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Dell PowerEdge VRTX hits the high notes
Dell's four-blade, 32-drive, 'cluster in a box' packs high performance, high availability, and high-end management in a tidy package
Start-up Sideband Networks models live network traffic to spot trouble
Start-up Sideband Networks today came out of stealth mode with an appliance that it says can model live traffic to give visibility into applications...
OS X Mavericks corralled by JAMF’s new Apple management suite
For decades, Microsoft has ruled the enterprise end user space, but as "mobility" has expanded to include smartphones and tablets, Apple is now a...
USENIX: Flame graph shows system performance in a new light
The person who became known on the Internet for yelling at servers is now becoming famous for another, somewhat related, feat, creating a new type of...
Review: Chef cooks up configuration management
Opscode's Chef packs the power of Ruby and plentiful Cookbooks, but lacks features and polish found in other solutions
The changing face of performance management for virtual infrastructures
Isolating the exact cause of a problem is often the biggest challenge in a virtual environment, and it is not enough to simply monitor the...
IBM applies predictive analysis to IT operations
Turning its considerable expertise in analytics to the study of IT operations, IBM has assembled a software package to help system administrators...
Tech spending slows, thanks to Congress
Forrester Research has lowered its projection for tech spending growth this year from 5.7% to 3.9%, and it attributes the slowdown mostly to moves in...
How Cloud Computing Puts Adverse Selection in Its Place
For years, operations departments have used adverse selection principles to allocate resources, often deeming small projects unworthy of enterprise...
New Relic to mine performance data for business insights
Software provider New Relic is extending its system administrator tools for monitoring the performance of applications to help business managers as...
Review: Office 365 administration made easy
Going beyond Office 365's native admin GUI, 365 Command provides powerful Exchange admin capabilities without the need to run PowerShell
Salt keeps server automation simple
Salt brings simplicity, flexibility, and high scalability to Linux and Unix server infrastructure management -- it does Windows too
SDN Adoption Puts DevOps Pros in High Demand
The shift toward network automation and virtualization offered by Software Defined Networks will increase demand for DevOps professionals. If you...
Review: Puppet 3.0 pulls more strings
Version 3.0 of Puppet Labs' configuration automation tool shines with speed boosts, orchestration improvements, and deeper support for Windows...
Salesforce delivers Identity to simplify herding of apps
Salesforce.com has delivered an identity product designed to let enterprises consolidate user authentication and application access control on a...
How to Beat Storage Bottlenecks in a Flash
When a data visualization and analysis software provider found that its backend storage was slowing down its developers, it resisted the urge to add...
Review: Ansible orchestration is a veteran Unix admin's dream
Ansible and AnsibleWorks AWX bring simplicity and power to Linux and Unix server automation
Microsoft offers Azure discounts in renewed cloud push
Microsoft will offer discounts on its Azure cloud service next month as part of a cloud computing push that also includes new releases of its Windows...
Gartner warns of vendor upheaval in technology shift
At its big IT conference here this week, Gartner analysts put what everyone knows into a milkshake, gave it a good shake, and then used its...
Northeast Utilities confirms IT outsourcing plan
After keeping its IT employees in the dark for weeks, Northeast Utilities last week confirmed that it plans to cut half of its tech jobs and turn...
Dell PowerEdge VRTX hits the high notes
