November 20, 2007 8:41 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenterGreat survey to read through that was conducted by TechTarget's SearchDataCenter.com called "Data Center construction is...
November 19, 2007 2:44 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenter,
Virtualization,
WAN optimizationAs mentioned during our Microsoft thread last week, Virtualization and the management of it is something all vendors are already doing or starting to offer. It's been...
November 15, 2007 3:47 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenterNot to be ignored, Microsoft continues to march towards becoming a serious player in the data center automation space. Still of concern remains their holistic focus on of course Microsoft products. I know they have a strategy (connector, partner oriented) but... The reason I believe it continue...
November 12, 2007 10:54 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
DataCenter,
NCCM,
Network monitoring,
Networking,
OSSSimple, take advantage of FREE but powerful tools to do your job better/faster/easier! Then share these cool tool finds with your friends.
I had the chance to take a look at ZipTie, a free network administrator "cockpit", over the weekend. The utility, available for download from
November 12, 2007 5:25 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenter,
Security,
SecuritychannelTime for a quick side bar from our reference model discussion. Just wanted to make a quick, timely mention for a space that's is evolving currently called IT Governance, Risk &...
November 9, 2007 5:54 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenter,
eTOM,
FCAPS,
ITILSo a quick continuation note on my recent post related to pulling together a reference model for automating our data centers. Once I get the Data...
November 6, 2007 5:17 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenter,
Network monitoring,
Performance management,
Security,
Systems monitoring,
VirtualizationSo as this blog is just getting rolling I'm quickly realizing I need to come up with a graphical reference model, key approaches and metrics to reference. So to get that process started, i'm going to brainstorm some items here and hope to get some feedback on areas I should make sure I don't...
November 5, 2007 2:21 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic,
BMC,
DataCenter,
HP Software,
IBM TivoliThe first names at the top of the list to consider evaluating for your data center will always include the big 4 - BMC, CA, HP, IBM Tivoli. Many people are finding those product many not necessarily have the depth and focus they are looking for in these days of virtualization, web 2.0...
November 2, 2007 3:11 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
BladeLogic,
BMC,
CA,
DataCenter,
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
InfoVista,
Microsoft Windows,
NCCM,
Network ConfigurationNow let me be clear here. I'm very biased on this topic. Full disclosure, I spent almost 4 years of "blood, sweat and tears" at AlterPoint from it's version 1.0, no revenue days through it's last leadership transition. Back in Summer of 2006 we had a new leadership team come in with new...
