Enterprise Data Center Conundrum: Telephone Service Vs. Cellular
As telcos eagerly switch to cellular, new policies tell data center admins to pay or get off the POTS. The choice between plain old telephone service (POTS) and cellular in the enterprise data center may become a very simple one in the near future.
NetworkWorld Products of the Week – ACM5004-GS
Brandon Butler of NetworkWorld highlights some of his favorite networking and infrastructure management products this week, including the Opengear ACM5004-GS, our deceptively powerful Remote Site Manager which now offers out-of-band management over the Sprint Cellular network.
Opengear polishes its Lighthouse central management appliance
Opengear's newest version of its Lighthouse console gateway creates an environment where administrators don’t have to know which rack or which country a device is located in, or whether it’s currently connected via the in-band network or out-of-band cellular link. Instead they can use an SSH interface to specify the...
Remote Management Gateway
A Turkish banking group, Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası, has deployed Opengear’s Remote Management Gateways at branch offices. The bank plans to roll out the IT to a further 145 sites including several critical data centre locations.
‘Cool Vendor’ Opengear Headhunts Channel Boss For UK Market Push
Opengear recentaly announced it will be launching into the UK through a reseller channel and has head hunted Derek Watkins from Server Technology to head up the UK channel, all on the heels of a recent re-launch of its ACM5000 product line.
An Inconvenient (Data Center) Truth
Another month, another announcement of an "unusual" data center locale. The spate of data center installations in far-flung locations underscores the fact that the environment of a data center matters even beyond its climate-controlled confines.
LTE Out-Of-Band Management Competition Reflects Segment’s Capabilities: Opengear
Opengear claims the arrival of competing LTE out-of-band management (OOBM) companies in Australia reflects the growth and benefit of the segment in the local market. For the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rick Stevenson, the increased competition in OOBM from the likes of Sierra Wireless and Cradlepoint is a "great...
Opengear Gets Head Start On Data Center Management Over 4G LTE
With the ever-growing pressure to do more with less, Opengear is pushing to help IT Professionals manage their entire data center infrastructure from a single location using secure, high-speed 4G LTE cellular out-of-band connections. As one of the first to market with built-in 4G LTE capabilities, Opengear out-of-band management solutions offer...
New Products of the Week 06.30.14 (Slide 10)
NetworkWorld’s roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Juniper and Tibco (and Opengear, of course). This week, Opengear’s IM4248-2-DAC-X2-GS made the list as the newest IM4200 family member bringing Sprint-certified cellular connectivity to the line.
Can You Manage Me, Now? Cellular Out-Of-Band and the Future of Remote Infrastructure Management
Cellular out-of-band management is expanding the ways a business can communicate with and manage their remote data sites, leading to improved responsiveness to potentially costly faults while decreasing maintenance costs.
Cellular in the Enterprise Data Center
Opengear co-founder and VP of Engineering Tony Merenda describes how cellular connectivity is growing fast in the datacenter as a more cost-effective alternative to POTS lines, but it's not without its challenges.
Opengear Marks 10th Birthday With 50% Growth
Opengear is proud to be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and even prouder to be able to say we've recorded more than 50% growth in recent years.