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June 23, 2008  3:00 PM

So let’s talk a little about Traffic Flow Reporting and Analysis



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Accellent, Alcatel-Lucent, Application monitoring, Compuware, DataCenter, HP Software, InfoVista, NetQoS, NetScout, Network monitoring, Opnet, Packet Design, Performance management, SolarWinds, Xangati

Next up, I plan to dig into this sector a little deeper (as always from a purely data center centric perspective - aka no End-User Monitoring that requires a desktop agent). The priority for these products is to provide an end-to-end service/application perspective on traffic performance and...

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April 17, 2008  9:58 PM

Performance and Availability Management vs. Analytics – Part 1 of ?



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alcatel-Lucent, Analytics, Apparent Networks, Application monitoring, BMC, Brix Networks, CA, cittio, Compuware, DCAB, eg innovations, Entuity, Firescope, Fluke Networks, Gomez, Groundwork, HP Software, Hyperic, IBM Tivoli, Indicative, InfoVista, Integrien, Keynote, Nagios, NetIQ, NetQoS, NetScout, Netuitive, Network Instruments, Network monitoring, nimsoft, OpenNMS, Opnet, Packet Design, Performance management, Quest Software, SolarWinds, Systems monitoring, Xangati, ZenOSS

I've had an opportunity to be briefed over the past couple months by a number of current Data Center Automation Blueprint's Performance & Availability vendors (e.g., CITTIO, eG...

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March 5, 2008  7:59 PM

Top Enterprise Management Tools vs. Data Center Automation Blueprint



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Analytics, Application monitoring, BMC, CA, CMDB, DataCenter, DCAB, HP Software, IBM Tivoli, InfoVista, IT Process Automation, NetQoS, Netuitive, Network Configuration, Network monitoring, Networkingchannel, Opnet, Performance management, RBA, RealOps, Run Book Automation, Systems monitoring, Tideway

I was doing some "light" reading this morning and came upon this recent article:  Top 10 Enterprise Management Tools It's focused on Complete Enterprise Management, not...

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January 31, 2008  5:04 PM

Month in Review – January 2008



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Application monitoring, CMDB, DataCenter, IT Process Automation, ITIL, OSS, RBA, Run Book Automation, Virtualization

Thanks for all your feedback and insights during this months postings. Keep them coming! Development of Data Center Automation Blueprint (DCAB)

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December 17, 2007  5:59 PM

Next pass on Data Center Automation “Blueprint”



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
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 optimization

Thanks 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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October 31, 2007  8:12 PM

Activities in Application, System & Network Performance Monitoring



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Accellent, Application monitoring, BMC, CA, DataCenter, EMC, HP Software, IBM Tivoli, InfoVista, Microsoft Windows, Network monitoring, Networking, Performance management, Quest Software, SolarWinds, Symantec, Systems monitoring

Big item to post about right out of the gate!  We all are familiar with the "Performance Management" sector within the Data Center.  Quick couple sentence summary.  Software that automates the collection and identification of potential performance bottlenecks within the data center. ...

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