CEO's Connection
Content is King (Even in the Data Center)
by Rob Gardos, CEO

Data center automation is not easy. You need an extremely adaptable and user-friendly framework that can support countless architectures. While this is critical to adoption, most would agree that the framework is only a partial solution. The real guts of automation are in the workflow logic that actually performs the requested function, whether you’re deploying an Oracle database or patching SAP. This “content” should actually drive the overarching framework and user experience. While companies like BladeLogic and Opsware have attempted to build More >>

Featured Article
Clarity 4.0 - New Features and Functionality
by Matthew Zito, Chief Scientist

We typically try to stay away from GridApp-only content in this newsletter, since we figure people get enough sales pitches day in and day out that it's better to set aside the newsletter as a place where we can talk about our ideas around technology, automation, and the overall IT industry. However, this month, I'm going to take a little time to explain why the recently announced version of our database automation software, Clarity 4.0, is a critical step More >>

Ask the Expert - Mr. Database
Automation: New and Improved
by Eric Gross, DBA

The new features in the most recent release of GridApp Clarity™ simplify the day-to-day management of databases. Tasks such as creating a multi-node Microsoft SQL Server clustered instance (which used to take days of following a run book) now is refined into a single XML template that can be used to perform the activity time after time in the same exact way. We refined all of the available inputs, such as vendor documentation and practical testing into Clarity to enable More>>