Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

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12:30p	Data Center Jobs: OpenStack Developer At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from Unitas Global, which is seeking an OpenStack Developer in Los Angeles, California. The OpenStack Developer is responsible for the development of Unitas’s customized private cloud services solution utilizing the OpenStack platform. The ideal candidate will have several years of OpenStack development and deployment experience and have a portfolio of sample projects for review. To view full details and apply, see job listing details. Are you hiring for your data center? You can list your company’s job openings on the Data Center Jobs Board, and also track new openings via our jobs RSS feed. (Comment on this)
1:00p	Data Center Links: IO, PhoenixNAP, ViaWest Here’s our review of some of this week’s noteworthy links for the data center industry: IO selected by Choice Hotels.  IO announced that it has been awarded a contract by Choice Hotels International. Delivered from the IO Phoenix data center, IO will provide Choice Hotels with Data Center as a Service to house all of their mission-critical systems, such as the total global distribution platform and reservations at IO without having to invest resources in maintaining its own data center. ”We have a longstanding commitment to invest in forward-thinking technology and high-caliber facilities that support our business as it continues to expand,” said Patti Goodrich, VP of Enterprise Infrastructure for Choice Hotels. “With IO’s Data Center 2.0 technology platform and their exceptional experience in delivering modular data center innovation, we are able to maximize our capabilities, decrease the risk of downtime in the future, and quickly deploy new capacity as needed for growth.” PhoenixNAP selected by Orvant. Phoenix NAP announced that Orvant, Inc., a premier cloud-based network security service provider, has selected the data center for its hosting needs. Extensive security systems and solutions, wide variety of carrier options and various amenities were reasons cited by Orvant for selecting PhoenixNAP.  “We are excited to welcome Orvant, Inc. to Phoenix NAP,” said Ian McClarty, president of Phoenix NAP. “The company’s focus on pinpointing potential risks for its customers to avoid possible disaster is completely in line with what Phoenix NAP has done and continues to do through our array of security systems and solutions and we look forward to building a strong, long-lasting relationship with them.” ViaWest strengthens compliance portfolio.  ViaWest announced it has enhanced its library of compliance and attestation reports. The company now has a Service Organization Controls (SOC) SOC 2, Type II report on the Security and Availability Trust Services Principles in addition to its SOC 1, Type II report in accordance with SSAE 16 and ISAE 3402 and its SOC 3 report on the Security and Availability Trust Services Principles. It has also doubled the number of facilities covered by the Payment Card Industry Report on Compliance for Sections 9 and 12 (PCI ROC). Furthermore, ViaWest has now added a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) report for physical controls covering four of its datacenters. “ViaWest is 100% committed to delivering transparency through insight into our operations and assurance via third-party assessors that validate ViaWest as a trusted partner,” states Mary Sparks, Director of Compliance for ViaWest. “We do this because we understand the mission-critical nature of data to our customers’ businesses and the need to meet standards within the ever-changing compliance landscape. We put customer trust first.” (Comment on this)
3:59p	Decrease Costs and Gain a Competitive Advantage By Improving DCIM With the evolution of the modern data center come some very real – and very new – management challenges. In an effort to be competitive in the industry, many organizations have deployed new technologies in their environment. The issue is that these new tools and platforms become management challenges. The problem became apparent when numerous moving parts within a data center had to be managed by various people or numerous different software tools. In trying to find ways to manage this type of environment, managers saw that they weren’t only losing time – they were losing dollars. In this whitepaper, we learn that the challenges for both the data center operations management and the organization’s executive management responsible for the IT function can come from all directions: Minimize risk of downtime Satisfy demand for new applications to facilitate business/revenue growth Satisfy internal user needs as overall organization grows and changes Comply with audits, both internal and government regulatory Reduce/control energy usage/costs Maximize utilization of current resources Improve staff productivity Incorporate processes to address green initiatives Deal with the rate of technological change Live within tighter budget constraints Finance major capital investments In trying to find a way to control all of the above metrics, administrators have stopped using older methods of data center administration and have turned to Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM). In fact, a recent study done by The 451 Group, an industry market research firm, states, “As data centers become bigger, denser and more complex, it is clear that the most adaptable, economically sustainable and eco-efficient facilities will be those using advanced infrastructure management software. The DCIM market is worth roughly $240m in 2011, and will grow to $1.2b in 2016.” The power of DCIM comes from multiple places. Not only is it an integrated piece which has granular visibility into an environment, it can directly simplify the entire management process. Download this whitepaper to see how Raritan’s DCIM can help with: Asset Management Change Management Capacity Management and Planning Advanced (Integrated) Energy Monitoring and Management In using Raritan’s DCIM platform, administrators can reduce the amount of time they spend updating spreadsheets and Visio diagrams. Not only will this streamline the management process – it will also save the corporate dollars in overhead management costs. (Comment on this)
7:19p	RF Code, Server Tech Integrate for Consolidated View Asset management provider RF Code and power monitoring and distribution provider Server Tech have announced an integrated data center solution. The integration enables Server Tech’s Sentry Power Manager (SPM) power monitoring solution to take full advantage of environmental data captured by RF Code sensors, providing a consolidated view of environment and power information. The joint offering integrates via an SPM API. Information gathered from RF Code’s sensors flows into SPM software, giving a consolidated view of power and environmental data. The information RF Code monitors and sends includes: Power utilization, which RF Code’s sensor collects from a Server Technology intelligent PDUTemperature, humidity, air pressure fluid detection and more Door open and close for greater security Trending and alarming related to temperature, humidity, air pressure and dew point “From the CIO and CFO down, everyone involved with data center and facilities operations is concerned about the rising cost of power and cooling and the impact environmental conditions can have on data availability or uptime – whether from a bottom line, availability, operations, risk or compliance perspective,” said Richard Jenkins, vice president, marketing, RF Code. “This solution empowers executive and operational decision makers to make critical financial and business continuity decisions to increase data center efficiency.” This is a prime example of the many pieces around data center monitoring and management beginning to integrate and play nice with one another to make monitoring and managing a data center much easier. There are so many vendors that offer very specific functions or pieces, and a lot of integration needs to happen for all these moving pieces to work together properly. “Our joint integration advances our belief that the best of both worlds is often found by combining the best of solutions,” said Calvin Nicholson, Server Technology’s senior director of software and firmware. “RF Code’s differentiated, wire-free solution maps perfectly to our emphasis on intelligent monitoring of the power that affects usage, efficiency and cost. We share this view of capable simplicity, which is demonstrated in the solutions we together bring to market.” (Comment on this)

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