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• Scale up vs. scale out: Debate evolves over how to upgrade data centers

  Pick sides on whether to scale up vs. scale out servers. It will establish what method to enhance server performance makes sense for your data center. Continue Reading

• The new automation imperative

  Automating IT processes is a complex and sometimes messy process -- but the rewards can be well worth the effort. In this January 2014 issue of the Modern Infrastructure e-zine, find an exploration of data center automation. Tight budgets and... Continue Reading

• Enterprise cloud management: Unlock a strategic direction

  Enterprise cloud management often seems a mish-mosh of various vendor offerings, homegrown tools and promises of cost savings and increased efficiencies. CIOs must have the wherewithal to take these jumbled cloud messages and convert them into ... Continue Reading

• SDN, hyperscale data center technologies to impact strategies in 2014

  Software-defined everything, real-world implementations of converged infrastructure and a hybrid cloud strategy should be on your agenda in 2014. Continue Reading

• Rackspace managed services tackle DevOps challenges through automation

  A new marketing software company got a leg up on DevOps using a new managed service from Rackspace. Continue Reading

• A look inside the DevOps movement

  DevOps is a culture, not a job or procedure for an IT team. That said, there are DevOps tools and organizational strategies to help you get there.Continue Reading

• Five tips for selecting system management tools

  Too much granularity? Not enough? Need alerts? Maybe not. There are five considerations for systems management tools -- and cost isn't one of them.Continue Reading

• Tips and tricks to improve memory paging on servers

  Memory paging helps virtual machines share a server's memory resources nicely, but can throttle performance. A few simple tricks will optimize paging.Continue Reading

• How and when to enable hardware-based TPM security on servers

  Most servers include a Trusted Platform Module, but you only want to turn it on and manage TPM when the server handles high-value encrypted workloads.Continue Reading

• Disruptive technologies: Cloud services integration for the CIO

  Cloud services integration is a topic just sticky enough to make many a CIO shudder. Disruptive technologies such as cloud computing offer a number of implementation options -- public, private, hybrid, oh my! What's a CIO to do? In this issue of ...Continue Reading

• Sizing up hardware resources to allocate to IT automation tools

  IT automation tools have minimum hardware requirements, but these increase depending on how many devices the automation tool will serve.Continue Reading

• Reshaping IT organizations to fulfill a DevOps strategy

  DevOps IT delivery requires a lot of up-front investment and time. It's a difficult project for even the most committed IT organizations.Continue Reading

• How to overcome the limitations of remote server management

  Remote server management tools enable granular server control from anywhere, but they're useless without a network connection or power supply.Continue Reading

• DCIM software improvements that finesse data center planning

  New DCIM software renders data center equipment in 3D for better designs and runs what-if scenarios for data center changes.Continue Reading

• What do you know about workload management tools?

  Using workload management tools is a step toward an efficient data center. How well do you know your workload automation options?Continue Reading