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 Green IT initiatives best fit into a data center...

When talking about automation in the data center we think about the use of tools and processes to coordinate and execute on activities with hopes to reduce complexity, errors, labor, and costs while increasing productivity. To further automation goals, we have to consider outside influences to the data...

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 number of applications, bare metal and virtual...