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Optimizing Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift

The container deployment model offers component autonomy, elasticity, and scalability in a way that no other framework has done before. But to reap the benefits, you need to adopt new ways of managing and optimizing your environments and their underlying resources. Learn how to manage the performance and resource planning of container workloads.
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VCM Enterprise

VCM Enterprise allows you to get insight into your hybrid IT infrastructure, plan accurately for future needs, and prevent problems before they occur.
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Vityl for Cloud Management

Hybrid Cloud Management Hybrid cloud refers to a mix of public and private cloud resources. Many organizations are moving their IT footprint to the cloud because running applications in the cloud often removes the capital expense of purchasing hardware and software, which can save money. Cloud deployments also allow IT professionals and business leaders to provision resources more quickly and...
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Comparing Different Methods for Calculating Health and Risk

How do you calculate IT health and risk? There are different methods you can use, depending on your needs. The most common methods for determining IT infrastructure health are: Threshold comparison Enhanced threshold comparison Event detection Variation from normal Allocation comparison Queuing theory for health On the other hand, the most common methods for calculating IT infrastructure...
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A Roadmap for Consolidation

There are five key steps when planning a consolidation strategy. Considerations for each step are outlined below.
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Powertech Compliance Monitor for IBM i

Compliance Monitor gathers a broad set of audit and security data from your Power Systems™ running IBM i. Schedule a demo today.
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Managing Your IBM i Audit Data

Let’s face it; system administration remains a largely thankless task. From scheduling jobs to balancing workloads to answering messages in QSYSOPR, administrators and operators work diligently behind the scenes to ensure that IBM i servers are available to run mission-critical applications.
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VCM

VCM allows you to get insight into your hybrid IT infrastructure, eliminate wasted spend, and prevent problems before they occur.
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Intermapper App for Splunk Enterprise

If you need proactive network monitoring and visual mapping, Intermapper will give you real-time knowledge of your network, affordably and with seamless integration into Splunk.
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How To Maintain Your Data Integrity

File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) helps ensure that your critical and sensitive data is viewed and changed only by authorized personnel through approved channels. Candidates for FIM include application files containing sensitive data, such as personnel or financial data, and server configuration files.
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Global IT Management Survey 2016—NewsWorthy Analysis

Results of a Kelton survey in which IT departments in large enterprises are tasked with responding to numerous business-impacting issues on any given day, including equipment failures, fluctuating website demand, and data security.
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Vityl and ITIL

TeamQuest (a Fortra company) can help organizations improve their chances at a successful ITIL implementation through the ITIL best practices listed in this article.
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Supporting ITIL Objectives

Many IT organizations are implementing ITIL as a strategy for improving IT Service Management. The ITIL framework provides best practices and structured processes for managing and delivering IT services.
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Implementing a Consolidation Strategy

Improve Service quality "IT organizations should engage in a server consolidation project with three major goals: cost reduction, agility improvement and service-level improvement." Source: “Key Issues for Servers,” Gartner Inc. GOAL: IMPLEMENT A CONSOLIDATION STRATEGY Many companies are re-evaluating their IT infrastructures in light of changing business practices, economic demands, and...