System using environmental sensor and intelligent management and control transceiver for monitoring and controlling remote computing resources

A system for remotely managing at least one computing component using wireless technology, a communications interface and a communications network, the system comprising:

• an intelligent transceiver operably coupled to the computing component through a communications interface and a wireless network;
• the intelligent transceiver operable to generate an alert independent of the computing component's operability;
• the intelligent transceiver including a processor operably coupled to a memory and a LAN transceiver operably coupled to the processor and the memory;
• the LAN transceiver operable to transmit information to and receive information from a wireless network using a frequency, wherein the frequency comprises a frequency selected from a group consisting of 800 MHz band, 900 MHz band, 1.9 GHz band, 2.4 GHz band, infra-red and laser;
• an operating system storable in the memory and executable by the processor;
• the operating system including at least one instruction operable to communicate via the wireless network, at least one instruction operable to monitor and control at least one computing component and at least one instruction operable to enable the remote management of the at least one computing component;
• a local agent storable the at least one computing component;
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• the local agent operable to communicate one or more characteristics of the at least one computing component.

An intelligent management and control transceiver comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory operably coupled to the processor;
• a communications interface operably coupled to the processor and the memory;
• the communications interface operable to communicate information to and from a computing component;
• a transceiver operably coupled to the processor and the memory;
• the transceiver operable to communicate information to and from a wireless communications network;
• the transceiver operable to receive management and control instructions generated from a web site;
• a wireless LAN transceiver operably coupled to the processor and the memory;
• the LAN transceiver operable to communicate with at least one remote intelligent management and control transceiver using a radio frequency;
• at least one environmental sensor operably coupled to the processor and the memory;
• the at least one environmental sensor operable to monitor one or more environmental characteristics of the computing component wherein the one or more environmental characteristic includes temperature;
• a power supply and a back-up power supply operably coupled to at least the processor and the memory;
• the power supply and the back-up power supply operable to provide power to the processor, memory, communications interface, transceiver, LAN transceiver and environmental sensors;
• the intelligent management and control transceiver operable independent of the computing component;
• a program of instructions storable in the memory and executable in the processor;
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• the program of instructions operable to monitor and control a plurality of facets of the computing component, to generate an alert in response to detection of a monitored event and to transmit the alert via transceiver to a remote device;
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• the program of instructions further operable to effect the web site generated management and control instructions.