Data Center Automation: The Rise Of The Machines

Air Date: Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: Infrastructure & Operations professionals

Description:

This presentation will define and discuss the different parts of data center automation (DCA) and talk through the variety of solutions that currently exist on the market. DCA solutions allow IT organizations to automate a variety of workflows that support configuration and change management processes across IT infrastructure. In Forrester's 80-criteria evaluation of DCA vendors, we have found who leads the pack and who is in hot pursuit in a very competitive market.

Agenda

• Data center automation: issues, benefits and expectations
• The definition of data center: what are the multiple pieces
• What vendors have solutions in this space
• How do these solutions compare to each other

Vendors mentioned: BMC/BladeLogic, CA, IBM, HP, mValent, and Novell.

Related Research:

The Forrester Wave™: Data Center Automation, Q2 2008

by Evelyn Hubbert, April 15, 2008

Technical requirements:

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