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| Reclaiming
Data Center Real Estate
Using KVM and Remote Management
Technologies |
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| Many
large companies do not realize
the great pains that network
administrators go through
to maximize real estate
in an enterprise-class data
center. Space is costly
and network administrators
continually rely upon devices
that help them do more with
less. One such tool to aid
in this effort is the KVM
(keyboard/video/mouse) switch
that enables IT pros to
easily and effectively manage
servers and other network
devices -- within the data
center or from remote locations.
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| Remote
Management and the
Information Infrastructure |
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The
consolidation of various
data center devices
and servers running
on multiple platforms
provides network administrators
with a more effi cient
information infrastructure.
After all, the less
moving parts involved
improves overall effi
ciency and reliability.
Using an end-to-end
framework, organizations
of all sizes can implement
a centralized console
to manage the data
center infrastructure
combining enterprise
reliability and remote
connectivity while
reducing costs -- all
without compromising
application
and technology service
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| The Multiple of Multi-Platform KVM Technologies |
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| Every time a network administrator turns around there are new standards, protocols
and platforms to support in the data center -- TCP/IP, Telnet, SSH, SSL, PPP, Solaris, USB, MacOS, Linux and Windows 2003 servers 鈥?and the list goes on and on. Each of these offers their share of flexibility, standardization, compatibility
and convenience. But they also pose challenges. In some cases, this creates "silos" of information and limits access from other applications on different platforms. Data center infrastructure needs to be centrally managed.......... |
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| Why Network Administrators Should Explorethe "V" in K-V-M Switches |
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| Computer video signals have continued to evolve over the last several decades during which an enterprise reference to the "computer" shifted from mostly mainframe and larger "minicomputers" to the distributed client-server model that prevails today. In parallel, the TV has come a long way from the small black and white consoles of the 50s to color to large screen TVs and now HDTV LCD TVs.......... |
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| Taking Control:IP Devices Promise the Future ofData Center Control and Management |
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| IT professionals have always wanted the flexibility of anytime, anywhere access to their servers, network devices, and applications. Whether problems caused by device failures, denial of service attacks, cyber intrusions and malware, or natural disasters, data centers are constantly at risk. This need for secure remote management has risen to the forefront as a top priority on the "To Do" list of network administrators. Until now, this was cost-prohibitive for all but the largest data centers. However, the affordability of IP remote management devices has enabled organizations of all sizes to benefit from secure over IP access across the room, throughout an office complex in a distributed computing environment or transcending global boundaries - all via an Internet connection and browser.......... |
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| USB and K-V-M switches The Rise of USB in the Data Center - The Implementation can Make the Difference |
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The past 12 years have seen the Universal Serial Bus (USB) grow from pipe dream into the de facto standard to power devices such as peripherals, portable memory devices, video game consoles, PDAs and portable media players.
USB was originally designed to bring all serial and parallel ports on PCs to obsolescence since these were not standardized and required multiple device drivers to be continually developed and updated.......... |
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