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How IBM Intends to Kill IT Chaos in 2009
By: Chris Preimesberger
2008-12-19
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There are 29 user comments on this IT Infrastructure story.
How IBM Intends to Kill IT Chaos in 2009 (
Page 1 of 4 ) In an exclusive interview, IBM CIO Mark Hennessy explains that IBM's Global Services division has as its top priority for 2009 the integration of enterprises' legacy software and hardware with new, virtualized equipment. We also can expect to see more automation of IT processes in hardware, software and networking.IBM would love to come into your data center
and eradicate all forms of IT chaos.
All IT managers face IT chaos at one time or another. Even if you are one of the
lucky ones relatively free from it at this time, then you can expect it
to show up eventually. If IT chaos can be done away with, IT managers around
the globe will be falling to their knees in thanksgiving; naturally, that means
profit for IBM and all the other
vendors that can solve these issues.
This chaos, as defined here, is usually the result of software, hardware and
networking equipment acquired piecemeal, and subpar practices built up in an
infrastructure over a number of years. Thanks to different eras and vendors,
varying licenses, and changing standards and best practices, much of what goes
into a data center simply doesn't work together very harmoniously.
IBM says it will be all about integrating
and simplifying complicated IT resources and components in 2009, so everything
works together to ultimately help enterprises to profit. IBM
certainly has always been about that; however, thanks to the skyrocketing use
of virtualization software in 2008, we can expect the next 12 months to bring
more complicated IT problems to solve than ever before.
The main issue that IT managers fear, more than any other, is loss of control
of virtual machines. Once virtualization gets instituted in a systemand it's
being instituted every day somewhere in the worldthen control of where these
nonphysical servers are and how and what they are doing becomes nearly a
full-time job for someone.
Also on the rise are hosted subscription-type services, thanks to the weak
macroeconomy. These also must be accounted for and controlled at all times.
It's not easy to monitor all these things on a 24/7 basis, because with servers
up and down (and in and out), security patches and software upgrades frequently
dogging administrators, and compliance measures causing constant pressure,
there's never a dull moment in the data center.
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| | A user comment on this articleThis is Chris P, writer of this story. Thank you all for pitching in your perpsectives here. It's been very useful.
IBM finally got back to me... Posted At: 02-03-09 By: Anonymous | | | | | | We're moving on thisThanks, Mr. Carden, for your input here. I have already begun working on the followup to this article; I packaged all the pertinent questions from... Posted At: 12-30-08 By: Chris Preimesberger | | | | | | This is IBM's perspectiveThanks for your question. This interview with IBM's CIO is designed to impart the company's general approach to the 2009 calendar year -- what it... Posted At: 12-30-08 By: Chris Preimesberger | | | | | | IdealismSo, since the author and interviewer, Chris Preimesberger has already said he's going to follow-up with Mark Hennessy, lets see how that translates.... Posted At: 12-29-08 By: Francis Carden | | | | | | A user comment on this article"Idealism" is only idealism; it is not the reality! The problem here is that when Mark Hennessy made his comments, it sounds as if IBM had already... Posted At: 12-29-08 By: Anonymous | | | | | | Virtualization is key butI was tracking this story on my blog here, http://blog.tmcnet.com/desktop-productivity/ and through Loraine Lawson here ;... Posted At: 12-29-08 By: Francis Carden | | | | | | | | | | | | >>> Post your comment now! | | | | | |
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