Modius News
Environmental Monitoring Buying Guide
July 2010
William Van Winkle takes on environmental questions that Modius encounters every day: Wired, Wireless or IT embedded sensors? Where to place? How many is too many? Value proposition? Processor Magazine takes on these questions with our Mark Harris.
EPA Launches Energy Star for data centers
June 2010
James Niccolai and Mark Harris discuss the Energy Star news from the EPA and how the metric PUE is embraced to help usher in this new era. And while the program is not perfect, there is a fair consensus that the first step is the biggest one.
The Case for Monitoring Cloud Infrastructure
June / July
Focus Magazine asks Modius' Mark Harris about how the cloud has forced a change to the way supporting data centers manage power and cooling capacity.
Modius Helps Manage Data Center Energy Usage in Context of Uptime
June 2010
With a focus on sustainability, efficiency and IT Heather Clancy of ZDNet speaks to CEO, Craig Compiano and nicely encapsulates how Modius is catalyzing a powerful data center ecosystem for energy efficiency and more importantly... data center uptime.
EPA Launches Energy Star for Data Centers
June 2010
As Modius anticipated last year, the EPA has launched an Energy Star program specifically designed for Data Centers. This move stems from concern around the US's high rate of energy consumption - Estimated in 2006 at 1.5% of the nation's total.
EPA Releases Data Center Energy Star Label
June 2010
This piece by Mark Boslet announces the new Energy Star label for Data Centers and how it might be received by the market place. It also looks into the strength and weakness of PUE and other metrics like DCeP.
Bridging the Gap Between IT and Facilities
June 2010
Mark Harris, VP of Product Management at Modius writes a piece for Data Center Knowledge discussing the divide of IT and Facilities infrastructure, how it came to be, and what you can do to address the dangers.
Gartner Features Modius in New Report on Data Center Infrastructure
May 2010
Gartner research author, David Cappuccio, has published a new report on Data Center Infrastucture Management (DCIM) tools. Modius is pleased to be featured as one of the key vendors in this emerging market segment.
Mission Critical Magazine
April 2010
Modius is honored that Mission Critical magazine has published Mark Harris’s white paper, “Taxonomy of Data Center Instrumentation.” This definitive guide to the instrumentation landscape within the modern data center is available for immediate download.
Announcing Release of Modius OpenData v3.2
March 2010
Modius, Inc. is pleased to announce the general availability of a new release of its flagship product, OpenData® v3.2. This release includes several new major enhancements to integration capabilities with other major management systems in the...
Zen and the Art of Data Center Greening
March 2010
I’ve conducted several interviews with companies in the data center energy efficiency space. Sometimes, repeatedly bumping into someone from one of those companies at industry conferences and meetings prompted my interview...
Data Center Monitoring With Modius
March 2010
At Data Center World we had the chance to speak with Craig Compiano, CEO of Modius, a San Francisco company that makes monitoring software for IT infrastructure. Modius’ motto is “measuring more things in more places more easily,” with the ability to...
Modius, RF Code Partner on Monitoring
OpenData software now accepting environmental data directly from RF Code’s radio frequency ID (RFID)
March 2010
One company makes wireless sensors and the other develops monitoring and management software. This week RF Code and Modius announced a partnership...
Modius combines data center monitoring software with wireless RF Code sensors
March 2010
Developer of data center monitoring and management software Modius has partnered with RF Code, a provider of wireless environmental sensors, to integrate the two companies’ products and deliver them jointly...
US EPA Sets Date for Release of Energy Star Rating
February 2010
Scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency are getting close to the end of a several-year-long effort of creating an Energy Star rating for data centers, a 1-100 rating that has been available for most other types of commercial buildings.
Energy, Environmental & Power Measurement
January 2010
Getting an in-depth, real-time view into the areas that most hinder IT in managing a company’s infrastructure typically involves a fair amount of complexity and time spent deploying the necessary software and equipment.
Modius Research Highlight: Science of Measurement
January 2010
“The Science of Measurement” explains some of the key considerations surrounding performance monitoring and measurements in data centers. Read this white paper summarizing the key findings.
Achieve Measurable Gains in Data Center Efficiency
December 2009
Data center efficiency means more than optimized servers. New holistic data center management solutions from HP and Modius help you take control of power and cooling demands that can add up to 50% of operating costs.
Announcing Modius OpenData v3.1 Release
November 2009
Modius, Inc. is pleased to announce the general availability of a new release of its flagship product, OpenData® v3.1. This release includes several new end-user features plus significant improvements to product stability and supportability.
Power Efficiency In-A-Box from Modius
November 2009
For a limited-time Modius is offering PUE In-A-Box! In less than 1 week, create a dashboard for continuous Power Efficiency measurement of your mission-critical facility.
New Publication: The Science of Measurement
November 2009
The Science of Measurement is an independent research report, which aims to help data center managers better understand the business value of measuring data center performance & the considerations that are important to developing a measurement scheme.
New Publication: Measuring PUE
October 2009
Modius is pleased to announce the availability of its latest White Paper, PUE for the Real World, outlining the importance of continuous and comprehensive measurement of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metrics.
New Publication: Optimizing Energy Performance
August 2009
Modius released its flagship white paper, providing a comprehensive overview of data center operational challenges and solutions.
New Publication: DOE Case Study
July 2009
As part of their series in "Save Energy Now" case studies, the DOE released a case study outlining the impact of Modius DCiM on the energy and cost savings achieved at the Sybase data center facilities in Dublin, California.
451 Market Insight Report
July 2009
The 451 Group issued a Market Insight report on Modius. The report outlines Modius' series B funding of $7M from Paladin Capital.
Datacenter Management & Energy-Efficiency Software
July 2009
Read an excerpt from this extensive report concerning datacenter reporting and management tools, including a profile on Modius.
New Product Release: Announcing Modius 3.0
June 2009
Modius is pleased to announce the release of version 3.0 of its Data Center Infrastructure Manager (DCiM) platform, the next-generation monitoring and measurement software for improving data center efficiency while lowering operational risk.
Sybase Podcast: A Case Study
May 2009
Modius is pleased to announce the public availability of an exclusive podcast with Greg Bush, Real Estate Manager for Common Services, from Sybase.
Power Usage Effectiveness
January 2009
Modius is pleased to announce the general availability of version 2.6 of its flagship product, Data Center infrastructure Manager (DCiM). Release 2.6 contains many important upgrades, including new out-of-the-box reports for granular PUE reporting.
The 451 Group
November 2008
The 451 Group has just issued a Market Insight report on Modius. You can download a PDF version of Modius gets the Eco-efficient data center to talk. The report outlines Modius' recent growth in customer adoption and technological sophistication.
SVLG
August 2008
Modius played a key role in this year's SVLG Chill-Off. 6 different cooling systems were compared, and Modius DCiM was used to track all the performance data.
