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Using Rex To Automate Your Datacentre

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http://www.howtoforge.com – Using Rex To Automate Your Datacentre In my day to day work I come across a lot of tasks that I actually "hate" to be honest. Most of these tasks consist of things that are repetitive and take up a lot of time. A co-worker of mine once told me, "if you have to do a task more than once, automate it!". This is one piece of advice that intrigued me. Ever since that day I have been thinking about automation and how to make processes flow smoother than they did before. But the main question always is, what tool are you going to use for that? (HowTos)

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Submitted by xfrk on 08/03/2012 – Made popular on 08/03/2012

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