DataCenterThanks for all your feedback and ideas during this months postings. Keep them coming. Development of Data Center Automation Blueprint (DCAB)
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Alcatel-Lucent, Apparent Networks, BMC, Brix Networks, CA, Compuware, DataCenter, EMC, Entuity, Fluke Networks, Gomez, Groundwork, HP Software, Hyperic, IBM Tivoli, InfoVista, Integrien, Keynote, Nagios, NetIQ, NetQoS, NetScout, Netuitive, Network Instruments, Network monitoring, OpenNMS, Opnet, OSS, Packet Design, Performance management, Quest Software, Symantec, Systems monitoring, Xangati, Zabbix, ZenOSSFirst things first, we have many of the same vendors from the Availability & Notification functional area of this Data Center Automation Blueprint in this category. Which probably begs the question, do we combine Availability & Notification with Performance & Capacity? I know in the...
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EMC, HP Software, IBM Tivoli, Security, Securitychannel, SymantecI have Security as one of the 6 DCAB Functional Categories. This article does a great job highlighting some key landscape changes in the overall...
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BMC, CA, DataCenter, EMC, HP Software, IBM Tivoli, NetIQ, Quest SoftwareSo it's time to start refining the Data Center Automation Blueprint. One way I hope to do that is through these next 6 blog posts (one for each functional DCA category) that will: 1) create list of vendors I know about that have some capabilities for the data center in the specified functional...
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OSS, Systems monitoringJust learned about this and it sounds really cool! Thanks for the heads-up Doug, and to think it's just down the road basically in my backyard. http://barcampesm.org BarCampESM will throw users, developers, vendors, and anyone else interested in systems...
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IBM TivoliJohn Willis posted a great recap of Enterprise System Management moves IBM Tivoli has been doing over the recent years. This has great applicability to my attempt at defining a Data Center Automation Blueprint. Here...
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Application monitoring, CMDB, DataCenter, eTOM, FCAPS, IT Process Automation, ITIL, Network monitoring, Performance management, RBA, Run Book Automation, Security, Storage, Systems monitoring, Systemschannel, Virtualization, WAN optimizationThanks for the feedback, I've incorporated some points that have been made into an updated version of the Data Center Automation Blueprint (DCAB).
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Alterpoint, BladeLogic, BMC, CA, Configuresoft, DataCenter, Ecora, EMC, mValent, NCCM, Network Configuration, SolidcoreDecember is a time when things typically "slow" down for the holidays. Many data centers are under a freeze where no major changes can occur (or should occur), etc. So I guess it's a great time to do a little research for next year. Bring on the webinars which many vendors seem to...
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BEA, BMC, Cisco, DataCenterGreat article by Jim Duffy, NetworkWorld, called "Cisco to accelerate shift to software and data center in 2008" had some really interesting thoughts. One statement that got those...
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CMDB, DataCenter, IT Process Automation, RBA, Run Book AutomationGartner held their Data Center conference during the last week of November where a presentation was given by Research Vice President Carl Claunch on his view of the top 10 disruptive technologies for the data...
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