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Unified Physical Infrastructure-based solutions developer and provider Panduit is a company focused on driving the concept of connected buildings. To explore this concept and the benefits of converged networking in a connected building environment, TMCnet’s Erin Harrison recently interviewed Kevin Marley, network architect at Panduit, and captured the conversation in a podcast.

How easily can your IT staff move servers and switches within the data center? If you take advantage of serverLIFT, it may be very easy. To get an idea of what this company is and what they offer, TMCnet's Rich Tehrani recently sat down with Ray Zuckerman, CEO, serverLIFT at Interop. Their conversation was captured in this video.

GreenTech reported that data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools provider nlyte Software, formerly Global DataCenter Management, closed a $12 million series C investment led by NGEN Partners with Balderton Capital, Ruffer LLP and Montalcino Holdings participating in the round. In a statement, nlyte Software's president and CEO Jon Temple said, We help data center managers with capacity planning, so there's an efficient use of power, cooling and space, and optimal placement of data assets within their facilities.

When it comes to hardware, most of us can quickly recognize Korean manufacturers like Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics for consumer products and Hundai and Daewoo for cars. Over the years, these companies have achieved global recognition for their products and services. But, when talking about Korean software companies, many of us may have a hard time identifying any names in the Korean software space.

The company's Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI) vision is the theory behind the company's High Speed Data Transport Solutions. As such, these solutions are designed to deliver the maximum flexibility during the process of planning, designing, commissioning and the operation of the data center as a whole.

Voltaire Ltd., a provider of scale-out data centric fabrics unveiled a new solution with Supermicro, which specializes in ultra-fast, scalable and cost-effective storage for high performance clusters.

Teradata Corporation announced a partnership with RainStor, Inc., for the provision of specialized data retention capabilities. These are expected to enable customers to keep compliance data for longer periods of time at a low cost.