* Risk management is a key perspective guiding data center operations
* The importance of logs
* Could RAM be moved off server blades?
* Basic models for extending support on core applications to remote users
* How data center monitoring software can resemble Rube Goldberg contraptions
* Most IT execs don't use a management framework package
* How do IT execs support and manage the delivery of enterprise apps to their branches?
* Drawing the branch office bulls-eye
* Consolidation is an overriding trend that necessitates data center change
* IT organizations may have their doubts about virtualization
