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Optimizing Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift
By Per Bauer on Thu, 09/30/2021
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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Vityl Capacity Management 2.6 Advances Service and Cluster Monitoring and Increases Kubernetes Support
Fri, 02/07/2020
The latest release of Vityl Capacity Management includes improved dashboard capabilities, automated intelligent alerting, and other enhancements.
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Vityl Capacity Management 2.5 Increases Hybrid Cloud Support
By Scott Adams on Wed, 10/23/2019
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The latest release of Vityl Capacity Management includes increased cloud support, new integrations, and other enhancements. Current customers can download the latest version from the customer portal.
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Navigating Toward a Password-Free Future with Privileged Access Management
By Bob Erdman on Fri, 09/13/2019
Discover how you can move toward a password-free future with privileged access management (PAM) solutions and adopt a more secure standard for authentication in your organization.
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How to Improve IT Efficiency: 3 Strategies to Keep Services Up and Costs Down
By Per Bauer on Wed, 06/26/2019
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How to Answer Key Capacity Planning Strategy Questions
Fri, 06/21/2019
Anyone who works for a large organization knows that July isn’t just a time for fireworks and BBQs. It’s also when you plan your budget for the next fiscal year.
If you work in IT, you know you’re always expected to have an answer for everything. But when it comes to planning your budget, there are really only two questions that need to be asked.
Do you have enough resources on hand for the...
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The True Cost of Workload-Related Outages
Thu, 06/06/2019
Underestimating the consequences of downtime can be hugely detrimental to your productivity. Accurately calculating those costs won’t just prevent disasters, but also help you effectively manage your capacity planning efforts.
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What is Capacity Planning?
By Scott Adams on Wed, 06/05/2019
What is Capacity Planning?
IT capacity planning is a process used to manage IT service delivery. Business services depend on IT resources in most organizations. Retail organizations need IT to make sure their POS system stays up and running – even on days with unusually high transaction counts, like Black Friday. Banks and other financial services providers...
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Staying Ahead of the Curve: Implementing Privileged Access Management Solutions
Fri, 03/22/2019
Find out why Privileged Access Management (PAM) has become such a priority, and why your organization should stay ahead of the curve and adopt a PAM solution.
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8 Things Your Capacity Management Tool Should Do
By Per Bauer on Fri, 02/15/2019
A capacity management tool should help your IT team in 8 key ways. If you're replacing your tool or starting a capacity management practice, this is the place to start.
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Buyer's Guide: Capacity Management Tool Checklist
By Per Bauer on Fri, 02/08/2019
What makes a good capacity management tool? There are six major factors to consider when choosing a capacity management tool, and the right tool should account for all of them.
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Comparing Different Methods for Calculating Health and Risk
By Per Bauer on Fri, 02/08/2019
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...
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A Roadmap for Consolidation
Mon, 02/04/2019
There are five key steps when planning a consolidation strategy. Considerations for each step are outlined below.