February 27, 2009 4:07 AM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic,
BMC,
CA,
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
NCCM,
SolarWindsWell AlterPoint has found a home. The last of the early/original NCCM (Network Configuration & Change Management) vendors, focused on Enterprise, has been acquired. Others have come along in the later days, but...
April 17, 2008 9:58 PM
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...
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 5, 2008 7:59 PM
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,
TidewayI 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...
January 25, 2008 9:00 AM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BMC,
CA,
CMDB,
DataCenter,
NetIQ,
Opalis,
Scalent,
SymantecAnother great post by Glenn O'Donnell; CMDB is the new integration mechanism. I'm looking forward to seeing his forthcoming book on the same topic!
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 28, 2007 11:31 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
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...
December 24, 2007 5:52 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
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...
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...
