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IBM tool improves mainframe capacity planning
IBM's new mainframe capacity-planning tool, zPCR, may help systems administrators overcome obstacles in the capacity planning process. Article | 18 Mar 2008
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Capacity planning for virtual servers: New risks, new tools
Performance management and capacity planning come with more risk in a virtual server environment. Vendors are rolling out new tools to deal with the problem. Article | 16 Aug 2007
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Time is ripe for data center infrastructure databases
Many data centers track their IT assets in a configuration management database, but as they continue to grow, facility items deserve a database of their own. Article | 30 May 2007
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Aperture unveils new capacity planning tool
Data center management software provider Aperture introduces a new version of its capacity planning tool, Vista. Article | 17 Apr 2007
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CA zaps mainframe costs with zIIP specialty engine
CA is releasing eight software tools that it says can save customers money on mainframe software licensing costs by offloading workloads to the zIIP specialty engine. Article | 13 Feb 2007
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Data centers handle holiday rush
For every extra CD bought, book picked out and slot machine pulled during the holidays, an electronic transaction is made. And data centers have to be able to deal with it all. Article | 15 Dec 2006
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Q&A: Data center design with Sun's Rob Snevely
Building or retrofitting a data center takes more than planning what hardware and software to buy. In addition to a lot of hard work, it requires a usable planning methodology and a sound philosophy. Sun's data center design expert gave us a few poin... Interview | 21 Nov 2006
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Q&A: Data center consolidation expert, Clay Ryder
Clay Ryder, president of Union City, Calif-based analyst firm The Sageza Group Inc., spoke at Data Center Decisions 2006 last week in Chicago. We caught up with Ryder before the conference ... Interview | 30 Oct 2006
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Financial sector data center veteran leads consulting arm
After spending 30 years as a data center manager for Verizon, First USA, Bank One and JPMorganChase, Gary Aron decided to head up the consulting services division at Aperture -- a data center software company in Stamford, Conn. Aperture's flagship pr... Interview | 05 Sep 2006
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HP's data center consolidation provides management insights
HP plans to reign in apps and hardware configurations for its in-house data center consolidation project. Execs offer more specifics and strategies on the company's move from 85 facilities down to six. Article | 30 Aug 2006