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Hitachi Data Systems announces enhanced integration with VMware solutions
Hitachi Data Systems is now offering a new series of solutions designed for the software defined data centre , empowering customers to realise the full power of digital transformation , which requires a modern , agile IT environment in order to take advantage of cloud , open source and emerging technologies to deliver reliable IT services .
The company today announced support for VMware NSX network virtualisation platform , which when combined with the trusted family of high performance converged and hyperconverged infrastructure systems from Hitachi Data Systems provides a solid foundation for powering solutions that customers can build upon with confidence . Now , Hitachi Unified Compute Platform ( UCP ) customers will benefit from NSX , which will help automate deployment of applications with complete networking services and advanced network virtualisation capabilities . NSX helps them improve security with microsegmentation and granular security policy enforcement . Hitachi Data Systems has entered into an OEM agreement whereby the company will sell VMware NSX for use with Hitachi Unified Compute Platform . For further information visit : www . hitachi . com
Gigamon introduces new solution to automate traffic visibility for the software defined data centre
Gigamon has announced the general availability and certification of the GigaVUE-VM integration with VMware NSX , a solution that automates traffic visibility for the software defined data centre ( SDDC ).
While utilising the compelling benefits of a software defined data centre architecture based upon the VMware NSX platform , customers can now leverage the GigaVUE-VM solution to enable enhanced and configurable visibility into their workload traffic patterns .
GigaVUE-VM , the virtual visibility component of Gigamon ’ s GigaSecure Security Delivery Platform , uses VMware NSX Dynamic Service Insertion and NetX API integration to deliver pervasive and automated reach to virtual traffic in the SDDC .
The GigaSecure platform with VMware NSX enables organisations to configure and automate the capture of virtual network traffic and delivery to their network and security tools . Specific NSX traffic policies can be configured and associated with the security groups in the micro-segmented deployment . As security groups expand in scale , NSX automatically copies the virtual traffic to Gigamon ’ s GigaSecure Security Delivery Platform for replication and optimisation before delivery to security tools . For further information visit : www . gigamon . com
EKKOSENSE LAUNCHES IOT MONITORING SYSTEM TO MEASURE DATA CENTRE COOLING LOADS IN REAL TIME
EkkoSense has launched EkkoAir – an IoT monitoring solution to track data centre cooling loads in real time .
EkkoAir , which can be simply fitted to any cooling unit in moments , wirelessly allows operators to monitor thermal instabilities right across the data centre , enabling them to balance thermal profiles so that only those cooling units that need to be working are actually active . By concentrating on actual cooling duty information , EkkoSense estimates that data centres can improve their overall energy performance by up to 30 per cent .
By capturing information that was previously unavailable , and by being able to track temperature differentials either at an individual unit or data centre level , operators can now track motions of heat across the floor – revealing new insights into the underlying physics of cooling data centres .
EkkoAir works in parallel with the powerful EkkoSense Critical solution that takes advantage of powerful 3D gaming technology to offer a true 3D view of real time data centre physical and thermal dynamics . For further information visit : www . ekkosense . co . uk
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