WHITE PAPER - What will be most important to IT organizations over the next 12 months? It's probably no surprise that cost control or reduction in spending is the key priority. This white paper looks at the near-term activities of the IT organizations surveyed by TechTarget, along with their constraints, issues, motivating factors, and strategies.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Change Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | IT Management | IT Management Services | Server Virtualization

ANALYST BRIEF - As you know, automation is a critical component in achieving long-term IT savings. We've compiled a few resources to give you an overview of the benefits of service automation and the technology behind our comprehensive solution.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Configuration Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and BMC, you will discover how to best maintain your mainframe infrastructure in light of the current economic climate. Explore the biggest challenges encountered by mainframe users today and gain insight into the distinct vulnerabilities and risks associated with mainframes.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Authentication | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | DB2 | Mainframe Operating Systems | Mainframe Server Hardware | Software Migration

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA®) research shows 75% of CIOs are facing budget cuts. Most CIOs need to go beyond obvious cost reduction measures to address the largest single IT cost - staff. This whitepaper will discuss the ways that Workload automation can effect real cost savings.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | Job Scheduling Software | Log Management | SLA | Workload Automation

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and BMC, you will discover best practices for comprehensive and cost-effective mainframe management, maintenance and upgrading. Explore cost-effective mainframe upgrades and gain insight into approaches essential for adding flexibility to today's mainframe applications.
Posted: July 17, 2009 | Published: July 17, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | IT Best Practices | Mainframe Server Hardware | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Management | Software Licensing | Virtual Machine Migration

WHITE PAPER - Data center energy costs continue to take up a significant portion of IT budgets, and it seems that there is no end in sight. This paper addresses, in a unified and systemic way, many of the power consumption issues that IT has been grappling with in piecemeal fashion.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Green Data Center | IT Service Management | IT Spending | Network Appliances | Network Management Services | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process - from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration

WHITE PAPER - Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.
Posted: June 15, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Power Consumption Monitoring | Reporting Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Automating your data center can improve operational efficiency and give you control over service quality, security, and business agility, while simultaneously reducing risk and costs. Learn how five simple steps can help you chart your course to automation and show you how to develop a deliberate and well-planned incremental approach.
Posted: June 15, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Auditing | IT Infrastructure | Mainframe Computers | Mainframe Networking Hardware | Network Management | Server Virtualization