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As we are all witnessing how self-driving cars become a reality, IT teams may find some lessons that can already be learned from the autonomous vehicle in their automation plans.

Configuration drift is one of these things that you know and fear, yet most of us say that there is not much we can do about it, so we need to learn to live with it. But do we? Maybe there is something we can do to avoid configuration drifts after all?

Some experts view the Software-Defined Datacenter as a potential game-changer, but others believe it may take a few more years before it gets there. The preliminary results of our SDDC survey show that 35% are already working on or planning SDDC projects. Does it match your experience? Take the survey and let us know.

Moving all or a portion of IT operations into the hands of a Managed Service Provider (MSP) can help certain organizations save time and money, but some IT executives are concerned it could lead to loss of visibility and control. What should you know before you make the outsourcing decision?

Most of you have probably read Stephen Covey’s top-seller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. But how do these principles apply to the specific challenges IT executives face today? Read my variations on the original habits.

Analyzing and solving past events is obviously important, but not enough in today’s fast moving IT environment. Being able to predict how changes in your current state would impact the future in terms of operational stability and availability becomes even more critical. Are you concentrated on solving yesterday’s problems?

In the days of Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), offering 99.999% reliability was a common thing by the phone company. But do you think that “five nines” availability is still a realistic expectation in today’s environment?

Yesterday, United Airlines, the NY Stock Exchange, and the Wall Street Journal experienced outages that were very public, prolonged, and painful. So what should United, NYSE, WSJ do next? Even more importantly, what should you do?

What California’s microtremors taught me about near misses and the psychology of managing IT.

According to survey, over half of the companies had an outage in the past 3 months. Can you guess when your next outage will be? Here are four things you should do in order to avoid the next outage.