Fred Johannessen - Computing Capacity On Demand

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What is the number one factor that will drive the IT market forward over the next decade? According to the IDC*, it is utility computing, also referred to as capacity on demand or the real-time infrastructure. This is an area of IT that will help you control costs while increasing the number and quality of services delivered. In other words, you can dynamically align your resources with the needs of the business. Embracing this type of approach could actually help keep your company's IT department from being outsourced.

The fact that information technology (IT) plays a vital role in business success is unquestionable. But with IT resource utilization at barely 15 percent, companies don't get the kind of return they should for the dollars they invest. Fred Johannessen, vice president and program executive for data center solutions at BMC Software, discusses the changing resource requirements of business and describes virtualization as an enabler of utility computing. He shares some tips, pitfalls to avoid, and what it takes to finally match your resources to the business cycle.

*Crawford Del Prete, senior Vice President of hardware and communications at IDC.

Resources

Virtualization and Data Center Management: Fred Johannessen's blog on TalkBMC

White Paper (PDF): Achieve Utility Computing Results Today

Discover: BMC® Topology Discovery

Capacity Management: as a service or BMC® Performance Assurance® Suite for Virtual Servers

Optimization: BMC® Performance Manager for Virtual Servers

BMC® Virtualizer for Capacity on Demand

BMC® Virtualizer for High Availability

Bio

Fred Johannessen is vice president and program executive for data center solutions at BMC Software and has been with BMC nearly 10 years, serving in a variety of executive roles.

Production Credits

Ynema Mangum, Producer, Show Host
Dana Farver, Communities Editor-in-Chief
Tom Parish, Audio Producer
Kimberly Stone, Web Development Manager
Scott Ebner, Music, Audio Mixing, Web Developer

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