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Automation leaves no IT discipline untouched, from application management to security and server configurations. In this, sixth in a six-part series on new data center trends and technologies, we provide a status report.


	Automation know-how Emerging automation tools are making the new data center more self-reliant than ever.

	Outsourcing meets automation Utility computing is creating unprecedented flexibility in the services outsourcers can offer to enterprise customers.

	Organize to automate New data center technologies are offering IT shops a surprising benefit -- improved cooperation.

	Grid on the job HR outsourcer Hewitt Associates put grid to work for crunching pension calculations — and found just how much business sense the technology can make.

	Danger in the new data center Bob Doherty, a leader in the Data Center Institute think tank, examines the health and well-being of the new data center.

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