IT Automation

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