The Need for a Capacity Manager

In this latest article in Computerworld, "Hot Jobs: Capacity Manager," it states that many organizations are looking to add a capacity manager to make sure the right amount of IT resources support the business and that the IT infrastructure is fully optimized. Virtualization is the primary driver for this need as the dynamic nature of the virtual environment goes beyond traditional capacity planning.

"The rapid adoption of virtualization technology, the cloud computing trend and the pressure on CIOs to get the most return on investment from IT purchases have helped to make this a "hot job" in recent years."

With more and more of the data center becoming virtualized, the capacity planner and capacity manager positions are now increasingly more important. But in order to more effeciently do these jobs, automated tools that can help continually monitor and manage capacity and ongoing and changing resource utilization are a must. Even with dedicated people in place, manual processes of making sure there is the right balance of capacity to meet performance metrics and usage demands cannot keep up in the dynamic data center. The companies that will succeed with virtualization and achieve the ROIs that they desire will be the ones that best address capacity management with people, processes and tools.