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 7, 2008 8:44 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenterTime to push pause on reviewing the 6 functional areas of the DCAB, just way to many interesting news articles, survey and blog postings to talk about now that everyone is back from the holidays. I'll pick up on those two rapidly evolving areas that include CMDB & Run Book Automation next...
January 5, 2008 7:40 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
ArcSight,
Configuresoft,
DataCenter,
Ecora,
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
LogLogic,
nCircle,
NetForensics,
Reconnex,
Skybox Security,
Symantec,
Tripwire,
VericeptThe massive number of security management vendors make simply covering this portion of the DCAB a very intimidating task. So many technology approaches and different data center technology focuses (e.g., networks vs. system vs. applications etc). I've attempted a first pass at sub-dividing this...
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 31, 2007 6:47 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenterThanks for all your feedback and ideas during this months postings. Keep them coming.
Development of Data Center Automation Blueprint (DCAB)
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 27, 2007 6:04 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
Security,
Securitychannel,
SymantecI have Security as one of the 6 DCAB Functional Categories. This article does a great job highlighting some key landscape changes in the overall...
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 21, 2007 9:36 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
OSS,
Systems monitoringJust learned about this and it sounds really cool! Thanks for the heads-up Doug, and to think it's just down the road basically in my backyard.
http://barcampesm.org
BarCampESM will throw users, developers, vendors, and anyone else interested in systems...
