Adventures in Data Center Automation:

NetQoS

1

June 23, 2008  3:00 PM

So let’s talk a little about Traffic Flow Reporting and Analysis



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Accellent, Alcatel-Lucent, Application monitoring, Compuware, DataCenter, HP Software, InfoVista, NetQoS, NetScout, Network monitoring, Opnet, Packet Design, Performance management, SolarWinds, Xangati

Next up, I plan to dig into this sector a little deeper (as always from a purely data center centric perspective - aka no End-User Monitoring that requires a desktop agent). The priority for these products is to provide an end-to-end service/application perspective on traffic performance and...

June 3, 2008  2:02 PM

NetQoS goes even deeper



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
NetQoS

into Performance Management.  When it comes to the Performance management of IP traffic, NetQoS continues to remain laser focused on being the company enterprise's call in to help!  At the heart of Performance monitoring is latency and today's


April 21, 2008  3:11 PM

Performance and Availability vs. Analytics – Part 2 of ?



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Analytics, BMC, DataCenter, eg innovations, HP Software, Indicative, Integrien, NetQoS, Netuitive, Opnet

So in part 1 we talked through the collection of performance/capacity/availability data. Next up is focused on where innovations using this collected data are taking us. The next level of Performance...


April 17, 2008  9:58 PM

Performance and Availability Management vs. Analytics – Part 1 of ?



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 11, 2008  1:27 PM

EMC adds Service Desk to Data Center Management portfolio



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic, BMC, DCAB, EMC, HP Software, NetIQ, NetQoS, Packet Design, Performance management, Symantec, Xangati

EMC made a move yesterday that continued to show their intent and desire to compete against the Big 4 in IT Infrastructure Management (e.g., BMC, CA, HP, IBM).  All those other players have their own Service Desk offering, so it was time to join those ranks.


March 5, 2008  7:59 PM

Top Enterprise Management Tools vs. Data Center Automation Blueprint



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, Tideway

I 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 24, 2008  3:11 PM

Innovations and evolutions in Performance Managment



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BMC, Integrien, NetQoS, Netuitive

Great write-up by Glenn on the innovation occurring in Performance Management; Get Innovative About Performance.  He has tremendous perspective and I'm excited to sees his candid perspective...


January 21, 2008  1:43 PM

Quick Monday Summary of events from late last week/weekend



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BMC, Compuware, Indicative, NetIQ, NetQoS, NetScout, Quest Software, Symantec

 Symantec to sell off Application Performance Monitoring group.  Looks like Precise Software is back and the Symantec Data Center group will focus in on the configuration and change management...


December 28, 2007  11:31 PM

Digging into each of these 6 functional areas: Performance and Capacity



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, ZenOSS

First 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...


1