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Archived IT - Operations Articles
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15 May 2013
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Five Steps for Improved Performance Management [31072]
CIO Insight, May 15th, 2013
"To maximize returns on IT investments, it is critical for CIOs and IT leaders to manage the performance of current IT assets in the organizations portfolio. Therefore, they must possess the answers to questions such as: What IT assets does the organization own? Which IT systems and projects are mission critical? What is the cost to manage these assets? How extensively are these assets utilized across the company? How is the overall IT portfolio performing vs. company objectives and common best practices? Answers to these and other core questions will help define the direction that the organization takes to optimize the value of its IT portfolio..."
- Define Performance Metrics and Baselines.
- Assemble IT Asset Inventory.
- Analyze Portfolio Performance.
- Draft Action Items
- Automate Performance Management Process.
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15 May 2013
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Seven Ways to Cut Data Center Costs [31073]
CIO Insight, May 15th, 2013
"If CIOs are looking to reduce expenses in a big way, they may want to schedule a visit to their data centerseven if they may not like what they see. Indeed, these facilities consume enough energy worldwide to power 30 nuclear power plants or every single home in Italy, according to research from Green House Data..."
- Misallocated Resources
- Virtual World
- Bring the Heat
- It's the Humidity
- Automatic Response
- What's the Frequency?
- Software Support
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13 May 2013
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10 Best (and Worst) IT Offshoring Options for English Proficiency [31074]
IT World, May 13th, 2013
"There's some good news for CIOs who struggle with communication and language issues offshore -- and sometimes onshore as well. Global business English proficiency, on average, has increased during the past year, according to tests given to global employees in 78 countries.
GlobalEnglish, a Brisbane, Calif.-based provider of on-demand English language instruction to customers including Deloitte, Unisys, and Procter & Gamble, analyzed the test results of 212,883 non-native English professionals to create its annual Business English Index (BEI) rating the English proficiency of countries and industries on a scale from 1 to 10..."
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13 May 2013
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Six Simple Steps to Enterprise Risk Management [31080]
Information Management, May 13th, 2013
"Enterprise risk management is a scalable, holistic approach to improved decision-making that consolidates and organizes risk information from across an organization. No longer limited to a risk managers monthly report, ERM is becoming a fundamental part of business success. By embracing ERM and creating a risk management culture, organizations can drive business performance, innovation and growth, while protecting company reputation and shareholder value. For many businesses, demonstrating that they have a clear, auditable risk management process has become a critical factor in winning new business..."
- Identify your risks
- Analyze your risks
- Control your risks
- Monitor your risks
- Improve your risk management
- Report on your progress
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06 May 2013
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10 More of the World's Coolest Data Centers [30965]
Network World, May 9th, 2013
"It's been another year since we've taken a look at the coolest data centers in the world, determined either by architectural innovation, green design, innovative reuse of existing buildings or just sheer size. Here are 10 attention-grabbing examples from around the world that show data centers aren't simply big rooms with lots of refrigerated air to keep servers from overheating..."
- Bahnhof modular data center, Kista, Sweden
- Google Data Center, Hamina, Finland
- Princeton High-Performance Computing Research Center, Princeton, N.J.
- OVH data center, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
- Deltalis Radixcloud Data Center, Attinghausen, Switzerland
- Microsoft Data Center, Dublin, Ireland
- Verne Global data center, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Green Data Center, Syracuse University, New York
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
- SuperNAP, Las Vegas, Nev.
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06 May 2013
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Data Centers Under Water: What, Me Worry? [30966]
IT World, May 5th, 2013
"Given the dire warnings about climate change, some business and IT people are pondering this question: How should data center managers handle the crop of 100- and even 500-year storms, coastal flooding and other ecological disasters that climatologists predict are heading our way?
Some experts suggest that managers of mission-critical IT centers simply need to harden existing facilities, other observers say they need to move the centers to higher ground and a third group says both strategies are needed.
But one thing is certain, experts say: Few IT organizations -- even those that suffered or narrowly escaped damage from recent major storms -- are thinking long-term. Most IT leaders are, if anything, taking the path of least resistance and expense..."
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