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Developing an effective change management process requires tenacity
Companies seeking an easy way to manage and monitor changes in their environment have a variety of tools to choose from to assist IT shops. Feature
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Coming up with a new configuration and change management plan
That old configuration and change management plan was unwieldy and out of reach, but the need for having one hasn't gone away. Feature
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Avoid the numbers game with Windows Server 8
The promise of improved IP address management could be one incentive for organizations to switch to Windows Server 8. 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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Planning a change in systems management tools: Advisory Board Q&A
Avoid the trauma of systems management tool changes through careful planning and proof-of-concept testing. Advisory Board Q&A
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SearchDataCenter.com Products of the Year 2011 nominations
SearchDataCenter.com's annual Products of the Year awards recognize innovation and performance in data center technologies. Nominate a product today! Feature
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State of the Data Center: 2011
Special Report
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Asset management tools in the modern data center: Advisory Board Q&A
Our Advisory Board weighs in on the importance of asset management tools, which can be difficult to select, install and use, sometimes complicating data center management. Q&A
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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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Beyond Chef and Puppet: Ten essential DevOps tools
DevOps requires a hefty toolbox for managing code builds; IT pros identified 10 DevOps tools -- beyond Chef and Puppet -- that are hot right now. News | 26 Apr 2013
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Q&A: How Facebook uses Chef configuration management tools
How Facebook manages hundreds of thousands of servers and multiple code releases per day using DevOps and Chef tool for configuration management. News | 26 Apr 2013
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Opscode files down steep learning curve with Chef 11
Opscode's Chef 11 beckons to enterprises with better scalability and new usability features for systems management automation. News | 05 Feb 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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HP unveils cloud-based IT service management product Service Anywhere
HP's Service Anywhere joins several other cloud-based ITSM offerings, but questions about total cost of ownership could hamper potential sales. News | 22 Oct 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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Will BMC buy Puppet Labs for DevOps?
Puppet Labs and Opscode are tightly associated with the DevOps movement, and BMC is shopping for DevOps tools. A BMC-Puppet acquisition is possible. News | 07 Aug 2012
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Data center pros push systems automation limits with Chef
Data center pros push Opscode's Chef beyond simple configuration management. News | 21 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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Puppet Labs offers bare-metal provisioning to enterprises via EMC
Puppet Labs surprises some IT pros with a new EMC partnership that open-sources automated bare-metal provisioning for servers. News | 23 May 2012
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Moving workloads to new servers
The task of moving a workload to a new server often seems simple enough, but the process is plagued with gotchas. Here’s what to watch for before making the move to new hardware. Tip
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Resource allocation with Linux cgroups helps optimize performance
The Linux cgroups feature lets you make a profile to manage resources to keep your system under control. Tip
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Microsoft's System Center 2012 designed to ease data center management
Microsoft's System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Virtual Machine Manager 2012 aims to please system administrators. 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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Five questions on systems management
As reliance on systems management tools increases, administrators face varied challenges in deployment, skill sets, infrastructure support and other issues. Tip
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Expert roundtable: IT skillsets for change and configuration management tools
Technical knowledge, business and compliance skills will all benefit change and configuration administrators. Tip
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The challenges of change and configuration management
Due diligence, business alignment and proper deployment are key to mastering change and configuration management tools. Tip
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Recognizing the versatility of IT asset management software
Using IT asset management software not only helps companies track inventories, but can also save time and money by logging other important details. Tip
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Using the Net-SNMP agent for systems management
The Net-SNMP agent has evolved over the years to become a useful systems management tool used to track important statistics. Tip
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Data center consolidation strategy can benefit from ITIL lifecycle
Data center consolidation projects can be complex and risky, but if IT organizations use the ITIL lifecycle to document the process, it can help smooth the transition. Tip
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GitHub
GitHub is a Web-based revision control hosting service for software development and code sharing. Definition
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on-demand computing
On-demand (OD) computing is an increasingly popular enterprise model in which computing resources are made available to the user as needed. Definition
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Remote Job Entry (RJE)
Remote Job Entry (RJE) is a facility that allows remote computer users to submit a job (the running of a specific program or group of programs) to a centrally-located IBM mainframe computer. Definition
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MIS (management information systems)
MIS (management information systems) is a general term for the computer systems in an enterprise that provide information about its business operations. Definition
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configuration management database (CMDB)
A configuration management database (CMDB) is a database that contains all relevant information about the components of the information system used in an organization's IT services and the relationships between those components... (Continued) 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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batch
In a computer, a batch job is a program that is assigned to the computer to run without further user interaction. Definition
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Job Entry Subsystem (JES)
Job Entry Subsystem (JES) is a subsystem of the OS/390 and MVS mainframe operating systems that manages 'jobs' (units of work) that the system does. Each job is described to the operating job control language (JCL). Definition
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job step
In certain computer operating systems, a job step is part of a job, a unit of work that a computer operator (or a program called a job scheduler) gives to the operating system. Definition
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job scheduler
A job scheduler is a program that enables an enterprise to schedule and, in some cases, monitor computer 'batch' jobs (units of work, such as the running of a payroll program). Definition
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CMDB spending on rise
SearchDataCenter.com discusses findings from its recent survey on purchasing intentions and priorities, with a focus on systems management tools spending. The findings reveal a rise in spending on configuration management databases, despite tepid sys... Video
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Beyond Chef and Puppet: Ten essential DevOps tools
DevOps requires a hefty toolbox for managing code builds; IT pros identified 10 DevOps tools -- beyond Chef and Puppet -- that are hot right now. News
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Q&A: How Facebook uses Chef configuration management tools
How Facebook manages hundreds of thousands of servers and multiple code releases per day using DevOps and Chef tool for configuration management. News
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Developing an effective change management process requires tenacity
Companies seeking an easy way to manage and monitor changes in their environment have a variety of tools to choose from to assist IT shops. Feature
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Coming up with a new configuration and change management plan
That old configuration and change management plan was unwieldy and out of reach, but the need for having one hasn't gone away. Feature
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Opscode files down steep learning curve with Chef 11
Opscode's Chef 11 beckons to enterprises with better scalability and new usability features for systems management automation. News
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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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HP unveils cloud-based IT service management product Service Anywhere
HP's Service Anywhere joins several other cloud-based ITSM offerings, but questions about total cost of ownership could hamper potential sales. News
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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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Will BMC buy Puppet Labs for DevOps?
Puppet Labs and Opscode are tightly associated with the DevOps movement, and BMC is shopping for DevOps tools. A BMC-Puppet acquisition is possible. News
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Data center pros push systems automation limits with Chef
Data center pros push Opscode's Chef beyond simple configuration management. News
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