DataCenter

links for 2008-07-19

• Apptio - How Much is the IT Costing Me? (The SaaS Edition)
• Firms struggle with application management
• Is effective performance management in the data center possible?

links for 2008-07-16

• Did someone at EDS miss the memo?
  takes time to turn around an oil tanker
  (tags: bmc hp cmdb)

links for 2008-07-15

• Cisco may be interested in hypervisors more than what it seems
  it’s just a matter of time…cisco will somehow get deeper into the data center…the question is how so it doesn’t upset it’s relationships with Microsoft, IBM, HP, etc. I don’t think acquiring a virutalization company will be the entrance…
  (tags: virtualization)
• 10 Steps to Simplifying Systems Management
• ‘Internet, I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life’
  interesting perspective/thoughts from a blog site author I subscribe to around ITIL and other IT Mgmt topics

links for 2008-07-11

• Guest SME Author Abbas Haider Ali - Burning questions: myCMDB — dougmcclure.net
  (tags: resource-reconciliation cmdb)

links for 2008-07-08

• CI’s are People Too
• iWave Software introduces iWave Automator
  (tags: process+orchestration)
• Scripting automation headaches
• Credit Suisse Spins Off VM Control
  The software package simplifies and automates the deployment and management of virtual machines in a data center or other IT system– from the time they’re created until they’re retired.
  (tags: virtualization)

links for 2008-07-07

• BigFix Enterprise Server

links for 2008-07-03

• Parallels signs an OEM agreement with HP
  great summary of HP and it’s aggressive progress in the world of virtualization
  (tags: virtualization)

links for 2008-07-02

• Auto-discovery is only a minor consideration for CMDB | The IT Skeptic
  (tags: resource-reconciliation cmdb)

links for 2008-07-01

• Cisco CEO Chambers: We don’t need to own VMware
  Chambers essentially dismissed speculation that Cisco would make a run at storage titan EMC or virtualization software vendor VMware, of which EMC owns 84%, as it deepens its penetration into the data center.
  (tags: virtualization)
• MyCMDB? What are they smokin’ over at Managed Objects?
  (tags: bsm)
• Gartner IOM Conference: CMDB Success
  33% are currently in progress with a CMDB, 19% will start a CMDB efforts in 6 months, 12% will start a CMDB in 6-12 months, 20% will start a CMDB by the end of 2009, 9% are not planning a CMDB
  (tags: resource-reconciliation)
• Lost In The Category Chasm? Part 1: Deal With It!
  The Web is becoming the defining value-adding distribution channel… Costs are lowered, evaluation is simplified and knowledge can be generated at the coalface, validated in use and refined by the community
• Will EMC join the Big Four?
  So if I were Cisco and had 45bn$ to spend, I definitly would take a deep look into EMC. I guess together with Cisco, we would see the Big Five.

Month in Review - June 2008

We started getting back on track this month with 4 opinion pieces.

Performance and Availability vs. Analytics - Part 5 of 5

So Let’s Talk a little about Traffic Flow Reporting & Analysis

Mapping HP Software to the Data Center Automation Blueprint - take 2

NetQoS goes even deeper

In the news we saw HP making a splash with new announcements during it HP Universe show, BMC & NetQoS announced some acquisitions, Apptio came out of stealth mode and  a variety of vendors had new updates/releases for current products.

For July, I have some more thoughts to talk about in the Traffic Flow Reporting & Analysis space, also I need to take another pass at the DCAB to incorporate the updates from the Performance and Availability vs. Analytics series.