Enterprises need a cloud aware infrastructure monitoring software to monitor physical, virtual and private cloud server infrastructure. OpManager helps you monitor all these from a single pane of glass.
Novell ZENworks technologies have been in use for over a decade, and the future has never been brighter. This session will focus on Novell ZENworks Configuration Management and the upcoming version 11 release. It will also cover new developments in the product line, such as Linux device management, advanced power management tools and integrated endpoint security capabilities. Finally, we'll provide a roadmap review that details upcoming releases for other products in the Endpoint Management portfolio.
Session Delivery Networks for the EnterpriseAcmePacket
Download slides and view recorded webinar at: http://tinyurl.com/emeasdn.
Overview of the role of session border controllers in building voice enabled IP communications infrastructures and communication enabled business processes in the enterprise.
Enterprises need a cloud aware infrastructure monitoring software to monitor physical, virtual and private cloud server infrastructure. OpManager helps you monitor all these from a single pane of glass.
Novell ZENworks technologies have been in use for over a decade, and the future has never been brighter. This session will focus on Novell ZENworks Configuration Management and the upcoming version 11 release. It will also cover new developments in the product line, such as Linux device management, advanced power management tools and integrated endpoint security capabilities. Finally, we'll provide a roadmap review that details upcoming releases for other products in the Endpoint Management portfolio.
Session Delivery Networks for the EnterpriseAcmePacket
Download slides and view recorded webinar at: http://tinyurl.com/emeasdn.
Overview of the role of session border controllers in building voice enabled IP communications infrastructures and communication enabled business processes in the enterprise.
IBM Cloud software stack with self service, rapid provisioning and resource management, cataloging, image deployment and metering services. Starter kit for cloud provides key benefits sought by IT managers including responsive and reliable workload deployment and resources on demand to support Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)...
Great news for Systems Center 2012 customers. With the aim of making System Center more cloud-friendly, Microsoft has made changes to the way that the licensing model for this popular product works. What used to be an extremely complex licensing system has been made much easier for clients to understand and manage. This presentation provides a quick overview of what these key updates are and work with a Softchoice Microsoft specialist to understand your needs under this new model moving forward.
IT Rationalization: Leveraging Service-Oriented AbstractionBob Rhubart
Oracle ACE Director Basheer Khan's presentation from OTN Architect Day in Pasadena, July 9, 2009.
Find an OTN Architect Day event near you: http://www.oracle.com/technology/architect/archday.html
Interact with Architect Day presenters and participants on Oracle Mix: https://mix.oracle.com/groups/15511
IBM Smarter Business 2012 - BYOD: "So what?" – Enabling mobile and mixed endp...IBM Sverige
Wouldn't it be nice to say "yes" when the employees wish to access company information using their iPads or other devices they bring? To attract and retain top talent, we need to be open to new working practices, and deal with the challenges that brings. With the User and Network Carrier being in control of that device, we need new ways to manage the risk. For example, how can you prevent business critical information being stolen from a lost smartphone? How do you enforce mobile security standards ? Distribute recommended mobile applications?
Keith Poyser joined IBM with the BigFix acquisition, and in this presentation he will be outlining how IBM has been able to help different type of companies solving BYOD and other endpoint management issues using BigFix, now known as IBM Endpoint Manager," from datacenter, to desktop, to device."
Talare: Keith Poyser, IBM Europe Sales Leader, Mobility and Endpoint Management
Besök http://smarterbusiness.se för mer information.
Understanding remote access technologies (Nov 16, 2011) (beginner)Henry Van Styn
Keynote presentation given on November 16th, 2011 for IMA (non-technical audience) on modern remote access technologies as well as background topics such as Internet routing, NAT, VPN, remote desktop, port forwarding, etc.
IBM Cloud software stack with self service, rapid provisioning and resource management, cataloging, image deployment and metering services. Starter kit for cloud provides key benefits sought by IT managers including responsive and reliable workload deployment and resources on demand to support Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)...
Great news for Systems Center 2012 customers. With the aim of making System Center more cloud-friendly, Microsoft has made changes to the way that the licensing model for this popular product works. What used to be an extremely complex licensing system has been made much easier for clients to understand and manage. This presentation provides a quick overview of what these key updates are and work with a Softchoice Microsoft specialist to understand your needs under this new model moving forward.
IT Rationalization: Leveraging Service-Oriented AbstractionBob Rhubart
Oracle ACE Director Basheer Khan's presentation from OTN Architect Day in Pasadena, July 9, 2009.
Find an OTN Architect Day event near you: http://www.oracle.com/technology/architect/archday.html
Interact with Architect Day presenters and participants on Oracle Mix: https://mix.oracle.com/groups/15511
IBM Smarter Business 2012 - BYOD: "So what?" – Enabling mobile and mixed endp...IBM Sverige
Wouldn't it be nice to say "yes" when the employees wish to access company information using their iPads or other devices they bring? To attract and retain top talent, we need to be open to new working practices, and deal with the challenges that brings. With the User and Network Carrier being in control of that device, we need new ways to manage the risk. For example, how can you prevent business critical information being stolen from a lost smartphone? How do you enforce mobile security standards ? Distribute recommended mobile applications?
Keith Poyser joined IBM with the BigFix acquisition, and in this presentation he will be outlining how IBM has been able to help different type of companies solving BYOD and other endpoint management issues using BigFix, now known as IBM Endpoint Manager," from datacenter, to desktop, to device."
Talare: Keith Poyser, IBM Europe Sales Leader, Mobility and Endpoint Management
Besök http://smarterbusiness.se för mer information.
Understanding remote access technologies (Nov 16, 2011) (beginner)Henry Van Styn
Keynote presentation given on November 16th, 2011 for IMA (non-technical audience) on modern remote access technologies as well as background topics such as Internet routing, NAT, VPN, remote desktop, port forwarding, etc.
Abstract
Traditionally STEM subjects involve the use of experiments. Remote access to experiments has been growing over the past 5 years as high speed Internet access has improved. Several large scale projects worldwide aim to provide experiments as a service to schools. At the University of Southern Queensland, the Digital Futures Collaborative Research Network funded Remote Access Labs for Fun, Innovation and Education (RALfie) Project is taking a radical “flipped” approach to the development and sharing of remotely accessed labs (RAL). Using gamification techniques and a community of practice, the RALfie Project will involve middle and high school aged learners making and sharing experiments in formal and informal learning contexts. Using a Design Based Research approach to include the users in the design and development of RALfie, researchers and stakeholders will be “finding their w@y” to new pathways for engaging learners in STEM. The audience will contribute to the design.
Managing and Securing Remote Access To Critical Infrastructure, Yariv Lenchne...Digital Bond
The session will cover the security risks and issues around the management and usage of privileged/interactive user remote access and will cover the following topics:
- Management of generic and shared accounts (and their users)
- Remote interactive access to critical systems (e.g. vendor support)
- Current typical jump server implementations and its security weakness
- Isolation, Monitoring and Control over interactive/privileged sessions
- Recommended design and implementation of jump servers
The session will cover the security issues and the proposed solutions.
"What if weather or any other major event prevents a large number of your users from coming into the office? Does your VPN or remote connectivity solution scale?
Deploying solutions in AWS gives you access to agility, cost savings, elasticity, breadth of functionality, and the ability to deploy globally in minutes. With access to these benefits through the AWS platform, administrators can launch global, scalable and resilient VPN solutions to support your business at a moments notice.
In this session, learn how to build a flexible, elastic, highly secure VPN infrastructure by using Amazon Route 53, Amazon EC2, Auto Scaling, and 3rd party solutions to allow hundreds or thousands of users to work remotely as soon as the first snowflakes begin to fall.
To attend this session it is suggested that attendees have a working knowledge of VPC, EC2, general networking and an understanding of routing protocols."
Minicom White Paper Using Ram To Increase Security And Improve Efficiency In ...elisasson
In recent years, remote server access has become
standard for corporate data centers however, many
data centers have adopted remote access strategies
gradually, on an ad-hoc basis, as technologies have
evolved. As a result they are enjoying only partial
benefits, and may have opened up unexpected
security gaps. With an overall strategy—and a
software solution for system-wide Remote Access
Management , such as AccessIT® from Minicom,
corporations can maximize the benefits, and minimize
the risks of remote server access.
18 ottobre 2011 VMware presenta al Virtualization day,evento patrocinato dalla Provincia di Roma e organizzato da S&Q a Palazzo Valentini, i suoi prodotti per la virtualizzazione dei desktop .L' Intervento di Michele Apa è stato molto interessante ed è stato apprezzato da tutta la platea
Per maggiori informazioni sull'evento : www.sqingegneria.com
When a global Telecommunications firm's comprehensive virtualization strategy required visibility into thousands of virtual servers spread across 5 U.S. data centers, they turned to Net Optics and its Phantom solutions.The Telco faced the challenge of supporting numerous VoIP call centers for compliance, security and call quality. This virtualized architecture encompasses more than 150 VMware ESX servers and 1600+ virtual servers. The Telco chose Net Optics Phantom™ HD, working in conjunction with the Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap, to fulfill this complex demand. Only the Phantom solution delivers the necessary robustness to process extremely high data bandwidths.
In this webinar from Net Optics you will learn:
Presented by Net Optics' Senior Solutions Engineer, David Pham, this webinar will walk through a specific deployment scenario of Net Optics' innovative Phantom Virtual Tap and the recently introduced Phantom HD High-Throughput Tunneling Appliance
Advantages of gaining visibility into your virtualized network infrastructure
How to eliminate visibility challenges in the virtual network
Financial benefits of traffic monitoring and inspection
Today’s IT organizations operate in an increasingly more complex environment. Resources are limited, operating costs are soaring and service interruptions are unacceptable.
This session covered:
Manage applications and a wide variety of technologies including vmWare and Unified Communications environments
Collect service level and capacity management data to measure and maintain performance in both virtual and non-virtual environments
Manage applications' performance to meet user demands
Keep monitoring current with policies in fast-changing virtualized environments
This is the first post in my series about the new features in Windows Server 2008 R2. As in my series about the new features of Windows 7, I will update the articles when I learn about new features. I will discuss some of the new features in more detail soon. Essentially, the term "virtualization" covers three different technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2: Server Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, and Presentation Virtualization. Server Virtualization is based on Hyper-V 2.0, which will get quite a few interesting new features. The virtualization technology ehind Desktop virtualization, i.e., Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), is also Hyper-V. This is probably the most important new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2. Presentation Virtualization is nothing but the good old Terminal Server. Technically, I find it a bit odd to use the term "virtualization" in this context, but from a marketer's point of view, it probably makes a lot of sense. Note that Microsoft renamed the "Terminal Services" as "Remote Desktop Services" in Windows Server 2008 R2.
2. What We Do
•Minicom has 20+ years of technology innovation.
•HQ in Jerusalem, Israel, with offices in Europe, Asia & USA
•NA HQ Linden, NJ
Today, Minicom focuses on
•Remote Access Management (RAM) solutions
•High-end IP & analog KVM
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3. Value Proposition
• Centralization of out-of-band & in-band remote access
• Management of access in heterogeneous IT environments
• Increase of control & security
• Maintenance of airflow management
• Reduction of mistakes by remote admins
• Decrease of MTTR
• Maximization of existing IT investments
3
4. Remote Access
The ability to log onto a network
from a distant location.
Generally, this implies a computer, an
Internet connection, and some
remote access software or hardware
to connect to the network. The
remote access software or hardware
dials in directly to the network server
and enables the user to take control
of the remote server or device
(i.e., home, desk, etc.)
4
5. Why Remote Access to the Data Center?
•Increase Operational Efficiency
•Power/Cooling Efficiency
•Security
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6. RAM: Critical Piece of the DCIM Pie
• DCIM – Data Center Infrastructure
Management
Remote
Access • Without a Remote Access Management
Power
Management
Management strategy in place DCIM is not complete
•All the other pieces are compromised if
Asset Airflow you can’t manage access.
Management Management
• Minicom is the only vendor to
offer a management solution that:
Capacity Change
Management Management
increases security & efficiency
Extends ROI
Prevents vendor lock-in
Data Center Infrastructure
Management Pie
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7. Components of Remote Access
WOL ILO
Web
Target IPMI
RDP SSO
DRAC
SSH Service
VNC HP
Processors
In Telnet Black
Box
Band 3rd Party
Access Power PDU
Control Eaton
SSH Services
Server
Tech
VMware
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` APC
Environmental KVM
New
Serial & KVM
Custom Serial
Control PoC OOB
Access
Digi Console IP KVM
Avocent Servers IP
Gateway
HP
BelkinOpen Analogue
Gear New KVM Switch
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8. Remote Access Challenges
•Adopted organically
•As needed, without clear strategy
•New security concerns
•Spreadsheets, post its, “in my head”
•Inefficient use of tools
•Reduce calls, emails, copy/paste
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9. Benefits RAM
Reduce downtime and
optimize IT service
availability
Give 24/7 access to
Increase Security
entire IT infrastructure
Allow centralized access
Increase operational Enhance to servers/devices not
efficiency productivity physically connected
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10. RAM’s Role in DC Problem Solving
DC Management
Remote
Capacity Asset Power Change
Access
Management Management Management Management
Management
Problem Disaster
Resolution Application Recovery
Minicom
On-
Demand
Access
Facilities IT
DC Infrastructure 10
11. AccessIT™
Revolutionizing Remote Access
AccessIT™ is a secure web based
management system for single
sign-on access to the
organization’s servers, power and
network devices. AccessIT™ is an
open, vendor neutral system. It
consolidates all in-band and out-
of-band access protocols and
services onto one interface thus
providing IT staff with real time
remote control of the entire IT
infrastructure. Single Sign-On Control of:
Servers
Virtual machines
Service Processors
PDUs
Serial console servers
KVM switches
Network devices 11
12. AccessIT™ - Highlights
Increase operational efficiency Increase security
One IP address, username, password
One web access portal to all IT users
Maximize ROI on IT investments
Shorten resolution time and down time Multi-vendor
Faster access and control when it counts the most
Upgrade not replace
Integrates Access and Power Control
Avoid vendor lock-in
In-band & out-of-band access
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13. KVM Product Current Portfolio - Overview
IP and Analog
CAT5 Switches
For Rack Management
Multiuser
IP and Analog
CAT5 Switches
For Rack Management
1U Drawer
with IP or Analog
CAT5 Switch
KVM IP Gateways
KVM Cat5 Extenders
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14. Daimler Trucking Case Study
• Small staff responsible for all North American Data Centers.
•Primary DC, DR DC with hundreds of nodes
•Constantly wasting time getting to problems
•AccessIT reduced MTTR by 25%
•OpEx kept in check
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15. They already chose…
Minicom serves some of the largest rack environments in the world and our solutions are daily used
to manage millions of servers.
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16. Thank you for your time
Remote Access. Simply Managed™ 16
Editor's Notes
Minicom offers local & remote control and access management solutions for the rack environment in the data center.Designed to increase operational efficiency, Minicom’s solutions provide IT managers with the speed, simplicity and security required for maximum up timeOur customers choose us because our solutions:Our RAM platform provides centralized out-of-band & in-band remote accessManage access in multi-vendor heterogeneous IT environmentsIncrease control and securityMaintain airflow management implementationsReduce mistakes by remote adminsDecrease resolution timeMaximize existing IT investments
Minicom offers local & remote control and access management solutions for the rack environment in the data center.Designed to increase operational efficiency, Minicom’s solutions provide IT managers with the speed, simplicity and security required for maximum up timeOur customers choose us because our solutions:Our RAM platform provides centralized out-of-band & in-band remote accessManage access in multi-vendor heterogeneous IT environmentsIncrease control and securityMaintain airflow management implementationsReduce mistakes by remote adminsDecrease resolution timeMaximize existing IT investments
Power management—I am spending a ton of $$ to send power to the rack, row how do I optimize? How much do have free?Asset management—what is the equipment that you have deployed?Capacity management- do you have the physical room in the rack for the new servers? Do you have the power capacity? Weight?Change Management—tracking where people move equipment around so you know where your assets are….Airflow management—is the environment optimized from a moisture or temp isn’t putting assets at risk
Facility and IT people are both working in the white space---Traditionally, facilities role has been to make sure there is power and no leaks, while IT makes sure the servers were working and the appsBoth were working in virtually in silosIn the past IT would request 18 KW of power for new servers and facilities would do its best to deliver. But now pwr management tools allow facilities to know what the servers are running @ 25% capacityTo optimize your enterprise, you want facilities and IT speaking together under DC management--have 5 blocks under DC Management—Network mgmnt, server mgmnt, etcWithin RAM—1. discovery-I know it is out there, 2. I have tools that monitor how it is working, the environment, its power application, 3. get alerts of an issue. 4. HOW DO U GET IN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE? RAM ALLOWS FOR QUICK, SECURE, SEAMLESS ACCESS—DON’T NEED THE IP, PW, UN FOR EVERY SERVER/DEVICE. (INCREASE EFFCICENCY, MORE SECURE) 5. once in, resolve & 5. analyze/optimize—We bridge the alert and resolution