3 steps for better data center capacity planning

	Romonet brings predictive data center tool to U.S. | Cloudera outfits Hadoop with management tools
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	3 steps for better data center capacity planning Forrester recommends updating today's capacity planning process with three new steps to account for cost-value analysis, governance, and global planning. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO 100 Beyond the Big Idea: Executing on Innovation Drawing on 10 years of research and diverse examples from companies such as Timberland and Harley-Davidson, Chris Trimble, Author and Professor, Dartmouth College will show you how to choose and build a great team through the innovation execution process, ultimately bringing your big ideas to their full potential. Join us at CIO 100, Aug 14-16, 2011. Register today! In this Issue Romonet brings predictive data center tool to U.S. Cloudera outfits Hadoop with management tools Calling all admins: Know thy applications New security demands arising for virtualization, cloud computing WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. The Right Unified Communications Solution The advantages of today's unified communications are numerous, and there are many choices among solutions. A Cisco white paper is available to help you make the right decision. The paper outlines ten differentiators—from mobile device support to social software—that you should consider before deciding on a unified communications upgrade. Click to continue Romonet brings predictive data center tool to U.S. Romonet's software lets engineers construct a graphical model of their data center, including the power and cooling equipment and how it's all laid out, and then make changes to the model and see what impact those changes would have on overall energy consumption and efficiency. Read More Cloudera outfits Hadoop with management tools Version 3.5 of Cloudera Enterprise updates the management suite with two modules, each of which helps manage Hadoop deployments. One offers a real-time view into workload performance, while the other provides a single means of managing the Hadoop stack. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies Virtualization Done Right View this webcast to learn the best practices for post implementation of virtualized servers in your environment. Discover what challenges to look out for and how to prepare to avoid pitfalls ensuring total protection for your systems, applications and data. Learn More Calling all admins: Know thy applications A side effect of siloing is that an IT department's infrastructure team invests too little effort in understanding what makes applications tick from a technical perspective. That needs to change. Read More New security demands arising for virtualization, cloud computing The rush toward virtualization of internal enterprise computing resources and cloud computing can have many advantages, such as server consolidation, but it's largely outracing traditional security and identity management practices. Read More
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