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- June 01, 2011
01 Jun'11
HP jump-starts sleepy software biz with CIO dashboard
HP’s new IT Executive Scorecard dashboard is targeted at CIOs and their C-level peers in an attempt to revive the company’s IT performance management portfolio.
- March 15, 2011
15 Mar'11
Systems management in the virtual age: Out with the old
If you could start over, would you manage your data center with software from the Big Four? In the era of cloud and virtualization, many IT pros say no way.
- January 24, 2011
24 Jan'11
Dell servers get VMware vCenter plug-in: News in brief
System administrators can now manage Dell PowerEdge servers directly from their VMware vCenter console; and other data center news.
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- June 30, 2010
30 Jun'10
Remote management with KVM over IP
KVM over IP, a remote management tool, has enabled a healthcare business with several far-flung locations to get a handle on data center management.
- April 13, 2010
13 Apr'10
Systems management news in brief: Splunk, Cfengine and Nimsoft updated
Systems management vendors Splunk, Cfengine and Nimsoft recently rolled out new tools for data center administrators.
- March 18, 2010
18 Mar'10
Business managers, IT share application performance management burden
Application performance management (APM) tools have brought business managers into the realm of IT management, collaborating with IT counterparts to perform better.
- March 10, 2010
10 Mar'10
CA buys Nimsoft to tap into the enterprise-light systems market
CA has bought the streamlined systems management software vendor Nimsoft for $350 million.
- February 26, 2010
26 Feb'10
Remote systems management; there's an app for that
Smartphone apps for the iPhone and Blackberry enable IT pros to manage data center systems management tasks remotely.
- January 18, 2010
18 Jan'10
Data center systems management software follows CRM into SaaS
As cash-strapped data center managers turn to Software as a Service (SaaS) systems management to reduce IT costs, BMC has released its Remedy ITSM in a SaaS model.
- December 18, 2009
18 Dec'09
NHL data centers serve up HD video, data for fans
The National Hockey League's infrastructure must stream 40 games a week online in HD and make mountains of statistics accessible to fans.
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- December 16, 2009
16 Dec'09
IT shops weigh Microsoft buy of Opalis Software
IT pros clamoring for a bundled data center automation package favor the acquisition; heavy users of Opalis support, not so much.
- November 04, 2009
04 Nov'09
Application performance monitoring tools only half the battle at trucking company
Application performance monitoring tools would be fairly useless without the right people and management processes to go with them, according an IT manager at trucking company Con-way.
- October 08, 2009
08 Oct'09
Mission impossible: Data center asset management
AFCOM's Data Center World attendees say said they can't find a good way to inventory and manage hardware or software change in their data centers.
- August 05, 2009
05 Aug'09
Systems management tools: Microsoft takes aim at the Big Four
Microsoft systems management tools have come a long way in a short time. Should the Big Four be worried?
- July 29, 2009
29 Jul'09
Has the down economy driven data center automation?
In the economic downturn, data center managers have considered data center automation tools to try and do more with less. But what are the limitations of these tools?