Data Center Strategies for the CIO
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Expert Q&A: Five questions on FCoE
FCoE technology is maturing and products are available, but proper deployment still takes careful consideration and infrastructure support.
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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.
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Minimizing public cloud disruptions
Catastrophic crashes and instance failures happen in the public cloud. Learn how to respond to outages and reduce their effects on your data center.
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Preventing virtual resource oversubscription
Identify the symptoms of resource oversubscription, and learn capacity management strategies to prevent it.
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Strategies for mainframe application modernization
Mainframe application modernization, re-engineering or distributed integration can maintain support for business-critical applications.
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Achieving a more efficient data center design
Technological advances along with efficient and creative data center design strategies are extending the service life of modern data centers.
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Prioritizing alerts with server monitoring tools
Setting and prioritizing alerts with server monitoring tools can help an administrator respond quickly to critical problems without being bothered by insignificant alarms.
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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.
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Examining the IBM z114 mainframe
Lower cost and simpler configurations belie a versatile and efficient business-class machine in the IBM z114 mainframe.
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What you should know about ASHRAE TC 9.9
Following the data center design and cooling standards recommended by ASHRAE TC 9.9 will help IT professionals improve facility safety and efficiency.
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Five questions on data center virtualization
Data center virtualization is mature and reliable, offering significant benefits to businesses that deploy it.
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Organizing data centers with unified network management
As data centers grow in complexity, so do management chores. Unified network management tools can help ease the burden of those responsibilities.
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Darker shades of the IT equipment gray market
Counterfeit IT equipment makes the “gray market” treacherous for data center operators.
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Getting the most from IT outsourcing providers
Careful strategy, meaningful measurement and attention to the third-party relationship can enhance success with IT outsourcing providers.
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Negotiating an IT vendor contract, changing vendors
Negotiating IT vendor contract terms is crucial for protecting business continuity, physical property and intellectual assets when contracts end.
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What’s strangling technological innovation?
Major roadblocks are stifling IT innovation at a time when technological innovation is needed most.
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The strategic trends in IT
An ongoing technological evolution promises to change data center infrastructure and the ways that IT performs.
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The future of systems programming
A mainframe expert, who has seen more than 30 years of systems programming and technology changes, offers his opinion on how outsourcing and skill shortage will continue to change the field.
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Preparing for network virtualization
Network virtualization may demand LAN upgrades and configuration changes to achieve optimal performance.
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How to reduce, supplement data center power
Options abound to reduce data center power requirements, but supplementing that power often isn’t cost effective.
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New technology, trends to cool off the data center
Stagnant strategies for data center cooling will keep energy bills climbing ever higher, but a more modern approach can bring them back down to earth.
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Can one converged system rule them all?
The rise of converged systems has brought a new level of manageability to the data center, but these integrated offerings have a few drawbacks.
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Sizing up the best data center Linux distribution
There are many flavors of Linux, making the selection process for the best Linux distribution for your business difficult to whittle down.
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Do you have the skillset for these hot IT jobs?
With technologies such as cloud computing in the limelight, data center pros need to upgrade their skillsets to catch the latest wave of innovation.