March 17, 2008 1:22 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic,
BMC,
CA,
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
RealOpsSo BMC is the one, not IBM or EMC that decides to piece it all together. Responding to HP acquiring Opsware (July '07); BMC, in less then a year, has acquired RealOps (July '07), Emprisa (Oct '07) and now BladeLogic...
March 11, 2008 1:27 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic,
BMC,
DCAB,
EMC,
HP Software,
NetIQ,
NetQoS,
Packet Design,
Performance management,
Symantec,
XangatiEMC made a move yesterday that continued to show their intent and desire to compete against the Big 4 in IT Infrastructure Management (e.g., BMC, CA, HP, IBM). All those other players have their own Service Desk offering, so it was time to join those ranks.
February 1, 2008 8:04 AM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic,
HP SoftwareBladeLogic announced decent quarterly results Thursday of $21.5M revenue spanning 73 customers with a nice growth mix of 32% coming from deals outside the US. They also noted increased operational...
January 9, 2008 7:06 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic,
BMC,
Cisco,
CMDB,
DataCenter,
ITIL
Here are a couple more reads as I play catch-up from the...
January 2, 2008 11:10 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic,
BMC,
CA,
Cassatt,
Configuresoft,
DataCenter,
Ecora,
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
mValent,
Scalent,
SolidcoreThere seem to be two key components or approaches to this functional area. Some vendors are focused on auditing & monitoring the configuration/state of a device while others are focused on that and the provisioning/deployment of configuration/software to a device. Typically, the vendors going...
December 14, 2007 4:50 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
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...
December 7, 2007 6:52 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic,
BMC,
Cassatt,
DataCenter,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
InfoVista,
Microsoft Windows,
Netuitive,
PlateSpin,
Quest Software,
Stratavia,
Symantec,
Veeam,
Virtualization,
VizioncoreI just saw this snippet from the 451 consulting group and WOW! In December 2006 they were covering 6 players in the Virtualization Management arena,...
December 4, 2007 10:04 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
BladeLogic,
BMC,
Cassatt,
DataCenter,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
InfoVista,
Integrien,
IT Process Automation,
Microsoft Windows,
NetIQ,
Netuitive,
Opalis,
Optinuity,
PlateSpin,
RealOps,
Scalent,
Stratavia,
Veeam,
VizioncoreAlright, here is my first pass at a graphic I'm attempting to build that will capture the spirit of my previous posts (this is a work still in progress as previously mentioned);
November 28, 2007 8:22 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
BladeLogic,
BMC,
DataCenter,
HP Software,
IT Process Automation,
NetIQ,
Opalis,
Optinuity,
RBA,
RealOps,
Run Book Automation,
StrataviaThis is an area I haven't hit on yet but will also need to fit into the reference model (that one of these days I'll get back on track)
Lots of action what Gartner and others are calling Run Book Automation or RBA!!! So let's summarize the latest.
