Information systems management

HIGHLIGHTS

	Lights out management: How to administer servers from the Bahamas TIP - While there are many remote management solutions out there, I've found the lights out management (LOM) built into many modern servers is superior to many of the alternatives.
	Mainframe capacity planning: More than MIPS TIP - Capacity planning is a well understood, strategic exercise. But mainframe managers need to consider strategic versus tactical performance planning.
	Data center consolidation, virtualization: Ultra-dense server deployments TIP - Combining blade server, virtualization and SAN technologies in the data center leads to ultra-dense server deployments, which can save on hardware costs and power.
	CMDB special report FAST GUIDE - Many systems management vendors are looking at the CMDB as a fundamental building block for implementing ITIL. But a CMDB is only as accurate as its implementation.

SUBTOPICS

	Process automation technologies Find news and information on data center operations and process automation technolgies and job scheduling software.
	Hardware performance and monitoring Data center hardware performance monitoring tools, tutorials, and how to advice. Check out the latest trends in performance monitoring software.
	Configuration and change management Configuration and change management tools, tutorials and advice: Learn about CMDB trends, how to pick a configuration software vendor and more.
	Capacity planning Find tutorials and strategies on capacity planning and the tools and practices involved with measuring data center requirements.

SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Information systems management:  Data center disaster recovery planning, IT Compliance: SOX and HIPAA in the data center, IT Governance: ITIL, ITSM, COBIT, Application management (app performance) for data centers, High availability in the data center, Data center staffing, Managing data center outsourcing services and vendors, Data center standards and metrics, Data center budget considerations, Server virtualization