[AISWorld] Software Infrastructure Management Strategies; ABSTRACT DUE 11 March 2015, CITJ

Mon Mar 9 15:45:09 EDT 2015

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An upcoming issue of Cutter IT Journal will examine the issues and
challenges in managing the ever growing and changing IT landscape and
explore new approaches to infrastructure management. It solicits article on
a range of topics (see details below). If you would like to contribute an
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Murugesan and include an extended abstract, a short article outline showing
major discussion points, and a brief bio of the author(s), by 11 March 2015.
Authors will receive a year's complimentary subscription to Cutter It
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CALL FOR PAPERS

Software Infrastructure Management Strategies

Guest Editor: San Murugesan
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*	Abstract Deadline: 11 March 2015
*	Article Deadline: 17 April 2015

IT infrastructures are growing in size, capability and complexity as
organizations take advantage of cloud computing, big data analytics, the
Internet of Things, mobile computing and social media to deploy complex,
integrated, and collaborative applications. As a result, the need to run
several applications under varying workloads to meet different functional,
nonfunctional, and performance requirements is increasing.

Managing these new complex infrastructures via traditional means is
challenging and inefficient. Hence, many organizations are looking for new
directions and approaches to more efficiently manage their infrastructures
to meet their customers' growing demands, ensure adaptability to changing
business requirements, reduce duplication of efforts, and remain
competitive.

One approach organizations are adopting is software defined infrastructure
(SDI) or softwarization. With this approach, the elements of the
infrastructure including the data center, storage, network and service
functions are virtualized, enabling all requirements to be automatically
derived and created. SDI promises to increase the IT infrastructure's
flexibility and programmability, and to optimize processes, management and
costs. As with any new technology, it comes with risks. But it could be a
game-changer for infrastructure management.

Organizations need to rethink their current approaches to managing their
increasingly complex infrastructures. Adopting holistic system-oriented
approaches, not piecemeal solutions, is critical.

An upcoming issue of Cutter IT Journal will examine the issues and
challenges in managing the ever growing and changing IT landscape and
explore new approaches to infrastructure management.

Possible topics of discussion may include, but are not limited, to the
following:

.         What are the challenges in managing the increasingly complex IT
landscape?

.         What new strategies can help manage these challenges?

.         How can SDI help manage growing infrastructures?

.         Is SDI poised to change, and significantly transform,
infrastructure management in the coming years or is it just hype?

.         How does a host of software-defined infrastructure models such as
a software defined data centre (SDDC), software defined storage (SDS),
software defined network (SDN), etc. work? What proprietary or open source
tools are available to support them? How can they be deployed?

.         How can a smooth transition be made from traditional to modern
infrastructure management?

.         What are the key issues, risks and challenges in adopting SDI or
other new approaches and strategies, and how can they be addressed?

.         What are the user experience and user interface design issues and
challenges in infrastructure management?

.         Are there any case studies that demonstrate successful approaches
to infrastructure management?

TO SUBMIT AN ARTICLE IDEA: DEADLINE 9 MARCH 2015

Please send an email
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oftware%20Infrastructure%20Mgmt>  to Christine Generali and Guest Editor San
Murugesan and include an extended abstract, a short article outline showing
major discussion points, and a brief bio of the author(s). 

ARTICLE DEADLINE: 17 April 2015

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