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Raritan’s dcTrack Software Wins Network Computing's 'New Product of the Year' Award

product_of_the_year_2011-- Recognized for powerful asset and change management capabilities for tracking data center IT systems, facilities, and networking assets and their interrelationships --

SOMERSET, N.J. AND LONDON (April 25, 2011) – Raritan today announced its dcTrack™ data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software has won "New Product of the Year" award from Network Computing magazine in London.  It also collected the runner-up award in the "Data Centre Product of the Year" category.  

Raritan received the awards at the presentation ceremony of the fifth Network Computing Awards, held at London's Hotel Russell.  Nominations for these awards were made by readers of Network Computing.  Once finalists in each award category were determined, readers were asked to vote on the finalists to determine the winners.  Approximately 6,000 individuals cast votes for the 2011 awards, making this one of the most significant surveys relating to networking technology in the UK, according to the magazine.

"We are proud our dcTrack software is being recognized for its exceptional and innovative asset and connectivity management capabilities, and its ability to help IT and facilities organizations simplify change and capacity management in their data centers," said Khaled Nassoura, General Manager, Green Data Center Initiative at Raritan.  "dcTrack excels at managing and visualizing physical and logical relationships among all the assets in today's multi-vendor, multi-site data center environments, so that managers can efficiently manage capacity and drive costs out of data center operations.  dcTrack also excels in its capability to drill down deep into the infrastructure layer of the data center -- providing valuable information on where best to place servers and devices in racks, as well as how best to provision network, cabling, and power connectivity to those devices."

dcTrack data center infrastructure management (DCIM) V2.4 software maintains accurate, up-to-the-minute views and granular details of every device, along with their connections across multiple data centers -- including servers, networking and facilities elements.   It also provides real-time views of a data center's power consumption, heat dissipation, raised floor space and rack elevations.  dcTrack's simple-to-setup and simple-to-use workflow and change management capabilities support the daily operations of managing data centers and reduce significant costs associated with decentralized and manual processes associated with moves, adds, and changes in the data centers.   For more information on dcTrack software, visit www.dcTrack.com/productoftheyear/.

About Raritan (Raritan.com)
Raritan is a proven innovator of power management, infrastructure management, KVM and serial solutions for data centers of all sizes.  In more than 50,000 locations worldwide, Raritan's award-winning hardware and software solutions -- including intelligent rack PDUs, energy management software, KVM-over-IP and Serial-over-IP access products -- provide IT and facility directors, managers and administrators with the control they need to increase power management efficiency, improve data center productivity and enhance branch office operations.  Based in Somerset, N.J., Raritan has offices worldwide serving customers in 76 countries.  Visit us at Raritan.com or follow us on the Raritan blog.   Raritan is an active member of the Green Grid, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design associations.  The company was recognized by the EPA for its contribution to the agency's data center initiative.


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Data Center Disaster Recovery Tools

raritanThere are many types of “disasters” that can occur in a data center.  These can range from an all encompassing failure to the loss of certain critical IT services.  These can happen at any time related to human error, system breakdowns or natural disasters.  Time is of the essence when these disasters strike, with the need for quick troubleshooting, diagnosis and repair.   Modern KVM-over-IP systems with centralized management and remote power control are key tools to help data center managers and IT administrators recover when disaster strikes.

Since disasters by their very nature are unpredictable, the probability is that they will occur out of working hours!  Hence a reliable remote access method is critical to a quick response.  KVM-over-IP switches and serial console switches can provide the anytime/anywhere, secure, remote access required for recovery personnel to respond immediately when disaster strikes.   KVM-over-IP switches provide BIOS-level server access including support for remote virtual media.  This expanded level of remote access may be required in a disaster when servers need to be rebooted, software re-installed, servers re-imaged or BIOS options changed.
It is possible in a disaster that a server or other equipment will completely shut down.  In this case, remote power control can be the only way to re-start the equipment without going into the data center.  Intelligent rack based power distribution units (PDU) can be connected to the KVM equipment or directly to the LAN in order to remotely restart or power-cycle servers and other devices.

Serial console switches provide access to equipment managed by serial ports.  This includes networking equipment as well as headless servers running UNIX or LINUX.  The serial console switch provides remote console level access to troubleshoot and re-configure equipment.  In addition remote power control is an option.

In a disaster, the corporate network can be affected either partially or completely.  Many serial console switches and KVM-over-IP switches have a modem option so that they can be used over a PSTN connection.   While a PSTN modem may seem very old fashioned, it can be very useful in a disaster situation if the corporate network is not in full operation.  Another alternative is to have a separate backup or management network that connects to the KVM-over-IP and serial console switches.

Since a disaster can be the result of human error, it is useful to which servers have been recently changed .  Modern KVM and access systems produce a comprehensive log of server accesses, so that the recovery staff understands which equipment has been changed, when it was changed and even why it has been changed.

Disasters are unpredictable and the managers responding to the emergency must have the ability to quickly access virtually any equipment in the data center.  Centralized access management systems like Raritan’s CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG) can be used to provide centralized remote access to thousands of servers (physical and virtual), networking equipment as well as the ability to do remote power control.  The result is that recovery workers can quickly access virtually any server or serially controlled device using a single IP address.

And finally, for larger disasters, responders may need to go into the data center to fully recover.  In this case the KVM-over-IP and serial console switches provide a local port capability such that managers can access equipment while in the data center.  Through a technology called “tiering” or “cascading” the local ports of multiple switches can be consolidated such that from a single console hundreds of servers can be accessed.

Raritan Wins Green Enterprise IT Award from the Uptime Institute

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SOMERSET, N.J. (May 18, 2010) – Raritan today announced it was selected as a winner of the prestigious 2010 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards presented by the Uptime Institute.   The GEIT Awards showcase organizations that are pioneering energy-efficiency improvements in their IT and data center operations, or that provide technology that can significantly reduce energy consumption. 

Raritan Introduces First Digital KVM Switch with FIPS 140-2 Certified Encryption Module for Secure Data Center Access

raritan-- FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Module Embedded in Dominion® KX II Switch --

SOMERSET, N.J. (January 11, 2010) -- Raritan today announced the first digital KVM switch with an embedded Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 certified encryption module, making it the most secure KVM-over-IP switch in the industry.

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