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CommScope Acquires iTRACS and Expands Datacenter Infrastructure Management Capabilities
Jennifer Koppy
Mar 2013 - Doc # lcUS24040913 IDC Link

CommScope's acquisition of DCIM provider iTRACS last Monday is the first major acquisition of a datacenter infrastructure management (DCIM) provider this year. It isn't the first, nor will it be the last, example of a large IT solutions sup ...

Greater MPG for eBay DCs?
Kelly Quinn, Jennifer Koppy
Mar 2013 - Doc # lcUS24002613 IDC Link

At the Green Grid Forum held on March 5–6, 2013, eBay announced a new methodology and published a white paper for determining datacenter (DC) efficiency: Digital Service Efficiency (DSE).At the event, Dean Nelson, VP of Global Foundation Se ...

Emerson Network Power Trellis Platform–IBM Tivoli Link Is a Sign of Proliferating DCIM and IT Management Partnerships
Jennifer Koppy
Feb 2013 - Doc # lcUS23939413 IDC Link

On February 7, 2013, Emerson Network Power and IBM announced the plan to integrate the Trellis data center infrastructure management (DCIM) platform, which Emerson Network Power launched in April 2012 with IBM's Tivoli IT service management ...

IBM's New China Remanufacturing Center to Boost POWER Footprint
Jennifer Koppy, David Daoud
Mar 2012 - Doc # lcUS23375112 IDC Link

On February 29, 2012, IBM formally announced the opening of a remanufacturing center in Shenzen, China — the second largest IT equipment market in the world. The center will refurbish off-lease POWER-based servers to start. By 2014, IBM pla ...