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December
2006
Information
Technology Trends (PDF, 1MB)
It sure is cold outside. But IT is hot this winter with new legislation
and new technology warming up data centers everywhere.  |
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December
22, 2006
Take
Control With Aperture’s VISTA 500 (PDF,
31KB)
Resource
Management System Tracks Data Center Components
... Based on 20 years in the industry, Aperture Technologies is
aiming directly at today’s constrained data center arena with
its VISTA 500 comprehensive data center infrastructure resource
management system. |
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December
19, 2006
CIOS,
Facilities Managers Key Partners in 2007
As power, cooling and floor space become more of a premium in data
centers, CIOs need a new partner: the facilities manager. |
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December
18, 2006
Survey
reveals poorly run data centres
The Aperture Research Institute, established by Aperture Technologies
to share market intelligence about data center management, has
published its first report entitled "Organizations Struggle
with Data Center Capacity Management", which demonstrates
that managing data center capacity is a significant challenge,
with many companies unable to predict their capacity needs accurately.
Managing
data centre operations
TNT, a global provider of mail and express delivery services,
has selected the enterprise software solution Aperture VISTA 400
to enable better equipment planning and environmental control
of its data centre operations. |
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December
12, 2006
Poor
planning blamed for lack of data centre space
New report finds that data centres can't predict when they will
need additional capacity, power or cooling. Over a third of enterprise
data centres run out of space because of poor capacity planning,
according to a new survey. |
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December
7, 2006
Firms
fall short in capacity planning (PDF,
33KB)
...The report by the Aperture Research Institute says 41 per cent
of respondents rated their capacity planning as below average...
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December
6, 2006
AmSouth
Cuts Errors Using VISTA System (PDF,
277KB)
Since opening the 17,000-square foot data center in early 2004 within
a larger bank operation center, AmSouth has used the VISTA software
system from Aperture Technologies Inc. of Stamford, Conn., to manage
the infrastructure. |
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December
4, 2006
Aperture
Opens Door To Streamlined Data Centers
Aperture Technologies' new Vista 500 provides control over a wide
spectrum of IT assets, including space and configuration management,
as well as traditional network and system components. |
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December
4, 2006
Managing
the datacenter (PDF, 22KB)
Software helps companies manage complex data centers., Aperture
Technologies, Inc. |
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December
1, 2006
Space:
the final frontier (PDF, 266KB)
There might be empty slots in the racks, but getting the right
combination of power, cooling, weight, space and network connections
can be like waiting for the planets to align. Sean Nicholson,
senior director of product management at Aperture Technologies,
explains the need for smarter metrics for capacity forecasting.
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December
1, 2006
Aperture
Technologies Releases VISTA 500 (PDF,
163KB)
Aperture Technologies, Inc. have announced the launch of Aperture
VISTA 500, a comprehensive data center infrastructure resource
management system that revolutionizes the way companies manage
today's increasingly complex data center environments.
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December
2006
VISTA
500 from Aperture Technologies Manages Today’s Data Centers
(PDF, 173KB)
Aperture Technologies, Inc., has released VISTA 500, a comprehensive
data center infrastructure resource management system that revolutionizes
the way companies manage today’s data center environments.
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November
30, 2006
Aperture
Technologies Releases VISTA 500 (PDF,
69KB)
Aperture Technologies, Inc. , has launched VISTA 500 , the next
generation of its software for visual management of data centres.
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November
29, 2006
Symantec
rounds-out data centre management solution
...more than a third of datacentres are badly managed, and have
run out of space, power or cooling capacity with insufficient notice,
according to a new survey by datacentre software provider Aperture
Technologies. |
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November
27, 2006
Getting
to grips with power
Aperture Technologies is one company specialising in visualising
the physical layer in real time—including the server racks,
cabling and power supply loadings. |
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November
24, 2006
Aperture
Technologies Releases VISTA 500; Breakthrough Product for Managing
Today's New Breed of Data Centres (PDF,
130KB)
"New Release Transforms Mission Critical Data Centre Operations
Management." Aperture Technologies has launched VISTA 500,
a comprehensive data centre infrastructure resource management
system that revolutionizes the way companies manage today' increasingly
complex data centre environments.
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November
20, 2006
Aperture
Upgrades Data Center Management Software (PDF,
34KB)
Aperture Technologies, provider of data center management software,
has announced the launch of VISTA 500, a major new release of
its data center infrastructure resource management system.
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November
20, 2006
IT
travelling down the greener road (PDF,
739KB)
'Green IT' is fast becoming the IT industry's current buzzword,
but will green lead to genuine channel margins or is it just a naïve
dead end? Gareth Kershaw looks at what this latest wave of regulation-compliant
equipment can offer both customers and VARs. |
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November
20, 2006
Consolidation
Power Tools
Aperture Vista not only provides detailed inventory and relationship
maps but also provides tools for optimizing the design and layout
of a new datacenter, managing the communication of the move to the
business, and instituting datacenter management best practices.
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November
17, 2006
Aperture
VISTA
Documentation/Workflow
Tool for Data Center Equipment Management
The Aperture VISTA platform is an information management and workflow
platform specifically targeted to tasks involved with the management
and provisioning of data center equipment. |
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November
16, 2006
Emerson
Network Power Presents Industry Survey Results That Project 96 Percent
Of Today’s Data Centers Will Run Out Of Capacity By 2011
Data Center Users’ Group survey confirms that increased densities,
consolidation and energy efficiency are driving change in the industry.
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November
2006
End-To-End
Reliability in the Datacenter
(PDF, 1MB)
Over 40 years ago, the advent of datacenters offered organizations
the potential of greater reliability, security and connectivity,
as well as access to a broader base of revenue-generating opportunities.
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November
2006
Teamwork
is Important to Keep Datacenters Running Smoothly
(PDF, 862KB) Datacenters have
never been tolerant of errors - and the field is getting stricter
all the time. |
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November
16, 2006
IT
travelling down the greener road
...Aperture recently released Vista 500, the latest
version of its data-centre visualisation and planning solution.
Software-based, with... |
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November
16, 2006
Aperture
Looks to Ease Data Center Management
Aperture Technologies wants to give IT administrators
a clear view of what's going on in their data centers. |
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November
15, 2006
Datacentres
heading for obsolescence
...Aperture is seeking to tackle this problem with the
release earlier this week of VISTA 500, the latest edition of its
datacentre management suite for... |
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November
14, 2006
New
visual management software allows data centre facilities
to meet operational and capacity requirements
(PDF, 190KB)
Aperture Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise
software solutions that enable organisations worldwide to manage
the physical infrastructure of their data centres, has launched
VISTA 500, the next generation of its software for visual management
of data centres. |
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November
14, 2006
New
data centre FM software (PDF,
21KB)
Aperture Technologies says Vista 500 gives IT executives
and managers an unprecedented level of control over physical assets
such as space, power and cooling. |
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November
14, 2006
Server
Specs: Opsware rolls out VM lifecycle manager
Aperture has updated its Vista software, which creates
a blueprint of the data center that displays hardware layout and
helps identify problems such as hot spots. |
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November
13, 2006
Aperture
Technologies transforms the management of data centres with the
release of VISTA 500 (PDF, 75KB)
New software enables the visual management of equipment,
space, power, cooling and data centre capacity. |
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November
13, 2006
Aperture's
"Vista 500" Aims To Give IT Managers More Control Over
Data Centers
Vista 500 gives IT managers a window on power consumption
and can track blade server provisioning, among other things, the
company said. |
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November
13, 2006
System
offers insight into datacentre power drain
New
suite from Aperture promises better datacentre monitoring
Datacentre management software specialist Aperture will today launch
a new version of its suite for monitoring physical assets in firms’
datacentres, featuring enhanced modelling capabilities designed
to help improve availability and reduce energy costs. |
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November
13, 2006
System
Offers Insight Into Datacentre Power Drain
New
suite from Aperture promises better datacentre monitoring
Datacentre management software specialist Aperture will today launch
a new version of its suite for monitoring physical assets in firms’
datacentres, featuring enhanced modelling capabilities designed
to help improve availability and reduce energy costs. |
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November
11, 2006
The
world can be one (PDF, 327KB)
The recent announcement that Aperture VISTA 400 was chosen by TNT
to enable better equipment planning and environmental control of
its data centre operations came as no surprise to many industry
watchdogs and analysts that have watched the rise of Bill Clifford,
CEO of Aperture. |
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November
3, 2006
Aperture
Improves the Way Companies Run Data Centers (PDF,
223KB)
Large computer rooms have a life of their own. New equipment gets
added and older equipment gets removed on a regular basis. Existing
equipment gets moved from one location to another to make way for
the next new server or storage device. Keeping up with the changes
can be difficult. |
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November
2006
TNT
selects Aperture VISTA 400 (PDF,
147KB)
TNT has selected Aperture VISTA 400 to enable better equipment
planning and environmental control of its data centre operations.
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October
10, 2006
IT
Confronts the Data Center Power Crisis
... any CIOs or senior VPs of data center operations that haven't
had the light bulb go on around power issues, it can't be far behind,"
Aperture's Clifford says...
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October
3, 2006
Heat
Modelling Tools Help with Datacentre Planning
A new breed of capacity planning tool is emerging that will help
IT directors tackle the growing problem of deploying power-hungry
blade servers in datacentres. |
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September
2006
Teamwork
in Data Centers
In recent years, standards for data center technology have been
refined to deliver 99.999 percent uptime for servers and storage
systems. Yet, increasing data center complexity and human challenges
can be a hindrance to optimum performance. |
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August
1, 2006
Managing
the Large Data Center
A key element of Fujitsu's data center management is a software
solution called Aperture VISTA. |
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July
6, 2006
DATA
CENTER TRENDS (PDF, 25KB)
New
Tools for Managing a New Data Center
According to Bill Clifford, CEO of Aperture, a provider of enterprise
software solutions for strategically managing business infrastructure,
we are on the verge of a huge data center transformation.
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July
2006
Common
Bank Server Strategy: Plug N' Pray (PDF, 221KB)
Banks are struggling to meet storage, power, and cooling
requirements of newer servers that crunch customer and operational
metrics, says Aperture Technologies CEO William Clifford, former
Gartner CEO and ex-ADP executive. In financial services, storage
needs are growing at a pace of 25 to 30 percent.
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June
30, 2006
Adding
High-Density Servers
How
Preparation Tames These Hot, Powerful Beasts
Bill Clifford has observed the evolution of data centers for 40
years, starting when people could peer through the glass windows,
spy some free tiles, and plan on placing new equipment on those
tiles. But now, says the Aperture Technologies CEO, new metrics
require an exceptionally different strategy. |
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June
26, 2006
THINK
ABOUT IT (PDF, 23KB)
Data
Center 2006: New Tools Needed for a Different Animal
The world is on the verge of a huge data center transformation,
Bill Clifford, CEO of Aperture, recently told 5 Minute Briefing.
The advent of grid computing, blade servers and virtualization
technologies - along with the growth of data and complexity in
the IT environment - drive new requirements for the physical management
of the data center.
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June
19, 2006
CMDB:
Let’s Get Physical - Process Improvement and Current Configuration
Management Databases (Subscription Only)
Forrester defines CMDB a fundamental component of the ITIL framework
that provides a unified repository of data about configuration
items (CI) — any system component with configurable attributes
— and describes the relationships between those CIs. Jean-Pierre
Garbani, Vice President Forrester mentions Aperture as a specialized
vendor for CMDB implementation.
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June
6, 2006
The
Data Center Watchtower - An Interview with William T. Clifford
CEO Aperture Technologies
"The data center
is the physical embodiment of a community with different machines
and souls working independently and together to form a better business.
To keep this complex community running efficiently and keep risks
to a minimum, a watchtower is needed to ensure that the community
has control over its environment." |
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May/June
2006
Data
Center World - A Review in Pictures (PDF, 1.57MB)
"(Aperture) presented slides about the six stages
of how you become a world class data center. It was like going to
Gartner and having them come in and do a comparison to the industry
standard." |
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