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January 2010 |
Opengear scores $1 Million deal
Opengear, provider of an open source console server, scored its first $1 million deal in December 2009. Next up, Opengear has won a deal involving Linode, a cloud and VPS (virtual private server) hosting company. |
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June 2009 |
Internet News
Managing power locally can be as simple as flipping a switch, but what happens when you've got hundreds of sites geographically dispersed? It's a problem that open source vendor Opengear is now tackling
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May 2009 | Datamation
Opengear Launches New KVM-Over-IP Solution
"IP-enable" existing analog KVM switches. - Daisy chain IP-KVM units to access multiple servers (dual LAN ports allow for easy cascaded wiring) or connect to existing analog KVM switches. - Give up to 16 (1 local user and up to 15 remote users) non-blocked BIOS level server access. Supports 150 user profiles. - Easily move the IP-KVM1001 because each unit has both PS2 and USB interfaces. - Have multi-function serial port for local admin or an external modem. - Save space with a sleek palm sized, "zero-U" device.
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May 2009 |
Opengear in Processor Magazine
Opengear also has the upper hand in managing Cisco devices because its console servers and connectivity
solutions are advanced enough for both the remote branch and home data center. Opengear
is superior to many console servers for numerous reasons. For instance, its simple cabling system
allows for fast installation. Administrators can store offline logs for serial ports and available networks.
Pattern match alerting guarantees uptime through serial stream scanning on the Cisco console.
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April 2009 |
How Sun and Oracle Are Changing Their Open Source Diet
Opengear is joining together different proprietary markets for better standardization of data center management appliances and software, by integrating open source technologies into their products. Opengear's data center management appliances now interface with 78 proprietary vendors. |
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March 2009 |
Opengear Console Servers for the dynamic datacenter
"Although the staff’s cappuchino machine wasn’t mentioned in the list of systems and equipment that can be managed by Opengear’s products, it seems that just about every other component of a dynamic datacenter is in their list. As organizations look for ways to squeeze every last bit of excess cost out of their datacenters while still maintaining operational integrity, products such as those offered by Opengear ought to be working side by side with those systems and equipment." |
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March 2009 | Opengear Juices Up Open Source Power Management Tools
Responding to users' need to cap runaway power costs in data centers, Opengear has integrated its open source power management tools, and beefed up its line of open source console servers with better power monitoring.
With the new offerings company officials believe corporate users will be able to monitor upwards of 1,000 different uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) products from about 100 vendors using a single console window.
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February 2009 | Commercial Open Source blog
Open Source Console Servers
Opengear, a leading provider of next-generation console server solutions, yesterday announced its record order bookings, largely due to its (open source) channel, according to a report.
Opengear generating 75 percent of its revenue via partners, recently has put in place a very aggressive partnering program offering channel partners 25% margins, to further speed out-of-band management solutions sales.
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January 2009 |
Console servers become cash machines
Every so often, something unsexy and boring becomes interesting. Few people drool over console servers, even those who deal with them on a regular basis, but an announcement by Opengear, an open-source console server company, manages to make them look sexy by appealing to resellers' wallets.
By using free open-source software like Nagios and Powerman in addition to writing their own code, Opengear passes along significant price reductions compared with their competitors like Avocent, Lantronix, Perle Systems, and Digi International.
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January 2009 | Datamation
Virtualization in Multi-Vendor Environments with Opengear, Citrix Zen
While virtualization is clearly one of the bright spots for IT during the recession, it’s getting perilously close to being overhyped. Vendors have moved beyond servers and are pitching virtualization as an enabling tool for everything from thin computing to cloud computing to SaaS. Yet as any good salesperson knows, what you want to do to ensure customer satisfaction is under-promise and over-deliver.
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August 2008 |
Linux World 2008
The exhibit floor featured key companies that are driving the
future of Linux, open source, and the evolving data center, including
Barracuda Networks, Opengear, Oracle Corp., DataSynapse, CISCO, Fujitsu, Intel, Talend,
Brocade, Ubucon, Bivio Networks, VMware, SugarCRM, Rackable Systems,
Wind River, and more. |
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August 2008 | Open Gear and cloud infrastructure
IT buyers seeking cost savings
Virtualization is a key, often done through an open source Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). Then you need switching to move these machines about, turning mere hosting into a cloud that can serve any size business, with the hardware abstracted from the software.
Finally you need to manage that infrastructure, which is where Open Gear comes in.
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August 2008 | Opengear Console Server Revamps KVM Gear
Opengear is shipping a uClinux-based console server designed for enterprises with unused Kernel-based Virtual Machine infrastructure.
The KCS6000 KVM gateway console turns outdated rack-mounted keyboards and LCD screens into stations where users can remotely administer server equipment using an array of modern remote access protocols, Opengear says.
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August 2008 | "Linux Rescues KVM Rack Gear"
According to Opengear, datacenters and enterprise computer rooms still contain more than $3 billion in KVM infrastructure. Yet, KVM infrastructure is less than ideal or even useless for administrating modern blade or virtual servers, OpenGear says. According to OpenGear, in conjunction with legacy KVM setups, the KCS6000 gateway can provide both in-band and out-of-band management of a wide range of servers, networking gear, un-interruptible power supplies, and other devices with serial or USB interfaces.
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