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• How important is Discovery and Mapping to an Automation Strategy?

  Data Center Automation is more than a bunch of software tools that do the work that normally is done with manual intervention. In fact, automation follows a maturity model in which interdependent stages must exist for success. The first phase of any automation... Posted Sep 23 2008, 04:58 PM by Ben Scheerer with | with no comments Tags: automation, data center automation, DCA, ca dca, ITIL, Virtualization, EITM, change detection, configuration management, change management

• Is Server Virtualization Part of Your Data Center Automation Strategy?

  The industry has seen an upward trend in server virtualization for the distributed environments. Although virtualization is not new, (it’s been in the mainframe world for the more than a decade) it has gained substantial momentum primarily as a means... Posted Jul 01 2008, 04:58 PM by Ben Scheerer with | with no comments Tags: automation, data center complexity, data center automation, ca dca, Virtualization

• Data Center Automation and Green IT - Part 1

  Given all the attention and interest behind "Green IT", I'm sure this will be first of many Blogs I will write on this subject. I've held off on writing about Green IT until now, simply because I needed time to consume and digest where... Posted May 17 2008, 11:21 AM by Ben Scheerer with | with no comments Tags: automation, data center automation, DCA, ca dca, Green IT

• Automating the Data Center - Where to Start

  Data center automation (DCA) is designed to deliver value back to the business through increased levels of service and flexibility to meet business needs and demands. With increasing complexity within the data center, including but not limited to: a growing... Posted Apr 15 2008, 01:33 PM by Ben Scheerer with | with 1 comment(s) Tags: automation, data center automation, DCA, ca dca, ITSM, ITIL

• Data Center Complexity-Fact or Fiction?

  The day-to-day challenges of managing the IT data center include management of its diverse and complex makeup of key systems to meet the needs of its users, but more importantly the overall business. As IT becomes more aligned with the business, IT begins... Posted Mar 24 2008, 10:46 PM by Ben Scheerer with | with no comments Tags: automation, data center complexity, data center automation, ca dca