For the past few years, the buzz in data center trade shows around data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software has been substantial — much of it hype, not reality.

To make a data center truly resilient used to require significant hardware redundancy.

In the otherwise-forgettable movie, Sex Tape, starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, the couple is in a car, talking about a risqué tape they had recorded, “It went up, it went up into the cloud … You can’t get it down from the cloud? … Nobody understands the cloud … it’s a mystery!”

Having been in the technology business for 30 years, I continue to be amazed when I come upon a data center with no centralized monitoring solution.

One issue getting its fair share of media attention these days is the significant cost associated with IT infrastructure failure.

One issue getting its fair share of media attention these days is the significant cost associated with IT infrastructure failure.

It goes without saying that organizations are increasingly challenged to achieve effective and efficient data center implementations