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Friday 20 June 2008, 10:56 AM
Cost and control key to server management for foreseeable
Took part in a fascinating debate the other day here at ZDNet.co.uk which we filmed and which will be on the site in the next few days.
This was again exploring issues thrown up by the research but that was just the starting point. This time the experts we had in to kck around the problems were an analyst and two users, one a confirmed Linux (Debion) man and the other primarily (but not exclusively) a Microsoft Server backer.
I don't want to blow the cool stuff in the video before it goes up, obviously, but if there was any one consistent theme it was this: Wish as we might for one meta (mega?) server control layer, the nature of this stuff (its complexity and legacy aspect) means server management will always be a central factor in any IT professional's life.
Sometimes, yes, we will have rock-solid server OSes at the foundation of the stack. BUT we will always have 'the stack' - as in, a web of complexity, made up of new, old, partner, and yes, broken environments to make work.
Wish it were different? Well, me too. But then I wish Portugal had won last night's Euro 2008 quarter final - I am out of the office sweeptsake now :-)
This was again exploring issues thrown up by the research but that was just the starting point. This time the experts we had in to kck around the problems were an analyst and two users, one a confirmed Linux (Debion) man and the other primarily (but not exclusively) a Microsoft Server backer.
I don't want to blow the cool stuff in the video before it goes up, obviously, but if there was any one consistent theme it was this: Wish as we might for one meta (mega?) server control layer, the nature of this stuff (its complexity and legacy aspect) means server management will always be a central factor in any IT professional's life.
Sometimes, yes, we will have rock-solid server OSes at the foundation of the stack. BUT we will always have 'the stack' - as in, a web of complexity, made up of new, old, partner, and yes, broken environments to make work.
Wish it were different? Well, me too. But then I wish Portugal had won last night's Euro 2008 quarter final - I am out of the office sweeptsake now :-)
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