Scaling IT systems either breeds high levels of automation to make the infrastructure manageable, or it ends up breeding a huge mess. Here are five signs that you need to mend your ways.
Tags: VMWare, Linux, server, Unix, configuration management

Configuration management has meant everything from a custom script executed over a remote shell to increasingly sophisticated applications like Puppet and cfengine. What's next? And what about your network gear?
Tags: Linux, Windows, Unix, configuration management