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• Criminals, Critters Cause Utility Outages

  March 9th, 2011 : Admin

  Squirrels, ospreys, marijuana farms and incompetent criminals were among the culprits in unusual power outages over the past years, according to Eaton Corp., whose Blackout Tracker has identified some offbeat causes of utility downtime. Read More

• Transphorm Targets Data Center Power Losses

  February 24th, 2011 : John Rath

  Data center operators have spent years working on ways to reduce energy losses during power conversions as electricity makes its way from the utility grid to the servers. Stealthy startup Transphorm is attacking this problem, with backing from Google Ventures. Read More

• Improvisation in Commissioning

  February 17th, 2011 : Rich Miller

  Testing and commissioning a data center in Saudi Arabia requires some improvization, as shown by Alinma Bank, which recently earned Tier Three certification for its new facility in Riyadh. Read More

• Raritan Gets Private Equity Investment

  January 19th, 2011 : Rich Miller

  Data center management specialist Raritan Inc. has announced an investment from private equity firm NewSpring Capital, highlighting investor interest in tools to address data center power usage. Read More

• Roundup: Power Assure, Packet Power, ServerTech

  January 18th, 2011 : Colleen Miller

  Arista unveils new 4-slot switch, Power Assure and Packet Power partner, Server Technology introduces new cabinet-level power distribution units, Renesas offers DRAM optimized for low-latency networks. Read More

• Perspectives on Power

  December 29th, 2010 : Colleen Miller

  Power issues have been a frequent topic of columns in the Industry Perspectives section of Data Center Knowledge. Here's a roundup of thought leadership, expertise and opinions on power. Read More

• Roundup: Novell, Juniper, Nimsoft

  November 26th, 2010 : John Rath

  Novell acquired by Attachmate, Juniper selected by Tokyo Institute of Technology, MTI selects Nimsoft. Read More

• nlyte Software Gets $12 Million Funding

  November 23rd, 2010 : Rich Miller

  nlyte Software, which makes data center capacity management tools, has received $12 million in Series C funding. The round was led by NGEN Partners, and the new capital will be used to expand nlyte's operations. Read More

• IDC: ‘Significant Rebound’ for Data Center Gear

  November 15th, 2010 : Colleen Miller

  The global market for data center equipment - including UPS units, PDUs, cooling equipments and racks - rebounded in the second quarter as more new data centers were built, according to research from IDC. Read More

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