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A Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to Datacentre Management

The demands on data centers are ever growing and cloud is becoming an increasingly viable tool. However, very few companies have a strategy in place that will enable them to leverage cloud to alleviate the pressure on their data centers.

In this 12-page buyer’s guide, look at:

  • Why more and more businesses are adopting a hybrid cloud strategy
  • Whether system performance can still improve to cope with datacentre needs
  • Why CIOs must marry legacy infrastructure with agility of public and private clouds in a hybrid approach to a new datacenter model

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