links for 2008-08-04 [delicious.com]

• Study Finds CMDBs Can Save Enterprises Big Bucks
  savings of more than $1 million over 36 months due to improved planning and processes.
  (tags: resource-reconciliation bmc)
• BSM in the Clouds
  (tags: cloud bsm)
• Lost In The Chasm Part 3: Press The Button
  … BSM, ADM and CMDB were defined but have yet to be fully built. “IT Intelligence” or “IT Data Platform” or “IT Search” is now being defined and has a real chance of growing into a category capable of driving the dysfunctionality out of IT operations
  (tags: resource-reconciliation)
• EMC expected to make a major announcement
  more speculation that Cisco is about to acquire (or merge) with EMC
  (tags: emc cisco)