Leveraging New Technologies To Streamline Data Center Operations

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A year or more ago, it may have been prudent to tone down technology ambitions by placing upgrades and platform migrations on hold, but that logic no longer appears to apply. Many companies are waking up to the fact that savvy competitors have quietly upped their IT investment to achieve greater economies of scale and operational efficiencies. If they do not act quickly, they could shortly fall far behind. Those organizations that have already fallen behind, for example, cannot afford to let the technology chasm widen. They need to spend wisely over the coming months, particularly with regard to consolidation and standardization within their server operating environments. Those utilizing a Windows platform have two basic strategies for server deployment: scaling out and scaling up.

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