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Open source systems management tools slideshow: Open core versus open source software
In this eighth slide of the open source systems management tools slideshow, the differences between open core and open source systems management software are discussed. Slideshow
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Open source systems management tools slideshow: Using Nagios in the data center to manage servers
In this tenth and final slide of the open source systems management tools slideshow, the one-size-fits-all Nagios tool is profiled. Slideshow
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Open source systems management tools slideshow
If your IT shop has the right skills, open source systems management tools may be a fit for your data center and save money over proprietary solutions. This slideshow features some of the top tools. Slideshow
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SearchDataCenter.com Products of the Year 2010
SearchDataCenter.com invites you to participate in its annual Products of the Year award nomination process. Nominate your favorite product or your company's product. Winning products will be featured in January 2011 on SearchDataCenter.com. Products of the Year
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Collaboration, testing minimize Web scaling woes
A Strangeloop Networks evangelist says that collaboration between data center, network and developer teams can boost optimization and reduce scalability woes. Q&A
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Application performance management tutorial: Pulling it all together
Learn how to use systems management tools for application performance management. This guide includes the latest trends, case studies and advice from SearchDataCenter.com. Runbook
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HP jump-starts sleepy software biz with CIO dashboard
HP’s new IT Executive Scorecard dashboard is targeted at CIOs and their C-level peers in an attempt to revive the company’s IT performance management portfolio. News | 01 Jun 2011
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CA Spectrum replaced by AccelOps: News in brief
Texas radiology clinic replaced CA Technologies’ Spectrum monitoring suite with AccelOps to save on maintenance. News | 22 Mar 2011
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Dell rethinks appliances: News in brief
Dell updates systems management appliance, and other data center news. News | 31 Jan 2011
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Business managers, IT share application performance management burden
Application performance management (APM) tools have brought business managers into the realm of IT management, collaborating with IT counterparts to perform better. Article | 18 Mar 2010
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IT Service Management Software as a Service takes off
Cash-strapped IT organizations have turned away from on-premise software and now favor the rapid software upgrades that come with Software as a Service-based IT Service Management and service desk applications. Article | 12 Feb 2010
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NHL data centers serve up HD video, data for fans
The National Hockey League's infrastructure must stream 40 games a week online in HD and make mountains of statistics accessible to fans. Article | 18 Dec 2009
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Application performance monitoring tools only half the battle at trucking company
Application performance monitoring tools would be fairly useless without the right people and management processes to go with them, according an IT manager at trucking company Con-way. Article | 04 Nov 2009
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Microsoft to open two mega data centers: News in brief
Microsoft will open two mega data centers, one in Chicago and one in Dublin, Ireland; Oracle adds new management capabilities to its Oracle Enterprise Manager software; and more. Article | 30 Jun 2009
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Should you move apps on or off the mainframe to cut costs?
In this era of stringent cost cutting, what should IT do: move more apps to the mainframe or move all apps off it? This tip weighs the total cost of ownership for mainframe and non-mainframe applications. Article | 26 May 2009
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ITIL vets turn to SaaS-based tools to ease upgrade hell
Implementing or upgrading an IT service management suite can be a nightmare, but these ITIL veterans have turned to IT management using Software as a Service. Article | 30 Apr 2009
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VM management: How to walk the data center resource balancing act
Use these tools and techniques to improve VM management efficiency with computing resources and address problems before they become a crisis. Tip
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Application performance management tools for the cloud
There are many application performance management tools available that can collect and analyze metrics for organizations using distributed cloud-based applications. Tip
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Application performance tips: Workload optimization and software pathing
IT pros looking to maximize application performance should look beyond basic software, tuning to products from vendors pathing software and hardware. Tip
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Software license management techniques for the virtual data center
Software license tracking has not kept up with virtualization, posing problems for admins who may have difficulty understanding or following terms. Tip
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Application availability: Using the right tools
Minimize application availability anxiety by setting realistic expectations and choosing the technology that fits your organization's business needs. Tip
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Using Nagios plugins for configuration and system testing
Using Nagios plugins can be vital in performing specific system tests and configuration. In this tip, you'll learn about using default and custom plugins in Nagios. Tip
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Improving application performance with multithreaded applications
Multi-core CPUs fuel a server's operating system performance and virtualization technologies. Can multithreaded applications and multi-core CPUs fuel application performance as well? Tip
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Architecting application failover in your data center
Attempting application failover by re-coding your apps may not be the right choice for every data center, as several factors, including virtualization and coding languages, affect which method you should use. This tip offers advice for finding the ap... Tip
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WAN acceleration for data centers: How can it help you?
WAN acceleration in the data center can prioritize critical business data into the fast lane over the network, improving application performance across the WAN. Tip
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Migrating off the mainframe; part 3: Tuning apps for the new platform
After migrating off the mainframe, applications don't always run the same on Linux, Unix or Windows as they did on z/OS. In this tip, an expert talks about how to tune migrated apps for performance and security. Tip
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How to determine which systems receive a patch
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Tools to monitor an IIS server that supports Web services
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data center services
Data center services is a collective term for the supporting components necessary for the proper operation of a repository for storage, management and dissemination of data organized around a body of knowledge or pertaining to an enterprise... (Conti... Word
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event forwarding
Event forwarding is the transmission of information to a centralized computer concerning events that take place on remote computers or servers... (Continued) Word
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Uptime Institute, Inc.
The Uptime Institute, Inc. is a consortium of companies devoted to maximizing efficiency and uptime in data centers and IT (information technology) organizations... (Continued) Word
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IMS (Information Management System)
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smoke testing
Smoke testing is non-exhaustive software testing, ascertaining that the most crucial functions of a program work, but not bothering with finer details. The term originated from a similarly basic type of hardware testing, in which the device passed...... Word
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computer-intensive
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HP OpenView
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ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
ANSI, American National Standards Institute, organization for fostering, development of technology standards, industry groups, International Organization for Standardization, ISO, International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC, computer standards, Am... Word
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COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language)
COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was the first widely-used high-level programming language for business applications. Many payroll, accounting, and other business application programs written in COBOL over the past 35 years are still in use.... Word
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CICS (Customer Information Control System)
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Virtualization for test labs
A virtualization expert explains how virtualized environments can be cost-effective alternatives in creating test labs in this video from Data Center Decisions 2008. Video
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VM management: How to walk the data center resource balancing act
Use these tools and techniques to improve VM management efficiency with computing resources and address problems before they become a crisis. Tip
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Systems management winners
For the purposes of this year’s awards, systems management products include any systems management appliances and software products designed to measure, benchmark, report, provision, plan and control servers and other data center devices. Entrants ma... Products of the Year
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SearchDataCenter.com Products of the Year finalists for 2011
Products of the Year judges reveal finalists for the best IT products of 2011. Feature
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Application performance management tools for the cloud
There are many application performance management tools available that can collect and analyze metrics for organizations using distributed cloud-based applications. Tip
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Application performance tips: Workload optimization and software pathing
IT pros looking to maximize application performance should look beyond basic software, tuning to products from vendors pathing software and hardware. Tip
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Software license management techniques for the virtual data center
Software license tracking has not kept up with virtualization, posing problems for admins who may have difficulty understanding or following terms. Tip
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The server side of application virtualization
Server hardware choices affect the delivery performance and reliability of application virtualization. It’s a true balancing act to achieve parity between resources and performance. Feature
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State of systems management and data center services: 2011
Systems management and outsourcing options are two keys to efficient data center operation. Feature
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HP jump-starts sleepy software biz with CIO dashboard
HP’s new IT Executive Scorecard dashboard is targeted at CIOs and their C-level peers in an attempt to revive the company’s IT performance management portfolio. News
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CA Spectrum replaced by AccelOps: News in brief
Texas radiology clinic replaced CA Technologies’ Spectrum monitoring suite with AccelOps to save on maintenance. News
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