- Configuration and change management
- Performance, monitoring and optimisation
- Data centre capacity planning
- ITIL and IT governance
- Clustering for high availability and HPC
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How centralised storage and server-based computing help IT face BYOD
Study shows that UK and EU IT pros are still scared of BYOD. But IT can overcome these BYOD fears. Here's how.Tip
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Why data centre management tools must evolve in the cloud era
Traditional data centre management tools just aren't cutting it in the age of data centre virtualisation and cloud computing.Tip
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Law firm's infrastructure overhaul lowers costs, improves productivity
A law firm upgrades its legacy systems and deployed a new data back up and disaster recovery strategy. Here’s how it lowered costs and improved IT efficiency.Case study | 03 Jul 2012
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Five things that can make or break your virtual desktop infrastructure
IT pros looking to implement a virtual desktop infrastructure project must have a strategy for storage, application virtualisation and must understand desktop users to succeed.Tip
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DCIM: what it is and what it does
Data Centre Infrastructure Management holds unquestionable worth, but with the wealth of DCIM tools in the market, IT managers must choose carefully.Tip
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Data centre design: Using engineered racks, pods and containers
IT pros must adopt a new approach to data centre design and consider using engineered racks, pods and containerised systems for better scalability, capacity and efficiency.Tip
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IT pros pushed to upgrade to XenApp 6.5 by July 2013
IT pros must upgrade to XenApp 6.5 after Citrix announced EoL status prior to pre-v6.5 versions, coinciding with Windows Server 2003 EoL.News | 10 Apr 2012
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Gatwick Airport uses data centre decontamination service: news roundup
Gatwick airport’s initiative to improve performance and life of its IT; public sector’s progress in virtualisation and IT pros’ server management woes are this week’s highlights.News | 30 Mar 2012
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A data centre infrastructure strategy fit to support business growth
An organisation’s data centre infrastructure strategy must be able to provide a flexible IT platform that can attune itself to changing business needs.Tip
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How IT can convince stakeholders of the value of technology projects
IT professionals must take data centre measures to convince stakeholders of the business value of technology projects. This will help IT emerge as a valuable business resource.Tip
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Changing virtualisation management strategy yields results for LSE
LSE had all the principles of a good IT strategy -- data centre consolidation and virtualisation. But without the correct virtualisation management tool, the project was doomed.News | 14 Sep 2012
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How centralised storage and server-based computing help IT face BYOD
Study shows that UK and EU IT pros are still scared of BYOD. But IT can overcome these BYOD fears. Here's how.Tip
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Post Olympics, it isn't game over for data centre contingency planning
London Olympics is over, but IT must not shift away from data centre disaster recovery and contingency planning. Review your plans to prepare your business for future disruptions.Tip
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DCIM: what it is and what it does
Data Centre Infrastructure Management holds unquestionable worth, but with the wealth of DCIM tools in the market, IT managers must choose carefully.Tip
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Gatwick Airport uses data centre decontamination service: news roundup
Gatwick airport’s initiative to improve performance and life of its IT; public sector’s progress in virtualisation and IT pros’ server management woes are this week’s highlights.News | 30 Mar 2012
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VKernel vOPS customers gain Quest integration sooner than anticipated
VKernel vOPS now includes Quest vFoglight and vOptimizer, just months after the merger. Is the knee-jerk integration right for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructures?News | 14 Mar 2012
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Data centre consolidation: Developing an on-going strategy
Data centre consolidation is an on-going process as businesses and technology constantly evolve. A strategy focused on considered and phased approach will be crucial for success.Tip
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2011's top 10 tips on data centre, cloud and server virtualisation
A collection of top 10 expert tips on data centres, cloud computing, server virtualisation and VDI for IT professionals to recap the technology highlights and how-tos of 2011.Feature
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Troubleshooting VM performance, capacity management woes
Problems stemming from performance and capacity management are big worries for virtualisation administrators. But there are tool sets and metrics they can use for troubleshooting.Tip
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Assessing your server refresh options
Hardware updates are unavoidable, but you have to know when a server refresh will make the most sense. Here are factors that signal it’s time for an upgrade.Expert Advice
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Changing virtualisation management strategy yields results for LSE
LSE had all the principles of a good IT strategy -- data centre consolidation and virtualisation. But without the correct virtualisation management tool, the project was doomed.News | 14 Sep 2012
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How centralised storage and server-based computing help IT face BYOD
Study shows that UK and EU IT pros are still scared of BYOD. But IT can overcome these BYOD fears. Here's how.Tip
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Why data centre management tools must evolve in the cloud era
Traditional data centre management tools just aren't cutting it in the age of data centre virtualisation and cloud computing.Tip
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Law firm's infrastructure overhaul lowers costs, improves productivity
A law firm upgrades its legacy systems and deployed a new data back up and disaster recovery strategy. Here’s how it lowered costs and improved IT efficiency.Case study | 03 Jul 2012
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Five things that can make or break your virtual desktop infrastructure
IT pros looking to implement a virtual desktop infrastructure project must have a strategy for storage, application virtualisation and must understand desktop users to succeed.Tip
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DCIM: what it is and what it does
Data Centre Infrastructure Management holds unquestionable worth, but with the wealth of DCIM tools in the market, IT managers must choose carefully.Tip
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Data centre design: Using engineered racks, pods and containers
IT pros must adopt a new approach to data centre design and consider using engineered racks, pods and containerised systems for better scalability, capacity and efficiency.Tip
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Gatwick Airport uses data centre decontamination service: news roundup
Gatwick airport’s initiative to improve performance and life of its IT; public sector’s progress in virtualisation and IT pros’ server management woes are this week’s highlights.News | 30 Mar 2012
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Take storage pressure off hypervisors by using dedicated disk arrays
Making hypervisors and virtual servers work overtime to cope with data explosions affects their performance. Some IT pros are using dedicated disk arrays for storage management.Tip
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VKernel vOPS customers gain Quest integration sooner than anticipated
VKernel vOPS now includes Quest vFoglight and vOptimizer, just months after the merger. Is the knee-jerk integration right for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructures?News | 14 Mar 2012
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Gatwick Airport uses data centre decontamination service: news roundup
Gatwick airport’s initiative to improve performance and life of its IT; public sector’s progress in virtualisation and IT pros’ server management woes are this week’s highlights.News | 30 Mar 2012
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Is the UK government right to ask suppliers to cut IT contract costs?
As the UK government asks 19 of its largest suppliers to cut IT contract costs, questions of fairness are raised.Tip
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Frameworks or platforms for IT infrastructure management: Are they worth it?
The utility of frameworks for IT management has been hotly debated. Are they worth it? Do they save time? Defining what frameworks actually are is the first step. Richard Ptak will drive to do just that in his first column for SearchDataCenter.com on the topic.Tip
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Resurrecting a failed ITSM implementation
With each failed IT Service Management (ITSM) implementation, these projects become more difficult to complete. An expert outlines how to identify the cause of a failed ITSM implementation and how to bring about organisational change and successful adoption.Tip
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OGC certification enables out-of-the-box ITIL tools
The Office of Government Commerce has implemented a certification programme to ensure that IT Infrastructure Library tools support the terminology and best practices of ITIL v3.Article | 07 Jul 2009
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Changing virtualisation management strategy yields results for LSE
LSE had all the principles of a good IT strategy -- data centre consolidation and virtualisation. But without the correct virtualisation management tool, the project was doomed.News | 14 Sep 2012
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Law firm's infrastructure overhaul lowers costs, improves productivity
A law firm upgrades its legacy systems and deployed a new data back up and disaster recovery strategy. Here’s how it lowered costs and improved IT efficiency.Case study | 03 Jul 2012
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DCIM: what it is and what it does
Data Centre Infrastructure Management holds unquestionable worth, but with the wealth of DCIM tools in the market, IT managers must choose carefully.Tip
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Data centre design: Using engineered racks, pods and containers
IT pros must adopt a new approach to data centre design and consider using engineered racks, pods and containerised systems for better scalability, capacity and efficiency.Tip
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Troubleshooting VM performance, capacity management woes
Problems stemming from performance and capacity management are big worries for virtualisation administrators. But there are tool sets and metrics they can use for troubleshooting.Tip
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HP and Oracle settle legal spat over Hurd hiring
HP and Oracle have agreed to settle their legal spat over the hiring of Mark Hurd; plus more daily news.Article | 21 Sep 2010
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Microsoft makes Windows HPC Server more Linux friendly
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Beta 2 will work with Linux, but is this capability enough for Microsoft to gain ground in supercomputing?Article | 15 Apr 2010
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High-availability solutions in nonvirtualised environments
High-availability solutions ensure uptime and help avoid infrastructure problems. But without virtualisation, their hardware and software requirements can be quite pricey.Tip
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High-availability clustering in virtual data centres
High-availability clustering offers more server choices and easier storage methods in virtual environments. It also reduces the risk of crashes and improves server maintenance.Tip
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RES Software offers VDI management suite: News Roundup
RES Software launches suite of management features to aid virtual desktop deployments; Veeam backup and replication increases speed of virtual servers at The Pensions Trust; Overland Storage launches iSCSI SAN with hooks into VMware and Hyper-V; and other news of the week.Article | 19 Feb 2010
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