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In most data centers, DCIM rests on a shaky foundation of manual record keeping and scattered documentation. OpManager replaces data center documentation with a single repository for data, QRCodes for asset tracking, accurate 3D mapping of asset locations, and a configuration management database (CMDB). In this webcast, sponsored by ManageEngine, you will see how a real-world datacenter mapping stored in racktables gets imported into OpManager, which then provides a 3D visualization of where assets actually are. You'll also see how the QR Code generator helps you make the link between real assets and the monitoring world, and how the layered CMDB provides a single point of view for all your configuration data.

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A Network Computing Webinar:
SDN First Steps

Thursday, August 8, 2013
11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

This webinar will help attendees understand the overall concept of SDN and its benefits, describe the different conceptual approaches to SDN, and examine the various technologies, both proprietary and open source, that are emerging. It will also help users decide whether SDN makes sense in their environment, and outline the first steps IT can take for testing SDN technologies.

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Private CloudTech Center

While some industry analysts claim that private clouds don't make economic sense for many organizations due to the capital and operational costs to build one, they fail to take into account that IT departments have already sunk those costs into IT. Nor do they consider the different goals organizations have for private clouds. They don't need elastic scale. They need more efficient use of resources and operations. That's where private clouds come in with a focus on efficient use of recourses and orchestrated IT.

News and Analysis

Ellison Ditches OpenWorld Keynote For America's Cup

Oracle CEO's no-show disappoints conference attendees expecting to hear about the company's cloud services.

EMC CEO Talks Up The Software-Defined Data Center

Joe Tucci tells OpenWorld crowd how EMC plans to capitalize on cloud computing and big data trends.

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Blogs

HP Predicts Significant SDN Adoption By 2015

October 02, 2013 01:20 PM

Posted by Andrew Conry Murray

HP networking chief Bethany Mayer talked with Network Computing about the company’s SDN strategy and SDN's impact on IT.

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Tags: SDN, HP, Bethany Mayer, VMware, NSX, Cisco, API, OpenFlow, onePK

Channel: Virtualization, Interop, , Data Center, Private Cloud, Networking & Mgmt

SDN Doesn't Mean Cheaper Networking

September 23, 2013 05:04 PM

Posted by Greg Ferro

The most common prediction about SDN is that networking will get cheaper. It won't. Here's why.

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Tags: overlay networks, 100GbE, network operating system, NOS, Cumulus, Big Switch

Channel: Networking & Mgmt, Virtualization, , Private Cloud, Interop, Data Center

Data Protection In The Cloud Era

September 18, 2013 02:06 PM

Posted by Tom Trainer

Organizations need to review security policies and procedures before implementing newer technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization.

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Tags: data protection, cloud computing, virtualization, security policies, extranets

Channel: Public Cloud, Virtualization, Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing, Data Center, Private Cloud, Security, Data Protection

WAN Acceleration Slows Down

September 09, 2013 10:57 AM

Posted by Greg Ferro

A new report shows the WAN acceleration/optimization market is shrinking. WAN optimization won't go away, but don't look for growth either.

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Tags: Infonetics, ADC, bandwidth, Internet, VPN, VDI, hybrid cloud

Channel: , Private Cloud, Cloud Computing, WAN & App Acceleration, Public Cloud, Networking & Mgmt

IT Must Change Business Minds

September 03, 2013 11:36 AM

Posted by Romi Mahajan

IT must change mistaken perceptions about its value to and role in the enterprise. Here's advice on how to get started.

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Tags: Business of IT, Interop, cost center, IT relevance

Channel: Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Networking & Mgmt, Interop

Should Applications Listen To The Network?

August 29, 2013 11:35 AM

Posted by Tom Hollingsworth

One goal of SDN is to make the network more responsive to application needs. But applications also have to be responsive to the state of the network.

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Tags: QoS, low-latency queuing, developers, voice, bandwidth

Channel: Virtualization, Interop, Data Center, Networking & Mgmt, Public Cloud, Private Cloud,

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Private Cloud Reports

Automation & Orchestration: Prepare for Successful Deployment

Automation and orchestration technologies can make IT more efficient and better able to serve the business by streamlining common tasks and speeding service delivery. But it doesn't always go as smoothly as we'd like. In this report, we outline the potential snags and share strategies and best practices to ensure successful implementation.

Bending the 80/20 Barrier: Automation Is Just the Start

As the economy recovers, IT is caught in a squeeze between requests for new applications, services and device support and demands from upper management to keep budgets lean, staffing light and operations tight. These are irreconcilable objectives as long as we spend the vast majority of our resources on legacy services -- a variant on the familiar 80/20 rule, whereby 80% of IT's time, effort and dollars are spent on routine "keep the lights on" activities with only 20% going to develop new services and applications.

Fundamentals: Usage-Based Accounting

It's a trend we're seeing in surveys and interviews across the technology spectrum: Business executives expect IT to act like a nimble embedded enterprise, responsive to rapidly changing technology needs-more Google, less Post Office. That's the whole point of building a private cloud. But the other part of that equation is getting granular with costs. In this report, we chart the new service-oriented IT landscape and provide a guide to the key components: service catalogs, cost and pricing models, and financial systems integration.

Research and Reports