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The mainframe utilities and terminology guide 
In this all-encompassing mainframe guide, learn some of the terminologies associated with the mainframe that will aid you in effective mainframe management in your data center. Part 1 details the various IBM mainframe utilities, including the IEBCOMPR and IEBCOPY utilities that can be used in backup scenarios. Part II is a glossary that details classic mainframe technologies and clears up some of the more obscure IBM mainframe utility terminology.

The data center energy efficiency guide 
In recent years, companies fed the energy consumption beast by building new data centers to provide additional raw power for an increasing number of servers. But in this down economy and tight capital market, IT executives are forced to make do with the resources they have -- and that means squeezing more efficiency out of data centers. This tutorial was created by SearchDataCenter.com's experts and editorial team to help you make the case for data center efficiency to your executives and to offer a roadmap for improving data center efficiency.

Data center disaster recovery planning 
A solid disaster recovery strategy is crucial to protecting your organization's future in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency that causes downtime. In this guide, we've compiled our best resources to ensure that your disaster recovery (DR) plan is complete, up to date and appropriate for your company's needs.

ITSM best practices and change management 
IT Service Management (ITSM), an important component to ITIL framework, offers IT departments effective processes to manage change and deliver services in the data center. Chapter 2 in our guide on ITIL processes in the data center covers ITSM best practices and change management.

Virtualized data centers: A resource library 
This resource library on virtualized data centers assembles our how-to tips, news, guides and more on virtualized data centers.

This was first published in February 2011

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