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    About Jerry Gentry

    Jerry Gentry is a research analyst for Nemertes Research.

    Here are my most recent posts

  • Getting Control of Application Development

    December 27th, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    Application development has a profound impact on data center efficiency and costs. New application deployments, releases of new versions, and maintenance updates all require more hardware, more facilities space and change management. Read More

  • Why Data Center Managers Shouldn’t Feel Threatened by Colocation

    December 21st, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    Colocation has been a viable option for a long time, yet some data center managers fear that it can be a threat to their job security. Here are some reasons why colocation should be considered a part of any healthy data center strategy for all enterprises. Read More

  • Diversity Counts in Disaster Preparedness

    November 29th, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    Using Sandy as the impetus, review your disaster plans. It's a good time to start the dialog with your business partners to understand what is important to them and what IT components make it happen. It's a good idea to update and diversify your approach to recovering from a disaster . Read More

  • Sandy’s Lessons About Disaster Recovery

    November 8th, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    Were you ready for Sandy? Sure it was downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, but it still had a devastating effect. For those of use who manage data centers, that impact had many layers. Let me start at the core and work my way out. Read More

  • Are You Ready for Big Data?

    October 26th, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    Three topical trends in the big data space are emerging, painting a picture of an industry searching for its footing. Read More

  • Big Data vs. Sparse Data

    October 11th, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    Big Data and Sparse Data represent how decision making information will be captured in the future. They will become the vehicles for cloud computing to take the next step. An example: Google Maps and Apple Maps. Read More

  • The New Measurement Model

    September 20th, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    Analytics seem to be all the rage these days, probably due to integration. Technology is now an enterprise effort, not just the domain of the IT department. This results in the need for solid numbers to explain what really happens in the data center. Read More

  • Factors that Lead to Successful Data Center Strategies

    September 6th, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    With the Nemertes' benchmark report is nearly complete, a key finding of the report indicates that centralized management is the way most people are handling their infrastructure and this centralization is closely related to the success of the IT department. This article shares insight on this significant result of the survey, prior to the report's publication. Read More

  • Sparse Data – The Next Big Thing is Small

    August 23rd, 2012 : Jerry Gentry

    As data center managers our role is to manage, protect, service and support the ever expanding information gathering and processing needs of the enterprise. Information used to come to us through computing infrastructure where data was input by data entry and customer service staff. Now data comes from anywhere. Any device capable of holding an IP address can become a source of data that must be captured, stored, analyzed, and archived. Read More

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