From what I can tell, the first fix for practically every data center problem is to reboot something. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a Linux OS or a remote branch office network node. Restart it and hope the problem goes away. That’s brilliant when it works. But when it doesn’t? Then we have to determine ...
One of the breakout sessions during GalaxZ, presented by Ed Wang, senior manager of automation and monitoring tools at NetApp, was focused on how organizations could improve their IT monitoring ecosystems to keep up with new technology and growing business demands. For many large enterprises, the biggest challenge is matching their infrastructure monitoring capabilities to ...
No longer a support function, IT is now at the heart of delivering great customer experience. Many large organizations plan their digital transformation initiatives to drive innovation, enhance competitive advantage, boost productivity, and reduce cost by applying new technology for running business services on innovative IT platforms. When you embrace IT-enabled user experience paradigm and ...
The job of IT operations (IT Ops) has always included many an underappreciated responsibility, but perhaps none as thankless as “on call.” The need, it seems, is obvious. After all, we live in a 24-hour-a-day economy, and someone has to keep an eye on the services that the business relies on — even at 2:00 a.m., ...
From the minute we wake up in the morning to when we go to sleep at night, we rely on technology to help us with our daily tasks, to keep in touch with the ones we love and the world around us, and to plan for our next tasks. Technology has permeated our lives. They ...
Greg Stock kicked off the Zenoss Galax17 user conference in Austin, Texas yesterday. Austin is known as the Live Music Capital of the World, and as Greg pointed out, Zenoss has also made it the Live Monitoring Capital of the World. The entire presentation had a theme of being customer focused. It started with a ...
If you’ve been building to the ETSI NFVI model, you probably think you’re ready to deliver NFVI services. But you’re not. You’re ready to build the services, but not ready to deliver them to customers. The ETSI model is working right now, and that’s got you confident. It’s wonderful for eliminating the need to ship, ...
We can’t wait to welcome you here in the Monitoring Capital of the World! Below is a rundown of highlights for GalaxZ17 in Austin, April 10 -12: The Venue The conference hotel is the JW Marriott Austin, 110 E. 2nd St., Austin, Texas, 78701. Remember, Uber and Lyft do not operate in Austin, but other ride-sharing apps like Fasten and RideAustin are great ...
