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Software-defined networking could drastically change today’s network infrastructure
There’s plenty of talk in IT circles about using SDN to change network infrastructures—and catch up with servers and storage. As the hype for SDN spins up, what can you actually accomplish today? Feature
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Misconceptions about DevOps can impede progress
A DevOps expert talks about some of the incorrect notions some clients have about the accelerated application development process Feature
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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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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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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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Open source systems management tools slideshow: The benefits of open source systems management
In this second slide of the open source systems management tools slideshow, the benefits of open source systems management tools are discussed. Slideshow
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Open source systems management tools slideshow: The drawbacks to open source systems management
In this third slide of the open source systems management tools slideshow, drawbacks to the tools are discussed. Slideshow
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Open source systems management tools slideshow: Virtualization driving proprietary management tool d
In this fifth slide of the open source systems management tools slideshow, advantages of proprietary software are discussed. Slideshow
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Big data analytics software for intelligence community goes commercial
IT shops that need to analyze huge volumes of data can look to a newly available big data analytics tool that was previously reserved for the intelligence community. News | 29 Mar 2013
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Q&A: New Dell Software group to offer data center management tools
Dell plans software products surrounding data center management, "big data," business intelligence, security and data protection by 2014. News | 13 Dec 2012
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BMC expands DevOps portfolio with release automation buy
BMC has made another DevOps play with the acquisition of VaraLogix, a closed-source provider of application release automation software. News | 08 Aug 2012
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Revlon CIO details private cloud success story
Cosmetics company CIO details his private cloud’s disaster recovery and transaction capabilities at Gartner summit. News | 14 Jun 2012
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How do you fill DevOps jobs? Hire squirrels
Conventional wisdom says that it’s hard to hire for DevOps. People who have done it say most organizations simply go about it wrong. News | 11 Jun 2012
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VDI puts data center networks to the test
Virtual desktop infrastructure pulls endpoint management to the core of the enterprise data center, taxing data center networks. News | 23 Apr 2012
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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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Desktop market matures but VDI challenges remain
Tools enable companies to reduce support costs, boost security and lower energy consumption, but more is needed to overcome VDI challenges. Tip
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Tips for improving Active Directory performance on servers
Striking the right balance of memory and disk performance can help optimize Active Directory performance. Tip
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CICS performance and design questions and answers, part 3
Robert Crawford answers more of your questions on CICS application performance. Tip
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Carbon emissions fall as IT adopts green cloud computing
Switching to a green cloud could provide benefits for IT departments and the environment, studies show. Tip
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IBM's IMS version 12 catalog and repositories helpful for programmers
IBM's IMS version 12 debuts two tools, repository and catalog, which it hopes will make life easier for programmers. Tip
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Using agile development to boost mainframe performance
Cutting the time to fix bugs and release new versions with agile development on mainframes offers a variety of benefits. Tip
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Techniques to extract and analyze CMF mainframe performance data
Administrators can use DFH$MOLS and Rexx to process mainframe performance data then import in Excel to do the analysis. Tip
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Punch up database performance by reorganizing data
A well-timed mainframe database reorg can result in much improved response. Tip
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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 and address problems before they become a crisis. Tip
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Get more from your data center by following iSCSI best practices
Following these iSCSI best practices can enhance the performance and reliability of iSCSI deployments in enterprise data centers. Tip
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Print Partitioned Data Set (PDS) sequentially
The IEBPTPCH utility on MVS can help you to print the members of a Partitioned Data Set (PDS) together in a sequential data set. Answer
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DSNREXX interface gives 'not connected' message
A 'not connected' message while using the DSNREXX interface may indicate a problem with one of these IBM commands and jobs. Answer
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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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interrupt latency
Interrupt latency, also called interrupt response time, is the length of time that it takes for a computer interrupt to be acted on after it has been generated. In most computers, a trade-off exists among interrupt latency, throughput, and processor ... Definition
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abend (abnormal end)
An abend (a combining of two words, abnormal end, when operator messages were as short as possible) is an abnormal, rather than planned, end or termination of a computer program because of some problem with how it is running. Definition
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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 us... Definition
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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... (Cont... Definition
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IMS (Information Management System)
IMS (Information Management System) is a database and transaction management system that was first introduced by IBM in 1968. Since then, IMS has gone through many changes in adapting to new programming tools and environments. Definition
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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) Definition
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screen scraping
Screen scraping is programming that translates between legacy application programs (written to communicate with now generally obsolete input/output devices and user interfaces) and new user interfaces so that the logic and data associated with the le... Definition
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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) Definition
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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...... Definition
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HP OpenView
HP OpenView is a suite of business computer management or "e-services" programs from Hewlett-Packard (HP), which states that the suite is "among the world's 20 largest software businesses. Definition
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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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Big data analytics software for intelligence community goes commercial
IT shops that need to analyze huge volumes of data can look to a newly available big data analytics tool that was previously reserved for the intelligence community. News
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Desktop market matures but VDI challenges remain
Tools enable companies to reduce support costs, boost security and lower energy consumption, but more is needed to overcome VDI challenges. Tip
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Tips for improving Active Directory performance on servers
Striking the right balance of memory and disk performance can help optimize Active Directory performance. Tip
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Q&A: New Dell Software group to offer data center management tools
Dell plans software products surrounding data center management, "big data," business intelligence, security and data protection by 2014. News
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Software-defined networking could drastically change today’s network infrastructure
There’s plenty of talk in IT circles about using SDN to change network infrastructures—and catch up with servers and storage. As the hype for SDN spins up, what can you actually accomplish today? Feature
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interrupt latency
Interrupt latency, also called interrupt response time, is the length of time that it takes for a computer interrupt to be acted on after it has been generated. In most computers, a trade-off exists among interrupt latency, throughput, and processor ... Definition
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BMC expands DevOps portfolio with release automation buy
BMC has made another DevOps play with the acquisition of VaraLogix, a closed-source provider of application release automation software. News
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Misconceptions about DevOps can impede progress
A DevOps expert talks about some of the incorrect notions some clients have about the accelerated application development process Feature
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CICS performance and design questions and answers, part 3
Robert Crawford answers more of your questions on CICS application performance. Tip
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Carbon emissions fall as IT adopts green cloud computing
Switching to a green cloud could provide benefits for IT departments and the environment, studies show. Tip
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