USA and Helsinki, Finland (PRWEB UK) 9 October 2012

Miradore, an innovative enabler of automated IT management services, and Fujitsu announce a collaboration by which Fujitsu will utilize Miradores automated remote management technology in their new point-of-sale (POS) management offering branded as Fujitsu Retail Systems management, powered by Miradore (FRSM).

This solution, based on Miradores technology, significantly improves the agility and efficiency of retail IT management by enabling remote access to in-store systems for installation, maintenance, software distribution and repairs.

Fujitsu Retail Systems Management, powered by Miradore provides IT support staff with a single dashboard view and remote access to multiple end-user device platforms throughout organizations, including POS terminals, PCs, notebooks, servers, printers, network equipment, smartphones and tablets. The solution independently gathers up-to-date asset and configuration data and provides device management tools for all lifecycle stages.

We are excited about the benefits we can bring our retail customers with this solution, said Marc Janssens, Vice President, Retail Operations, Fujitsu America. This scalable suite optimizes the availability of computers in retail stores while at the same time lowers the TCO by streamlining administration and reducing site visits to an absolute minimum. The remote management suite can be installed within our customers environment and is self-managed by the retailer, providing them with immediate access to the available information and tools to act accordingly.

It is a true pleasure to announce the expansion of our partnership program to Fujitsu in North America, as it is a testimony to the successful cooperation in the European countries and a step towards further extensions, said Kristian J

Fujitsu to Increase the Efficiency of Retailers Remote IT and POS Device Management with Fujitsu Retail Systems Management, powered by Miradore

Wharfedale Announces Successful Migration and Consolidation of a Globally Recognized Apparel Manufacturer"s SAP landscape, leading to higher Efficiency and Cost Savings

Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) August 28, 2012

Wharfedale Technologies Inc. is a leading SAP infrastructure consulting services and SAP Cloud Computing firm. Wharfedale has been providing SAP infrastructure solutions to a vast number of customers and vertical industries for over a decade which include, Architecting and Implementing SAP Disaster Recovery for 65 of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as delivering 62% of all SAP onto VBlock Migrations for SAP customers based in the US. Wharfedales highly focused SAP infrastructure expertise additionally extends into High Availability, Virtualization, Backup+Recovery, Landscape Optimizations and Managed Services. Wharfedales innovative solutions portfolio – ensured that the following apparel manufacturing | retail customer – was delivered optimal systems performance, minimal downtime – while maximizing their capital investment.

The customers landscapes consisted of SAP ERP 6.0 and BI 7.0 components running on HP-UX 11i and OS/400 DB2 5.4.5. The customer was exploring the viability of migrating and consolidating their new SAP landscape to Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) utilizing VBlock solution based on EMC, CISCO and VMware technologies in a Windows 2008/SQL 2008 environment.

Wharfedale performed Advanced SAP Landscape sizing for the customers VBlock environment based on the SAP application performance requirements. A virtual environment was then built using this design with Windows 2008 operating system, and SQL 2008 as database in a VMWare ESX 4.1 hypervisor environment on a VBlock. Wharfedale executed mock migrations from AS/400 DB2 platform to Windows 2008/SQL 2008 platform using SAP heterogeneous system copy procedures and industry best practices for migration. The actual production cutover was performed over the course of a weekend onto the new virtual platform for the ERP and BI components. The customer fully expect their VBlock to deliver robust performance needed for their business critical applications.

Apart from creating the SAP infrastructure and optimizing it for the SAP application, migration of server and storage platforms, tuning the SAP database, and improving their backup and recovery methodologies were some of the other services offered by Wharfedale Technologies to its apparel manufacturing customer.

The project brought about an overall:

Wharfedale Announces Successful Migration and Consolidation of a Globally Recognized Apparel Manufacturer"s SAP landscape, leading to higher Efficiency and Cost Savings

Emerson Network Power Considers How Far Organizations Should Go to Improve Data Center Efficiency

Columbus, OHIO (PRWEB) October 24, 2012

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today released guidelines for organizations to consider when deciding to retrofit or replace a data center in the quest for greater efficiency.

Over the past few years, IT systems and data center infrastructure technologies that significantly improve efficiency have become available. Accordingly, the experts at Emerson Network Power now are frequently asked to help organizations determine how to take advantage of these improvements, especially in data centers that have run or are running out of capacity. Whats the better course of action? Should they retrofit the existing data center or replace it with a new one?

When to Retrofit

A retrofit is a good option when efficiency and stranded capacity are the major issues. Retrofitting has advantages over building a new data center, cost being at the top of the list, said Peter Panfil, vice president of global power, Emerson Network Power. Today, a new data center could cost in the range of $ 17M per megawatt, with ways to push this down to $ 12M per megawatt (for example, through UPS utilization improvements). A retrofit will run 25 percent to 40 percent of the new-build cost and in many cases can deliver the efficiency and capacity needed to extend the life of the data center.

Newer cooling, power and IT technologies that improve energy efficiency also help recover stranded capacity. Recovered capacity then can be allocated where needed.

Cold-aisle containment, intelligent controls that monitor conditions at the server and economization all lead to better efficiency by improving temperature and airflow management.

Additionally, implementing component technologies that optimize the cooling system to work more efficiently at partial loads is another good way to recover capacity without starting from scratch. Variable speed drives improve efficiency significantly over traditional fixed-speed fans, and electronically commutated (EC) plug fans are even more efficient. Both variable speed drives and EC plug fans can be installed on existing cooling units and their operation optimized by networking the cooling units through intelligent controls. Intelligent controls ensure the units work together as a system to optimize performance and efficiency.

Component upgrades such as these are much less intrusive than replacing entire cooling systems, and their payback is typically about two years, said Steve Madara, vice president and general manager, Emerson Network Powers Liebert Precision Cooling business. When you consider adding new components to upgrade existing precision cooling equipment, however, keep in mind that its like deciding when to trade in your car for a new model. Theres a certain point where you cant get enough mileage from retrofitted equipment to make it worth the investment.

Upgrades that make the power system more efficient include double-conversion UPS technology that eliminates conversion process losses, intelligent pairing of UPS modules and high-efficiency transformers. Additionally, adding a data center infrastructure management solution, implementing eco-mode on the UPS and optimizing the power path from the UPS to the servers all contribute to energy savings.

Data center managers also can employ Emerson Network Powers Energy Logic to improve energy efficiency. Energy Logic leverages the cascade effect that occurs when lower energy consumption at the component and device level is magnified by reducing demand on support systems. Its possible to achieve high overall energy savings from the cascade effect. Saving energy extends the useful life of the data center by freeing space in the data center that can be used for IT expansion.

When to Replace

While many options for retrofitting the data center exist, it is not always the practical choice. The downside of a major retrofit is that you are doing it in a live data center, Panfil said. If you are maxed out on space, its difficult to upgrade for efficiency without jeopardizing availability. In this case, upgrading unit by unit may protect against downtime, but organizations should consider building a new data center when:

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Emerson Network Power Considers How Far Organizations Should Go to Improve Data Center Efficiency

Solutions in Action: Nercon will showcase its Conveyor Changeover Efficiency Loop Display

Oshkosh, WI (PRWEB) November 01, 2012

At PACK EXPO 2012, Nercon will showcase its Conveyor Changeover Efficiency Loop with safety and energy monitoring demonstrations. The racetrack-configured conveyor loop displays a variety of Nercons adjustable guide rail assemblies, from manual to fully automated control solutions.

The Oshkosh, Wis.-based company, having surpassed the 35 year benchmark, is well-known for engineering and manufacturing processing and package handling conveyor systems. Serving food and consumer goods manufacturing industries, Nercon specializes in solving manufacturing business objectives from maximizing production capacity to reducing production line down time.

The quick changeover conveyor loop demonstration will help manufacturers with multiple stock-keeping units discover strategies for increasing production efficiencies. One size does not fit all when it comes to conveyors, so the first step in increasing efficiency is creating a mechanical and control solution that fits each applications unique needs. Nercons quick changeover conveyor loop display allows users to test and compare several levels of changeover solutions, including quickset bracket assemblies, set-in rails, hand-wheel adjustable guide rails, and push-button automatic guide rails.

Improving changeover efficiency is a top priority for our consumer products manufacturing customers with multiple SKU product lines, said Mike Weickert, director of application engineering at Nercon. Its up to Nercon to work with the production team to optimize the conveyor line with an equipment and controls solution that provides the best changeover efficiencies for the application with adaptability and flexibility for the future.

An Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus 6 human machine interface (HMI) provides a user-friendly interface between the machine and operator monitoring the changeover. The HMI is programmed on the demonstrative loop using FactoryTalk

Solutions in Action: Nercon will showcase its Conveyor Changeover Efficiency Loop Display

Wharfedale Announces Successful SAP Landscape Migration for a Major Pharmaceutical Company to Gain Greater Flexibility and Efficiency in Managing Business Operations

Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) October 02, 2012

Wharfedale Technologies Inc. is a leading SAP infrastructure consulting services and SAP Cloud Computing firm. For over a decade, Wharfedale has been providing SAP infrastructure solutions, which includes the SAP Disaster Recovery, to a wide array of customers and vertical industries for 65 of the Fortune 100 companies. Wharfedales highly focused SAP infrastructure expertise extends into High Availability, Virtualization, Backup & Recovery, Landscape Optimizations and Managed Services. Wharfedales portfolio of innovative solutions delivered optimal systems performance, minimal downtime for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing customer while maximizing their capital investment.

The customers landscapes consisted of SAP ERP 6.0, BI 7.0 and SCM Livecache components running on IBM AIX. The customer was exploring the viability of migrating and consolidating their new SAP landscape to Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) utilizing VBlock solution based on EMC, CISCO and VMware technologies in a Linux/Oracle 11G RAC Grid environment.

Wharfedale performed Advanced SAP Landscape sizing for the customers VBlock environment based on the SAP application performance requirements. A virtual environment was then built using this design with Linux operating system, and Oracle 11G as database in a VMWare ESX 5.0 hypervisor environment on a VBlock. Wharfedale executed mock migrations from IBM AIX platform to Linux platform using SAP heterogeneous system copy procedures and industry best practices for migration. The actual production cutover was performed over the course of a weekend onto the new virtual platform for the ERP, BI and SCM Livecache components. The customer fully expects their VBlock to deliver robust performance needed for their business critical applications. Wharfedale was also involved in the Unicode conversion for ERP 6.0 and BI 7.0 components.

Apart from creating the SAP infrastructure and optimizing it for the SAP application, migration of server and storage platforms, tuning the SAP database, and improving their backup and recovery methodologies were some of the other services offered by Wharfedale Technologies to its pharmaceutical manufacturing customer. The project brought about an overall cost savings of around 35% and performance improvement by almost 60%.

About Wharfedale Technologies Inc.

Wharfedale Technologies Inc. (WFT Cloud) is a leading technology consulting firm specializing in SAP infrastructure integrations and services, as well as Private | Public | Hybrid Cloud solutions. As an SAP Certified provider of cloud services, Wharfedale offers SAP solutions around – high availability, disaster recovery, advanced sizing for virtualization, Basis administration & operations, backup & recovery Integration, systems refresh automation and landscape optimization.

SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries.

Wharfedale Announces Successful SAP Landscape Migration for a Major Pharmaceutical Company to Gain Greater Flexibility and Efficiency in Managing Business Operations

New Fully Digital 800 Watt Bulk Front-End Power Supply from Emerson Network Power Features 80 PLUS Gold Standard Efficiency

Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) December 05, 2012

A new 800 watt bulk front-end power supply from Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity, meets the 80 PLUS Gold standard for efficiency. The DS800SL-3 power supply has an exceptionally high efficiency of 92 percent when operating at half-load from a 230 Vac input, combined with a typical power factor in excess of 0.99.

With a high power density of 19.05 W/in3 (1.16 W/cm3) in a slim-line rack-mounting package, DS800SL-3 power supplies enable system designers to minimize space requirements in enterprise servers and similar space-constrained applications.

The new DS800SL-3 is a fully digital design; it features a built-in I2C serial bus interface and uses the industry-standard PMBus communications protocol. Developed primarily for systems employing distributed power architectures, the power supply has a wide input voltage range of 90 to 264 Vac and is rated for 800 watts output power. The main 12 Vdc payload output is programmable by plus/minus 10 percent, and can deliver up to 65.7 A continuously. An auxiliary always on 5 Vdc output, rated at 2.4 A, is also provided for powering server management circuits. Both outputs are tightly regulated, have no minimum load requirement, and offer remote sensing the 12 Vdc output can compensate for a load bus drop of up to 200 mV.

Opposite-end ac input and dc outputs facilitate fast replacement in the field, and the dc output card edge connector is compatible with the Intel

New Fully Digital 800 Watt Bulk Front-End Power Supply from Emerson Network Power Features 80 PLUS Gold Standard Efficiency

Mi Casa Verde Unveils Five Home Automation Solution Packs Focused On Security, Energy Efficiency, Lighting Controls and No Monthly Charges At CES on Jan. 8

Oakland, CA (PRWEB) January 04, 2013

Mi Casa Verde, a leading marketing and distribution company in the home and small business control systems market, has announced the availability of five home automation solution driven packages for the consumer beginning in February with an unveiling at CES in Las Vegas and full details on the http://www.micasaverde.com web site, beginning on January 7th.

In response to consumers and its network of retailers, distributors and VARs, Mi Casa Verde has created and customized feature-driven packages which incorporate the most-in demand components in easy-to-install, easy-to-expand bundles. Each of the offerings reflect consumer interest in increased home security as well as in energy savings, lighting and entertainment controls. All systems are accessible from anywhere in the world via PC, smartphone and tablet.

Mi Casa Verdes commitment is not only to providing the latest and most reliable systems but incorporating a pricing structure that opens up these benefits to consumers everywhere. With no monthly fees, we can save homeowners and renters hundreds or thousands of dollars in yearly costs that other providers charge as part of their annual contract commitments, noted Bob Goldberg, vice president of marketing.

Priced from $ 249 to $ 999 based on features, the packages include:

The Starter Package provides essential smart home capabilities with a VeraLite controller, security camera and plug-and-play lighting control and effortless expansion opportunities.

The Energy Package creates a green house with savings that are capable of paying for the system within a year or less. This includes a VeraLite controller, smart thermostat that communicates its climate and responds to desired adjustments from anywhere, smart wall switches that turn on/off remotely, a SmartSwitch that measures and controls from any household plug and a meter reader that reads out how much electricity is used and how to economize.

The Safety Package offers security and significant value versus the large service providers which charge up to $ 50/month or more for the same technology. With no monthly cost to the homeowner or renter, this package includes a VeraLite controller, state-of-the-art door lock that can report open/close activity via text or email; two powerful, high definition security cameras that work even in the dark, and four wireless sensors that secure doors and/or windows in seconds.

The Family Package provides an array of the most popular features including controlling access to any door in the residence from anywhere, a wireless video and audio security camera with adjustable views at the touch of a smartphone, PC or tablet. Also included is a VeraLite controller, two magnetic door/window sensors and a wide-range motion detector

The Premium Package provides a comprehensive system that rivals those costing thousands of dollars more. The highest quality components include the Vera3 controller, two infrared cameras with built in motion sensors, smart door lock with a touch screen interface, smart thermostat which can monitor and control home temperature based on humidity and climate. Also included is a wireless energy reader which provides information to maximize savings 24/7.

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Steps for Wireless Network Installation- Think Wireless, Think Efficiency

Does your business organization need a wireless network? Are you planning to upgrade your conventional wired network, or set up a wireless and remote access for higher accessibility and flexibility?

Wireless networks are simpler to adopt and more affordable than ever. Growing small-scale business houses, who have adopted a wireless network, are already reporting immediate returns in the form of higher productivity, employee satisfaction and flexible application mobility. Around 228,000 small-businesses, presently, have remote access capacities created into their networks for security and safety monitoring. According to the US Marketing Institute – the number would double over the next one year.

A wireless infrastructure can make it extremely easier to configure your total office space, as your organization grows and changes. In addition, the wireless network installation is relatively economical. When you consider productivity gains – both inside and at public spots going wireless is an ideal choice, particularly when compared to the cost of operating a CAT5 network LAN wires throughout the building. In case, you are interested in installing a wireless network at your organization, this article will walk you through the steps required to assess the role wireless technologies, may play in your business’s overall networking solution.

Understand It:

Understand the advantages of “going wireless,” and, how it can aid your business in getting achieving higher productivity. Wired networks might give the look of a busy office, full of latest equipment; however, in reality, a web of cables all around shows an ineffective networking medium.

They can restrict signal strength and make it more arduous to reorganize and expand your network configuration. Nevertheless, a wireless network is an affordable and viable alternative that provides the benefits of making your business environment more flexible.

Plan It:

You must, first, perform an evaluation that constitutes an anticipated return on investment, and then check out what it would take to integrate wireless technologies with your current infrastructure.

You must next consider what integration points you will have to address for the solution to work:
 

Assess your Present and Future Networking Needs
Draft a Plan

Do It:

With a plan in place, which defines how to install wireless networking capabilities at your workplace, you can start up with the business of wireless network installation. It is much easier than you think. The basic step includes knowing the equipment involved in a wireless network like, Access Points and Wireless Clients.

Use It:

Since, wireless communications are transmitted via air instead of a closed wire, you will require installing some wireless-specific security methods in order to make sure your wireless communications are safe and secure.

Support it:

In case, you need additional support or help, or planning large-scale wireless network installation, many reputable suppliers can offer entailed support. These suppliers could help you in understanding your options, configuring your network, setting up your systems and getting you up and running efficiently.
 

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