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Presented By:
Evelyn Hubbert Principal Analyst Forrester Research, Inc.
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.