Data center budget considerations

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	CA tackles compliance, automation and security with new product launches SearchDataCenter.com | 11 Jun 2008 ARTICLE - CA has rounded out its business service management portfolio with tools for software compliance, IT security compliance and IT process automation.

	Alcatel-Lucent whittles costs with data center consolidation SearchDataCenter.com | 10 Mar 2008 ARTICLE - The consolidation will cut data center costs by 25% but introduced two challenges: scheduling application downtime and convincing employees that they didn't need servers nearby.

	X86 servers drive data center purchases in 2007 SearchDataCenter.com | 13 Jul 2007 ARTICLE - We surveyed 374 data center managers in North America in our 2007 data center purchasing survey. Find out where your data center dollars are going.

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	Create a product and services roadmap for your data center Submitted By: SearchDataCenter.com | 24 May 2006 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 budget: Funding your data center 08 Dec 2005 EXPERT ANSWER - One of our readers is having trouble convincing the big wigs that the data center needs a serious make over. See what advice expert Charles King came up with for data center funding.

	Data center budgeting: How to convince management to upgrade Submitted By: SearchStorage.com | 10 Nov 2005 TIP - Learn how to effectively convince your boss or other management of the need for an upgrade or technology acquisitions.

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	Application delivery for ROI-driven data center SearchNetworking.com | 27 May 2004 BEST WEB LINK - As innovation and demand converge in the new ROI-driven data center, yesterday's load balancer is being supplanted by a rapidly evolving category, the application delivery system.

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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Data center budget considerations:  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, IT Compliance: SOX and HIPAA in the data center, IT Governance: ITIL, ITSM, COBIT, Server virtualization, Data center disaster recovery planning, Information systems management