Wonderware Integrates Echelon i.LON SmartServer to Address Energy Conservation Management Applications
On February 28, 2008, Wonderware announced the integration of i.LON SmartServer from Echelon Corp. of San Jose, California with Wonderware System Platform 3.0 software.
Echelon, a leading provider of networking technology, worked in conjunction with Munich Software in Germany to develop a technology interface. The interface enables the Wonderware and Echelon applications to work in conjunction to address energy conservation management activities across a wide range of commercial and industrial facilities.
The integration of i.LON SmartServer with the Wonderware System Platform 3.0 delivers a single software platform for real-time operations management functions. It enables customers to achieve energy savings, improved safety, and reduced maintenance costs.
The iLON SmartServer integration package from Munich Software significantly optimizes the development process of supervisory applications for use with the i.LON SmartServer. It supports installation and remote deployment, and enables users to leverage the wide range of features of the Wonderware System Platform 3.0 software.
For more information on the iLON SmartServer integration package or any other Wonderware product, please contact your Wonderware Southeast Account Executive or the marketing department at marketing@insourcess.com.
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Advantech Launches High Availability Serial Device Servers
Advantech introduces the EKI-1521 and EKI-1522 Serial Device Servers, which allow RS-232/422/485 serial devices to be remotely monitored, managed, and controlled over Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Equipped with dual 10/100Base-TX Ethernet ports and dual Media Access Controllers (MACs), these innovative devices ensure data transmission even in the event of a network link failure.
Dual Ethernet LAN Redundancy
With redundant Ethernet connections, communication is not interrupted in the event of a network problem. With one connection automatically assigned as primary and the other as backup, loss of the primary connection initiates an immediate and automatic switch-over to the backup, ensuring data integrity and peace-of-mind.
Advanced Multi-Access Functionality and Low-Latency Processing
The EKI-1521 and EKI-1522 offer a number of conventional operating modes that allow connections to be initiated by either attached serial devices or remote Ethernet hosts using both UDP/IP and TCP/IP protocols. For applications beyond simple point-to-point connections, two new multi-access modes allow one-to-many and many-to-one connections. The first allows up to five Ethernet hosts to access a single serial device and the second allows a single serial device to simultaneously send data to as many as 16 Ethernet-connected hosts.
In addition to these exciting new features, serial transmission speeds have been increased to 921Kbps, allowing a much broader range of serial devices to be network enabled. More importantly, optimizations in serial to Ethernet handling have yielded an ultra fast round-trip latency of less than 10 milliseconds where network traffic is not an issue, allowing the use of timing-sensitive serial protocols and increased polling rates.
For more information on the EKI-1521, the EKI-1522, or any other Advantech product, please contact your InSource Solutions I2 Infrastructure Specialist or the marketing department at marketing@insourcess.com.
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World's First Fault-Tolerant, High Availability Software for Server Virtualization Now Available!
Marathon Technologies Releases New everRun Software to Help Companies Virtualize a Broader Range of Applications; Making HA and DR Practical for Mid-market Companies
On April 30, 2008, Marathon Technologies Corporation announced the general availability of everRun VM, the world’s first fault-tolerant, high availability software for server virtualization. With the release of everRun VM, Marathon is eliminating one of the major barriers to broader server virtualization adoption – the lack of reliable high availability for virtual servers – and providing customers with the assurance that critical data, networks, and applications will be protected in virtual server environments. The unique benefits of everRun VM’s approach enables companies to:
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Prevent outages and data loss in their virtual infrastructures
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Bring server virtualization's cost and energy saving benefits to business critical and other production appications
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Deploy high availability and disaster recovery protection across the company - especially mid-market companies with no protection today
Citrix XenServer is a dynamic virtualization software platform that virtualizes application workloads across any number of servers in the datacenter as a flexible aggregated pool of computing resources. EverRun VM is the world’s first automated, fault-tolerant, high availability software for server virtualization that is integrated with Citrix XenServer. The combination of Citrix XenServer high-performance, easy-to-use virtualization hypervisor with the proven automated availability of Marathon’s everRun software enables more enterprises to deploy virtualization across a much broader array of applications.
EverRun VM leap-frogs other high availability offerings for server virtualization by delivering the five industry firsts:
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First fault-tolerant, high availability software for virtual servers – everRun VM provides fault-tolerant protection without the use of specialized hardware. The fault-tolerant redundancy of everRun VM ensures no outages and zero data loss. Companies can reliably run production applications in virtual machines and gain virtualization benefits across a much broader range of applications.
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First fully automated HA solution for virtual servers – everRun VM has completely automated setup, configuration, fault detection, and policy management. The software is fully deployable in 30 minutes or less. Through automation everRun VM removes the traditional availability burden for IT professionals and brings high availability and disaster recovery to mid-market and Fortune 500 remote facilities.
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First availability software that allows availability to be selected by VM – Administrators have the ability to dial-in different availability levels - from true high availability and fault tolerance to disaster recovery and remote availability – based on specific application requirements. Companies only pay for the protection needed and get the best price and performance.
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First geographic fault-tolerance software – everRun VM goes beyond local server-level protection by enabling fault tolerance between geographically disperse locations to maintain system availability through major outages. Production applications running in virtual machines are available even when the entire data center is down. Compliance and production requirements are met even through a disaster.
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First availability software designed and priced for broad adoption – everRun VM is the first software that combines the availability benefits of server virtualization with simple automated availability software. Companies can now afford to protect applications they aren’t protecting today.
“We’ve received an overwhelmingly positive response from beta customers and partners about the business and IT benefits that can be realized from everRun VM,” said Gary Phillips, president and CEO of Marathon Technologies. “The general availability of everRun VM means that companies can now reliably run high-value applications in virtual machines and gain the cost of savings of server consolidation across a much broader range of applications. And because everRun VM completely automates setup and maintenance, we expect our customers will be able to significantly reduce their IT resource and operating costs.”
With over 1800 global customers, Marathon is the world’s first and only provider of fault-tolerant, automated, high availability and disaster recovery software for physical and virtual servers. Marathon’s everRun software prevents outages and data loss – without IT intervention. Organizations using everRun achieve uninterrupted availability, 100% data protection, and rapid recovery – all through “one-click” operation.
Your company may qualify for a free 15 day trial of everRun VM software. For more information on everRun VM software, the free 15 day trial, or any other Marathon product, please contact your InSource Solutions I2 Infrastructure Specialist or the marketing department at marketing@insourcess.com.
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