IT Automation
The Quest for Lights Out
Résumé
an era of distributed, Internet-centered computing, that's
tougher to accomplish than ever. This book can get you close.
It helps managers define realistic expectations and goals for
automating IT, then presents a systematic, enterprise-level
methodology that incorporates today's best approaches to
achieving those goals.
Learn how to analyze
your own data center, identify gaps and requirements
for
automation; and review the steps, operations, and
considerations of automation design,in depth. Review
organizational and staffing challenges associated with
data
center automation; learn how to redefine your
technical
architecture and administrative processes; evaluate and
justify
the cost of new systems; communicate and present the
plan;
and much more. You'll find detailed coverage of the
actual
deployment, as well as post-implementation
continuous
improvement techniques for making your "lights out" data
center
even more effective. The book contains sample project
plans,
process flows, IT organization charts, and other
valuable
resources for getting from where you are to where you
want
to be.
For every IT executive, operations manager,
consultant, and technology vendor seeking to enhance
the
reliability, performance, and value of enterprise data
centers.
Table of contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1: "Lights Out"-Exposed
- Chapter 2: Gap Analysis
- Chapter 3: The Organization
- Chapter 4: Design and Planning
- Chapter 5: Financial Planning
- Chapter 6: Communicating and Presenting the Plan
- Chapter 7: Deployment and Continuous Improvement
- Appendix A: Most Frequently Asked Questions
- Appendix B: Enterprise(Data Center) Services
- Appendix C: Sample IT Operations Internal Service Level
Agreement
- Index
L'auteur - Howie L. Lyke
is CEO and former VP of IT Architecture for Bluewater Technology, Inc., which provides leading-edge IT solutions for midsize to Fortune 100 companies. He is co-author of Networking the New Enterprise (Prentice Hall PTR, 1997).
L'auteur - Debra Cottone
is a consultant with over 20 years' experience in communications, change management, and business development. She holds a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications from St. Mary's University in Minnesota, where she is an adjunct faculty member.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Prentice Hall |
Auteur(s) | Howie L. Lyke, Debra Cottone |
Parution | 10/09/1999 |
Nb. de pages | 162 |
Format | 18,3 x 24 |
Couverture | Relié |
Poids | 550g |
EAN13 | 9780130137869 |
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