In my last post, I described a common repository for EOL/EOS data for all vendors. Continuing the wishful thinking, I propose that vendors publish the power consumption and heat generation parameters for their products in a common format. With these parameters, site administrators can more readily measure...

Last week Evelyn Hubbert from Forrester Research presented a very interesting and informative webinar on best practices around Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM). It was great to see hundreds of people sign up for this presentation and share with us some of the challenges they face with...