| v> | | | | their days watching for and patching bugs can now |
| Of course those who do automate quickly learn that | | | | be assigned more significant tasks which ultimately |
| this does not necessitate the end of employing an IT | | | | makes an IT department more productive. This also |
| staff. What it does mean however is that those | | | | allows an IT budget to be neatly trimmed as the |
| individuals who once spent their days watching for | | | | need for hours of overtime will be lessen |
| and patching bugs can now be assigned more | | | | considerably. |
| significant tasks which ultimately makes an IT | | | | Aside from automating a network a business may |
| department more productive. This also allows an IT | | | | also opt for data center consolidation in lieu of |
| budget to be neatly trimmed as the need for hours | | | | automation or in addition to it. Either way |
| of overtime will be lessen considerably. | | | | consolidating networks helps all businesses make their |
| The majority of business owners these days are | | | | IT budgets much more responsible and manageable |
| always looking for ways to improve productivity and | | | | by drastically cutting the cost of power consumption |
| performance at a low cost. With budgets becoming | | | | and allowing multiple servers to be combined into |
| more restrictive and most companies penny pinching | | | | one. Additionally important business applications can |
| many executives are finding it difficult to get both old | | | | be merged onto a single server which usually means |
| and new services at a friendly price. This is no truer | | | | an improvement in application performance and |
| perhaps than when dealing with IT staffs and | | | | reliability. Those thinking of data center consolidation |
| department budgets. With almost every aspect of | | | | should be aware however that the process is not a |
| the IT world becoming pricier those in charge of IT | | | | short one by any stretch of the imagination. |
| departments as well as their CEO’s have | | | | Though smaller networks will complete the process |
| recently been forced to get extremely creative and | | | | more rapidly large corporations and networks should |
| do more with less. The most talented of these | | | | expect at least a 5 year process. |
| people will never cut corner but instead find a way to | | | | Most business have already adopted data center |
| meet the needs of both their networks and their | | | | automation and while consolidation is the new kid on |
| staff. | | | | the block, expect to see businesses of all sizes |
| Most recently two affordable solutions have | | | | warming up to the procedure as the economy forces |
| presented themselves to willing industry leaders. | | | | businesses to work with less. We should also |
| Both network automation as well as data center | | | | expect companies that streamline their networks and |
| consolidation are providing institutions with not only | | | | IT teams with one or both of these methods to |
| affordable new technologies but these technologies | | | | survive while those that do not will likely have a |
| also save money and time buy freeing up resources | | | | difficult time maintaining a healthy bottom line and |
| and allowing networks to manage themselves to a | | | | may end up going out of business. This highly |
| large degree. Of course those who do automate | | | | technology dependant business world requires a |
| quickly learn that this does not necessitate the end | | | | willingness to accept changes even when they initially |
| of employing an IT staff. What it does mean | | | | seem as though they aren’t for you. |
| however is that those individuals who once spent | | | | |