April 14, 2008 9:45 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Analytics,
CMDB,
DataCenter,
DCAB,
GridApp Systems,
HP Software,
Integrien,
NetuitiveI had the chance to recently chat with an executive at HP to breakdown what pieces and parts ended up where post Peregrine, Mercury and Opsware acquisitions. Here is my attempted and mapping them to the
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...
February 21, 2008 11:18 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
CMDB,
DataCenter,
DCAB,
TidewayThe crew over a Tideway offered up and impressive in-depth product demo last week. It made me realize I haven't
January 31, 2008 5:04 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Application monitoring,
CMDB,
DataCenter,
IT Process Automation,
ITIL,
OSS,
RBA,
Run Book Automation,
VirtualizationThanks for all your feedback and insights during this months postings. Keep them coming!
Development of Data Center Automation Blueprint (DCAB)
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 18, 2008 4:14 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BMC,
CMDB,
DataCenter,
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
ITIL,
Symantec The second up and coming area goes by many names these days. Some call it next-generation asset management, many others call it CMDB.
I'm calling it resource reconciliation as I would like to see it extend beyond a discovery engine, IT asset database, dependency mapping and the necessary...
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...
December 17, 2007 5:59 PM
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 optimizationThanks for the feedback, I've incorporated some points that have been made into an updated version of the Data Center Automation Blueprint (DCAB).