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For Existing CC-SG Customers It’s Easy to Migrate to a Virtual CC

My last few blog posts have focused on the benefits of deploying the CommandCenter Secure Gateway as a virtual appliance (VA). Now, with the release of CC-SG 5.1, it’s time to talk about how CC-SG hardware appliance users are shifting … Continue reading

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The Datacenter Journal Provides Good Insight Into the Benefits of the New CommandCenter Virtual Appliance

A recent article in The Datacenter Journal provides a quick overview of the new virtual CommandCenter Secure Gateway and sums up its benefits very nicely.  Please check it out here. One quick and minor correction:  The evaluation version now enables … Continue reading

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When Deploying a Centralized IT Management Solution, Leverage the Advantages of a Virtual Appliance

Vendors in the IT and data center space are beginning to make their centralized management systems available as a virtual appliance, enabling them to run on leading virtualization platforms. This is the case with Raritan’s CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG). A new version will be released in November that can be deployed as a VMware virtual machine. Continue reading

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Be careful what you ask for…

You know a good friend of mine used to say to me, “Be careful what you ask for… You may just get it!” and I have to say, the words never rang truer than today in the DCIM category. There … Continue reading

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Raritan is co-presenting “400V Data Center Solutions” with Starline at the Sept. 30th DatacenterDynamics show in Chicago.

We will be displaying our intelligent PDU’s, KVM-over-IP switch and DCIM solutions in our booth. Stop by and visit us – you’ll be entered into our drawing for a Canon digital camcorder.  For more information and to register: http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/chicago

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Video over USB 3.0

USB 2.0 already allowed connecting additional Displays to Desktop PCs and Notebooks thanks to a technology provided by Displaylink. The most recent devices offer screen resolutions beyond the 1600×1200 barrier and the next evolutionary steps is in front of us.  … Continue reading

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August 12, 1981- The Data Center chaos begins!

Since August 12, 1981 when IBM announced the first x86 based PC, all of those people involved in Information Technology have had the new opportunity to behave badly. Prior to that date, computers were BIG and bulky and had huge … Continue reading

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Why Raritan IT is adopting a new naming scheme in Power IQ

Raritan IT team recently decided to change our naming and association schemes in Power IQ.  This change reflects the new level of power usage details IT wants to track, and how we plan to utilize such information to measure energy … Continue reading

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Government Security, Compliance and Remote Access

IT administrators in the government space are concerned about three things when they arrive at their place of work: security, security and security. With the recent, and not so recent, cyber attacks on military and civilian agency networks, the government … Continue reading

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Who was the SECOND man to walk on the Moon?

The world of IT is looking for Pioneers, leaders to stand up and think differently about the IT challenge. These new pioneers will understand that the previous rules in IT have changed in the past four years (due primarily to the costs of energy) and are actively looking for ways to navigate these new challenges of the Data Center. Continue reading

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