Today’s demands on the data centre have created an environment of escalating complexity and cost. As a result the simplification of data centre management has become the mantra of every organisation. Concurrently, with the advent of the cloud, requirements for business continuity through disaster recovery and high availability are increasingly becoming business critical requirements.
As such, customers desire open software solutions that simplify IT, enable the organisation to make purchasing and planning decisions which are free from vendor lock-in and meet the service level needs required for today’s 24/7 operations.
This white paper reviews the requirements of the dynamic data centre and demonstrates how Egenera's PAN Manager software is a viable solution.