links for 2008-05-15

• The World Needs “BSM Lite”
  nice writeup that gives credit to all the great work done by Doug on BSM.
  (tags: bsm)
• Ten things I learned about CA
• HP Building a One-Stop Data Center Shop
  “Data centers generally run in 10-year cycles. A lot of them were built in the late ’90s for the Internet boom, and now those are way outdated—especially when it comes to conserving power,” he said. “It’s very expensive to renovate the old ones
  (tags: datacenter)
• HP buys EDS for $13.9 billion
  (tags: datacenter)
• The CMDB System, the CMS, the ‘CCS,’ and the NOC
• HP’s EDS Acquisition Misses Real Market Opportunity
  Unfortunately, EDS brings nothing to the table when it comes to SaaS, managed services or other utility-based offerings. Instead, it saddles HP with lots of aging people, facilities and business ideas that haven’t kept pace with today’s realities.
  (tags: datacenter)