IT pros who understand the benefits of cloud computing are assessing if they can build a private cloud behind closed doors for additional security. Incorporating cloud automation, self-service ...

Labor is one of the largest costs enterprises face when setting up and managing infrastructure, especially servers and storage. Today, IT administrators can spend hours, if not days, configuring ...

Q: What’s the best approach to remotely provisioning our Windows servers? A: Provisioning servers has three automation goals, or layers: 1) Installing the OS; 2) Installing the system software which ...

Organizations wanting to make the most of the capabilities of their IT infrastructure need tools that make it easily possible to monitor, administer and optimize their client systems, servers (both ...

Dynamic server provisioning is an area of management that’s certainly one to watch if you want to efficiently use the servers, processing power and storage throughout your IT infrastructure. Picture ...

Automation stands at the heart of the economics and operation of cloud computing services. However, today's automation is primitive and requires much manual engineering and intervention. James ...

HP today took direct aim at the ever-increasing costs of data centers and managing an explosion of data by announcing a new generation of automated and efficient hardware. The new generation of ...

If there’s one defining characteristic of the cloud, or one characteristic that distinguishes the cloud from the traditional data center, it’s automation. Take advantage of it. The cloud offers many ...