Data center budget considerations

MUST READ Continental Airlines standardizes for savings INTERVIEW - With business and flight critical operations on the line, Bob Edwards, staff vice president of IT operations at Continental Airlines, keeps IT infrastructure on a short leash. Create a product and services roadmap for your data center TIP - Create a high level document to help your IT team select products and services that support the long term data center strategy. Data center budgeting: How to convince management to upgrade TIP - Learn how to effectively convince your boss or other management of the need for an upgrade or technology acquisitions. IT managers on software licensing: Keep it simple ARTICLE - Licensing software in a world where multi-core processors and virtualization are expected to be the norm is raising a whole new set of challenges for IT managers.

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	The hidden costs of scale-out supercomputing SearchDataCenter.com | 18 Nov 2009 ARTICLE - Since the mid-1990s, supercomputer users have moved from scale-up big-box servers to scale-out clusters. But some say beware the hidden costs.

	What are your CIO's priorities? An interview with Sunoco's CIO SearchDataCenter.com | 11 Nov 2009 ARTICLE - Data center managers can feel disconnected from C-level execs' priorities. Sunoco CIO and SIM President Peter Whatnell outlines what's on CIOs' minds.

	IT pros weigh Gartner Magic Quadrant lawsuit SearchDataCenter.com | 21 Oct 2009 ARTICLE - Companies that use Gartner's Magic Quadrant rankings in product evaluations are watching ZL Technologies' vs. Gartner with interest.

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	Server hardware cost comparison: Is virtualization cheaper? 12 Oct 2009 TIP - Virtualization's popularity is growing, but the hardware costs can be high. This tip compares the costs of eight small physical servers versus one large server with virtualization.

	Bring in facilities and finance groups for data center projects 24 Sep 2009 TIP - By working with the finance and facilities groups, IT can promote an understanding between departments and gain quicker approval for IT projects that can benefit the organization.

	Five ways to consolidate servers and extend the life of your data center 02 Jul 2009 TIP - Today, data center managers face growing IT demand and shrinking budgets. If you're running out of room for more servers, check out these tactics for shrinking your IT footprint.

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	The economic downturn's effect on data centers SearchDataCenter.com | 28 Oct 2008 VIDEO - Ron Witt, an operating systems analyst, discussses the possible impact of a slumping economy on data centers, which was a key theme at Data Center Decisions.

	Common data center hurdles: Cooling and power distribution problems SearchDataCenter.com | 28 Oct 2008 VIDEO - A data center manager discusses his primary problems: aging AC units and not-so-green hardware.

	ROI and virtualization outcomes: Part 3 SearchDataCenter.com | 24 Oct 2008 VIDEO - Andi Mann of Enterprise Management Associates gives his address on ROI and virtualization outcomes at Data Center Decisions 2008.

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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Data center budget considerations:  Data center disaster recovery planning, Information systems management, 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, Server virtualization